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  • North Druid Hills-Briarcliff, GA

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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Students Celebrate Hanukkah at TDSA

Projects from students at the North Druid Hills school since the Jewish holiday began Saturday.

Students Celebrate Hanukkah at TDSA
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Toco Hill Doctor Nominated for Health Care Award

Dr. Joseph Tate has been nominated for The Real Awards sponsored by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, among other groups.

Toco Hill Doctor Nominated for Health Care Award
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Shopping Center Owners Call Annexation Government Overreach

Shopping center owners at Clairmont and North Decatur roads say, "We face tax increases of more than 30 percent and a host of greater red tape from another governing body."

Shopping Center Owners Call Annexation Government Overreach
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Who is Sophia Academy?

Students at the private school talked about who they are in a recent YouTube video.

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Everbest Market Closes a Year After Opening

The Briarcliff Road sandwich shop shut down last week due to poor business. It opened in October 2011.

Everbest Market Closes a Year After Opening
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Old-School Record Shop Opens in Oak Grove

Ella Guru Record Shop quietly opened last month in the Oak Grove shopping center on Lavista Road.

Old-School Record Shop Opens in Oak Grove
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The Week in Review

The top five stories from the previous week in North Druid Hills-Briarcliff Patch.

The Week in Review
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Increase in Holiday Crime?

The North Briarcliff Civic Association wants to alert residents to a few incidents in the area recently.

Increase in Holiday Crime?
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Parent: Don't Shift Me from Lakeside High to Tucker

Under a proposal discussed Thursday, Evansdale Elementary School students would attend Tucker High School instead of Lakeside High School.

Parent: Don't Shift Me from Lakeside High to Tucker