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Mayor’s race will head to runoff vote Paul, Carter advance to December ballot By HAYDEN SUMLIN hayden@appenmedia.com
are expected to be completed by January 2028. In early November, there are construction crews working on both sides of Nancy Creek at Windsor Parkway and Starlight Drive, already pouring concrete molds for an expansive bridge.
SANDY SPRINGS, Ga. — Voters whittled down the four-way Sandy Springs mayoral race to two candidates on Election Day, sending Mayor Rusty Paul and Dontaye Carter to a runoff Dec. 2. Carter, CEO of his own public relations and media firm, also ran against then-incumbent Paul in 2021. Paul beat Carter by a 70-30 margin. Incumbent council members Andy Bauman and Jody Reichel also entered the mayoral race this year but fell behind Paul and Carter. A little after midnight, Paul secured 43 percent with Carter at 21 percent, with all the precincts reporting. Around 10 p.m. on election night, it was not clear who would be facing Mayor Rusty Paul in a runoff, 2021 runner-up Dontaye Carter or City Councilman Andy Bauman. In the end, Carter edged out Bauman for second place by less than 400 votes. In a campaign statement, Bauman said each candidate “brought ideas and perspective to an important conversation about the future of our city,”
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Construction crews work on the PATH400 bridge over Nancy Creek near Starlight Lane in southern Sandy Springs. The bridge is along the first segment of Sandy Springs’ 2.3-mile extension of PATH400, which will run from Buckhead to Central Perimeter.
Perimeter, Buckhead path makes progress By HAYDEN SUMLIN hayden@appenmedia.com SANDY SPRINGS, Ga. — Construction on PATH400, a 12-foot-wide path along the east side of Ga. 400 connecting Central Perimeter to Buckhead and the Atlanta Beltline, is making progress in Sandy Springs. Sandy Springs residents and
commuters along Ga. 400 can already see where the northern and southern limits of the path will go. Because of protections for an endangered bat species that roosts near Nancy Creek, contractors were required to remove trees before March 31 to avoid delays with a ban on tree clearing until fall. The first and third segments of the trail through southern Sandy Springs