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.
We're interested in hearing from you guys about whether Decatur Mayor Bill Floyd's suggestion that the city annex the shopping center to influence development there is a good idea. Expression is just a mouse click away.
Residents will be able to tour the school's new Fine Arts Building, 25 new classrooms and other renovated areas.
A history buff writes about horses, which once outnumbered humans, in DeKalb County, including the North Druid Hills area, according to Decatur Dispatch.
Where's the best place to get your taxes done in the North Druid Hills-Briarcliff community?
In his state of the city speech, Mayor Bill Floyd said Decatur should annex Suburban Plaza and commercial space at the intersection of Clairmont and North Decatur roads to better control development there.
In his state of the city speech, Mayor Bill Floyd said Decatur should annex Suburban Plaza and commercial space at the intersection of Clairmont and North Decatur roads to better control development there.
The top five stories from the previous week on North Druid Hills-Briarcliff Patch.
The bus provides job search assistance and other forms of work-related help for county residents looking to get back to work.
Nothing was taken from the home at Park Villa Apartments near Buford Highway early Thursday morning.
The popular deli beat The Grove and Napoleon's to wins this week's Readers' Choice contest on North Druid Hills-Briarcliff Patch.
A selection of crimes reported to DeKalb County police.
The popular North Decatur Indian restaurant on Clairmont Road is opening at the Shops Around Lenox.
The board asked the county Thursday to deny permits to T-Mobile, which, under an agreement with the school system, plans to build nine cell phone towers on school properties countywide, including Briarlake Elementary and Lakeside High schools.
It's mostly housekeeping stuff, but we hopes it improves functionality and usability.
The increased number of selections will be available through the Jewish holiday.
A number of kids turned out for the Radio Disney-sponsored event at Northlake Mall on Saturday.
The event will be held April 21 at 2:45pm.
A Lakeside High School student was among many who expressed support for the 17-year-old who was shot and killed last month in Florida. How has the case impacted you?
March 30 is the last day to enroll in a school choice program within the DeKalb County School System.
Michelle Vu received $1,000, which will go toward her education at Emory University.
