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.
Leonard A. Meyer, a veteran of the 374th Carrier Group in the Battle of Biak as part of the New Guinea campaign of World War II, will be the ispeaker for the World War II Round Table monthly luncheon Jan. 19 at Petite Auberge restaurant.
A reader sent in some photos of a derby workshop last week at Oak Grove United Methodist Church.
Burrell Ellis makes his second go-around in two years with a series of meetings to discuss county-related issues.
Five entering freshmen will be given scholarships covering the full cost of attendance and a $16,000 stipend over four years.
The county's Code Red Emergency Communications will now send severe weather alerts to registered residents.
The complete text of Gov. Deal's address to the General Assembly yesterday.
Although the Golden Lions' boys basketball team dropped two contests last week, the girls' team remains in the No. 2 Atlanta Journal-Constitution poll position.
The North Druid Hills grocery store in Toco Hills Promenade will no longer offer the service after Jan. 28.
The tobacco-free initiative began Jan. 1.
The grocery store will give 5 percent of its net sales to Senior Connections on Jan. 11, which it's dubbed "Community Giving Day."
Got something to say? Patch.com is adding local bloggers.
The day's top headlines for Tuesday, Jan. 3, 2012.
The Lawrenceville Highway site is one of several the county has opened through Saturday.
The free walks will focus on subjects ranging from local Civil War history, meditative benefits of walking and native plants.
The top five stories from the previous week in the North Druid Hills-Briarcliff area.
And happy holidays.
The North Druid Hills organization believes it could be worth more than $1,600.
The medical center had 46 finalists and captured five of 16 categories in the ceremony sponsored by the March of Dimes Georgia Chapter.
The tournament, which runs Dec. 27-29, attracts teams from across the Southeast.
The MTV television series is back shooting its second season in the Atlanta area again. And they'll likely be headed to Briarcliff High School again.
