https://brookhavenlocaltoday.com/Local news for Brookhaven, Georgia: city hall, schools, police and fire, real estate, high school sports and things to do across DeKalb County.en-GBFri, 23 Oct 2026 06:09:40 +0000https://brookhavenlocaltoday.com/blackburn-park-fire-station-approved/https://brookhavenlocaltoday.com/blackburn-park-fire-station-approved/Sat, 17 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000NewsCity Council approved a 50-year, $1-a-year lease of 1.35 acres at Blackburn Park for a DeKalb County fire station, with limits on lights and sirens and 50 parking spaces.https://brookhavenlocaltoday.com/lynwood-park-mendell-circle-land/https://brookhavenlocaltoday.com/lynwood-park-mendell-circle-land/Sat, 17 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000NewsBrookhaven is paying $750,000 for 1020 Mendell Circle, a 1.3-acre lot with 30 to 40 specimen trees next to Lynwood Park, to keep it from being developed.https://brookhavenlocaltoday.com/light-up-brookhaven/https://brookhavenlocaltoday.com/light-up-brookhaven/Sat, 17 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000What's OnLight Up Brookhaven 2026, the city's tree lighting, is listed for 6 to 9 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 3, at Blackburn Park. What 2025 offered and what is still to come.https://brookhavenlocaltoday.com/ice-skating-rudolphs-rink/https://brookhavenlocaltoday.com/ice-skating-rudolphs-rink/Sat, 17 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000What's OnHolidays in the 'Haven is listed for Dec. 19 to Jan. 4 at Brookhaven Park. Last year Rudolph's Rink had free 45-minute skate sessions, rentals included.https://brookhavenlocaltoday.com/things-to-do-this-weekend/https://brookhavenlocaltoday.com/things-to-do-this-weekend/Thu, 15 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000What's OnThe free Brookhaven International Festival fills Brookhaven Park Oct. 17-18 with Cumbiatron, DROP and chalk art, plus a Sunday 5K and the farmers market.https://brookhavenlocaltoday.com/things-to-do-this-month/https://brookhavenlocaltoday.com/things-to-do-this-month/Wed, 07 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000What's OnLate October in Brookhaven: a free church movie night Oct. 24, HAVEN's Halloween Bash and Jazz Night Oct. 29, the last farmers market and Paint the Park Nov. 7.https://brookhavenlocaltoday.com/brookhaven-unemployment-august-2026/https://brookhavenlocaltoday.com/brookhaven-unemployment-august-2026/Wed, 07 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000NewsBrookhaven's jobless rate was 2.6% in August, down from 2.7% a year ago and below Chamblee, Dunwoody, DeKalb County and Georgia, federal estimates show.https://brookhavenlocaltoday.com/veterans-day/https://brookhavenlocaltoday.com/veterans-day/Wed, 07 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000What's OnVeterans Day is Wednesday, Nov. 11, 2026. Brookhaven city offices and the library close, trash runs a day late, and the city ceremony details are still to come.https://brookhavenlocaltoday.com/arts-and-exhibitions-this-month/https://brookhavenlocaltoday.com/arts-and-exhibitions-this-month/Wed, 07 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000What's OnBrookhaven arts in late October: free Jazz Night Oct. 29, Realism Revisited at the museum, Cyrano de Bergerac from Nov. 13 and the Boar's Head Concert Dec. 4.https://brookhavenlocaltoday.com/dekalb-schools-superintendent-norman-sauce/https://brookhavenlocaltoday.com/dekalb-schools-superintendent-norman-sauce/Tue, 06 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000NewsThe DeKalb County Board of Education voted 4-1-1 on Monday to make interim chief Norman C. Sauce III superintendent. He once led Chamblee High, the zoned school for most of Brookhaven.https://brookhavenlocaltoday.com/brookhaven-home-values-august-2026/https://brookhavenlocaltoday.com/brookhaven-home-values-august-2026/Tue, 06 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000NewsBrookhaven's typical home value reached $744,798 in August, up $23,205 on a year, Zillow figures show. Only four Georgia cities rank higher. Rents rose 1.1%.https://brookhavenlocaltoday.com/hispanic-heritage-coffee-hour-latin-american-association/https://brookhavenlocaltoday.com/hispanic-heritage-coffee-hour-latin-american-association/Tue, 06 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000NewsFree Hispanic Heritage Month coffee hour, 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 14, at the Latin American Association on Buford Highway: dances, a salsa lesson and food. Register first.