🌱 Cumulus Antenna Emits Smoke + 10th Annual Alzheimer’s Music Fest

Hey, friends! Today, we savor National Curried Chicken Day. It's Thursday in Buckhead, and I'm back in your inbox to get you caught up on all the most important things happening in town, including news on:

• 🔥 Antenna fire caused by moisture
• 👮 An arrest in a case dating from July
• 🤝 Mayor Dickens’ speech at the Rotary Club

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💐 Valentine’s Day Poll! 🥂
Pink hearts, boxes of chocolates, and greeting cards – reminders that Valentine’s Day is coming are everywhere. But responses to the holiday are mixed. What are your feelings about the occasion? Do you celebrate? So far, 50% take a bah-humbug approach, while 39.5% plan on a Valentine’s Day with all the trimmings. 2.6% plan on celebrating Galentine’s Day, and 7.9% focus on Singles Awareness Day.

📰 Here are the top stories today in Buckhead:

1. Did you see the smoke coming from the Westin Hotel’s roof last week? At the time, “Cumulus station WNNX(FM) — which goes by '99X' but is heard at 100.5 MHz — posted a video on its Facebook page that day saying that its transmitter was on fire.” Rumors that the fire was a stunt proved false. A spokesperson for Cumulus explained that “the fire was caused by moisture entering the conduit carrying power to the antenna, which caused an arc that reached the fourth and lowest bay of the four-bay main antenna.” (Radio World)
2. The Atlanta Police Department (APD) announced an arrest on Wednesday. The case goes back to July, when a 24-year-old woman went missing. She was last seen at 1660 Peachtree Street Northeast. In November, a man was arrested “on an active warrant out of Atlanta for Concealing the Death of Another” in the case of the missing woman. Before that, in August, officers had already arrested another suspect who was “wanted for Murder, Possession of Controlled Substance for Distribution, Concealing the Death of Another, Tampering with Evidence, Financial Identity Fraud and Forgery in the First Degree” in reference to this case. (APD)
3. On Monday, Mayor Andre Dickens spoke at the Rotary Club of Buckhead's meeting at Maggiano’s Little Italy restaurant. The tenor of his message stressed “how his administration is working to combat high rates of violent crime.” However, organizers for the movement to turn Buckhead into an independent city are done waiting. “When the Buckhead City bill passes into law, there will be a referendum set for November 7, 2023,” they tweeted. (GPB)
4. On February 4, the Buckhead Theater will host the 10th Annual Alzheimer’s Music Fest. After producing it for the last nine years, the organizer merged with Friends of Disabled Adults and Children. A lineup will include “a few of the most iconic bands to come out of the 90s - Cowboy Mouth, Cracker, and Georgia's own Arrested Development.” (MDJ)

📆 Today in Buckhead:

• Online Auction of the Joel Katz Collection by the Ahlers & Ogletree Auction Gallery (10 AM)
• 2023 Discover Boating Atlanta Boat Show at the Georgia World Congress Center (11 AM)
• Power Lunch/Entrepreneur Workshop with Bill Walsh at the Fogo de Chão Brazilian Steakhouse (12 PM)
• Charlie Starr & Benji Shanks play at the Buckhead Theatre (8 PM)
• The New Thursday Night at the Rose Bar (9:30 PM)

🖊️ From my notebook:

• "APD Units Arrest Luggage Thief at Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport On 12/20/22, Officers assigned to Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport were patrolling the airport’s terminal when they observed a male suspect snatch two bags." (City of Atlanta Police Department via Facebook)
• "Thank you, Barge Road Highrise senior living community, for a great visit! Yesterday, Mayor Andre Dickens joined older Atlanta residents at a 'Learn & Learn' session to hear about their priorities and concerns regarding our city." (City of Atlanta Government via Facebook)
• "Today's Y Connect Pathways bonus episode features Vivian Moore, a longtime community champion and health advocate, Dedra Ridges, the Program Director of East Lake Healthy Connections and Illy Askia, President & CEO of the East Lake Foundation." (Carl E. Sanders Family YMCA at Buckhead via Facebook)
• "Join the conversation to help the City of Atlanta Government with its multi-year rewrite of the 40-year-old Zoning Ordinance to better meet Atlanta’s present and future needs." (Buckhead Community Improvement District via Facebook)
• "MARTA wants to hear your thoughts on its new Candler Road Arterial Rapid Transit concept. Check out this survey to share input about your public transportation needs." (Buckhead Community Improvement District via Facebook)

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— Sylvia Cochran

About me: Sylvia Cochran works out of sunny Southern California and has been freelance writing full-time since 2005. She loves dogs, cats, books, plays Best Fiends (don't judge), embraces social justice, and tries to live out Micah 6:8.

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