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Email: jonathan.cribbs@patch.com
Phone: 678-490-6497
Hometown: Owings, Md.
Birthday: Aug. 2
Bio: I moved to the Atlanta metro area in 2008 and freelanced for several publications before The Champion Newspaper in Decatur hired me to cover the news in DeKalb County in 2009. I joined Patch in October 2010.
I live in the North Druid Hills community and have worked for daily and weekly newspapers in Maryland, Virginia and the Carolinas. I graduated from the University of Maryland in 2005 with a degree in English Language and Literature, a wonderful field of study that will challenge and engage you even as it lays the groundwork for your future unemployment. (But you'll know how to chart our nation's secular transformation from the works of Charles Brockden Brown to Seinfeld. FYI: Moby Dick is a turning point.)
I grew up in southern Maryland near the Chesapeake Bay. I'm a huge ice hockey fan and played the sport through middle and high school. I also love movies and own a somewhat sad collection of more than 500 movies.
As a journalist, I've covered everything from large national stories (the Washington, D.C., snipers in 2003) to the smallest story you can think of, including pizza day at Lady's Island Elementary School in Beaufort, S.C.
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A mother spied a man looking through the window at her teenaged daughter Thursday, DeKalb County police said.
The Northlake Movie Tavern is in the middle of a really cool retro summer film series. Like our very own Fox Theatre summer series.
Make sure you're prepared this holiday for the possibility of scattered thunderstorms. Bring an umbrella.
Patch page focused on Civil War events and commemorations in our communities.
The top five stories from the previous week in the North Druid Hills-Briarcliff area.
A list of the top 10 most frequently rented Redbox movies in North Druid Hills over the last seven days.
A selection of crimes in our area reported to DeKalb County police.
The county is encouraging residents to sign their pledge against celebratory gunfire.
Want to know what's going on in the neighborhood this weekend? Patch let's you know.
Two Unitarian Universalist pastors in North Druid Hills said they hope the entire law is overturned.
The early Saturday morning carjacking occurred at 2900 block of Cedar Creek Parkway.
The shed at the Clyde Shepherd Nature Preserve was reduced to a charred heap of metal and wood after yesterday's storms.
The board of commissioners will vote on whether to buy the 6-acre tract for $1.9 million to build a park.
Selig Enterprises has meet with DeKalb County commissioners and may seek public money to build underground parking for a new store, according to the Clairmont Heights Civic Association.
The sewage poured out of a manhole cover and into Peachtree Creek, according to the AJC.
The top five stories from the previous week in the North Druid Hills-Briarcliff area.
Candace Bushnell will make an unscheduled stop at the North Decatur Road store to promote her new book, "Summer and the City." But it won't be easy–or even possible–to meet her.
A list of the top 10 most frequently rented Redbox movies in North Druid Hills over the last seven days.
The ice cream shop chain is offering Facebook fans 50 cents off their Ice Caps.