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.
In 2011, the mean scores for each section of the test were 533 in reading, 541 in math and 535 in writing for a total score of 1,609.
Whole Foods Market on Briarcliff Road will give 5 percent of net sales to the school Sept. 21.
The Macon-headquartered school placed No. 9 in the Southern Regional Universities category.
The Golden Lions' top-ranked volleyball squad continued its 19-game winning streak, and the football team defeated North Hall 38-13.
The program may also lead to significant cost savings due to decreased expenses on textbooks, copy paper and toner, the principal said.
Senior Connections is co-hosting a series of events across the county this fall. The first is on Briarcliff Road on Sept. 21.
The town hall meeting will be held at Henderson Mill Elementary School on Sept. 22 and will cover crime occurring in the area.
The company's grant program will dole out money to local schools, districts and garden-related nonprofits.
The meeting will be held at Henderson Mill Elementary School on Sept. 22 and will cover the type of crime occurring in the area.
Several members of the team will participate in the Dunwoody-Manhattan Twenty-Six Story Memorial Stair Climb at The Manhattan Condominiums in Dunwoody on Saturday.
No one was injured after school officials discovered the leak this morning, a DeKalb County School System spokeswoman said.
The varsity football team crushed Benedictine over the weekend 35-0.
The top five stories from the previous week in the North Druid Hills-Briarcliff area.
Were you at Saturday's big game? Share your photos with Patch.
The Sept. 8 event will feature mixologists from some of Atlanta’s best restaurants and clubs, pouring custom cocktails from 7-10pm.
Part of a nationwide patchwork of remembrances and thoughts on the 10th anniversary of the terrorist attacks in New York, Washington and Pennsylvania.
"At least 20 new businesses" are set to open in the Church Street shopping center by the end of the year, according to Decatur Dispatch.
The DeKalb County Board of Education hired Cheryl Atkinson as the school system's new superintendent in a 6-3 vote last week. What are your thoughts?
The Golden Lion football team knocked off Westminster 28-21.
Donors made pledges in excess of $5 million to get construction on the complex started.
