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Week in Review

Chess club to compete in state competition, bestselling author comes to town, school board votes to close eight DeKalb schools and more.

We're all busy, so to help you get the best cross section of happenings in Virginia-Highland and Druid Hills, Patch offers a selection of stories you might have missed during the past week.

  • : Eclectic Music in Virginia-Highland makes music fun for students of any age.
  • The Fernbank Elementary School chess team was featured as the .
  • New York Times Bestselling author Randy Wayne White , "Night Vision," at Eagle Eye Bookshop Friday, March 11.
  • Construction on the BeltLine trail from Piedmont Park to DeKalb Avenue could start within the month,
  • : The life and times of local celebrity Daron “Farmer D” Joffe.
  • -- DeKalb County High School students visited Emory last week for a day of science
  • -- Eight schools will be 'decommissioned' under the plan adopted by the school board.


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