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Alpharetta group to help sponsor Youth Sustainability Conference SNELLVILLE, Ga. — A statewide event for youth interested in sustainability advocacy is coming to Snellville Nov. 4, intended to foster awareness, empowerment and lasting change. This year, Green Cell, an Alpharetta-
based grassroots environmental nonprofit, is partnering with the United Nations’ Atlanta Chapter and the Georgia Chapter of the U.S. Green Building Council to host the Georgia Youth Sustainability Conference at Shiloh High School from
10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Through dynamic workshops, interactive discussions and inspiring keynote speakers, the conference will equip attendees with the knowledge, tools and networks necessary to effect positive change in their
communities and beyond. This youth-led conference welcomes students, change-makers, members of middle and high school eco-clubs in
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Election issues create stir at county town hall forum By AMBER PERRY amber@appenmedia.com
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ALPHARETTA, Ga. — North Fulton residents raised pointed questions about elections Sept. 14 at a town hall sponsored by Fulton County Commissioner Bridget Thorne. Thorne, who represents Johns Creek, parts of Roswell, Alpharetta and Sandy Springs, hosted the meeting at the Alpharetta Branch Library and invited the county’s new Board of Registration and Elections Chair Patrise Perkins-Hooker and the new Republican board member Michael Heekin to answer questions from the crowd of about 50. The Fulton County Commission had substituted Chairman Robb Pitts’ original nominee Lee Morris, a Republican who had served on the County Commission, for Perkins-Hooker, a Democrat and former Fulton County attorney. After Pitts received backlash in the strongly Democratic county, Morris backed out from his nomination to avoid divisiveness. Heekin was appointed from a pool
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Fulton County Board of Registration and Elections Chair Patrise Perkins-Hooker, left, prepares to answer questions on elections at County Commissioner Bridget Thorne’s town hall meeting held at the Alpharetta Branch Library Sept. 14. of two Republican nominees to the BRE, a five-member board consisting of a chair, two Republicans and two Democrats.
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