Brookhaven News
The latest Brookhaven news: city council, schools, police and fire, development and business, each story linked to the record it came from.
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Brookhaven approves DeKalb fire station at Blackburn Park
City 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.
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Parks
Brookhaven buys 1.3 wooded acres to add to Lynwood Park
Brookhaven 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.
Jobs
Brookhaven unemployment 2.6% in August, below DeKalb's 3.5%
Brookhaven'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.
Schools
DeKalb schools hire ex-Chamblee High principal as chief
The 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.
Real estate
Brookhaven home values hit $744,798, up 3.2% in a year
Brookhaven'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%.
Hispanic Heritage Month
Brookhaven Hispanic Heritage coffee hour set for Oct. 14
Free 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.