Sandy Springs Reporter

The third installment of our exclusive 4-part series "Coping with a Crisis: Opioid Addiction in the Suburbs" describes how a suburban mom became a peddler of a dangerous drug that is part of a cat-and-mouse game between dealers and prosecutors. http://www.reporternewspapers.net//how-a-suburban-mother-/

The Sandy Springs mayor and the consuls general of France and Israel were among those remembering Mireille Knoll, an 85-year-old Holocaust survivor whose recent killing in Paris is being investigated as an anti-Semitic hate crime. http://www.reporternewspapers.net//paris-murder-victim-re/

Septic tank issues has killed Sandy Springs' plan to put a fire station within a panhandle house. The city says it will keep looking for similar locations. http://www.reporternewspapers.net//sandy-springs-panhandl/

Community concerns about Sandy Springs' Development Code update got a largely sympathetic hearing from the Planning Commission. Now the City Council will have the final say. http://www.reporternewspapers.net//planning-commission-la/

In a response to the alarm industry's lawsuit, the city of Sandy Springs says it was forced to act by companies' "gross negligence" -- that it is not happy about an "insult" to the police force in the form of an "Andy Griffith Show" joke. http://www.reporternewspapers.net//security-companies-sue/

Some of the proposed changes in the new Sandy Springs Development Code's six-month update go beyond housekeeping, some community association say. Bigger churches and schools; structures, walls and grading in setbacks; and unwanted retail in a new zoning district are among their concerns. http://www.reporternewspapers.net//sandy-springs-zoning-u/

Sandy Springs says its new ordinance cracking down on false alarms is working. Security companies say it's unconstitutional. http://www.reporternewspapers.net//security-companies-sue/

Parking will be tight at City Springs, the garage operator says. They've got some solutions. http://www.reporternewspapers.net//city-springs-parking-r/

A local Democrat is ineligible to run for a Sandy Springs House seat, according to a complaint from former City Council member Gabriel Sterling, who once considered a run for the office himself. http://www.reporternewspapers.net//complaint-alleges-demo/

Local cities may get their long-awaited power to further limit firework use and noise. http://www.reporternewspapers.net//fireworks-noise-contro/

A task force that will study ways to spur redevelopment and propose affordable housing policy in Sandy Springs’ north end is now formally in place following a March 20 City Council vote. The chair is City Councilmember Steve Soteres. And the co-chairs are the couple advocating a previously secret mixed-income housing proposal, recently revealed by the Reporter, that has strongly influenced north end and affordable housing policy behind the scenes. http://www.reporternewspapers.net//sandy-springs-north-en/

A deadly accident on I-285 is just the latest in a string of traffic fatalities that have the Sandy Springs police chief concerned and asking for two more officers focused on traffic enforcement. http://www.reporternewspapers.net//man-charged-with-vehic/

Sandy Springs has revealed the proposed location of its new fire station: a Colonial-style house at 7775 Jett Ferry Road, near the Dunwoody Country Club. http://www.reporternewspapers.net//jett-ferry-house-is-lo/