Here's your local news at a glance for Thursday, the 29th of October.
Good morning, Atlanta.
Atlanta's Halloween weekend starts today with a free, family-friendly Pre-Halloween Boo Bash at Rodney Cook Park featuring games, music, and treats.
This weekend will also include Fright Night at Fernbank on Oct. 30 for guests 21 and older and a Howl-O-Ween pup parade along the Beltline on Oct. 31 (advance tickets required).
The Broadway musical Buena Vista Social Club made its Atlanta debut Wednesday, Oct.
28, at the Fox Theatre, offering a new run of performances for local theatergoers.
Smyrna History Museum opened a long-term exhibition on Oct.
28 honoring Cobb County self-taught folk artist Nellie Mae Rowe (1900–1982), showcasing her life, legacy, and visionary works in the museum gallery.
Zoo Atlanta will debut two Giant Pandas (Ping Ping and Fu Shuang) to the public on Nov.
6 after they completed health quarantine and began sampling bamboo and apples at the zoo.
Airport officials say Hartsfield-Jackson has about 58 projects totaling $4.2 billion and is spending roughly $2.7 to $3.3 million per day, with Concourse D Widening at $1.69 billion and 2026 spending on track at about $1 billion.
Jennifer Shuford will leave the CDC on Nov.
12 after four months as deputy director and chief medical officer; she joined in April and Satish Pillai will serve (interim) while the agency searches for a permanent successor.
City leaders are turning surface lots and vacant buildings into The Stitch, a three-phase neighborhood with (17 acres) of park space, and road and infrastructure work will begin next year downtown.
Stores across Atlanta are selling out of Atlanta Dream hats & T-shirts as fans scramble for gear ahead of Game 6 today at State Farm Arena, and local shop owners say vendors can't restock fast enough.
The Falcons will look to carry momentum into an NFC South road game at the Tampa Bay Buccaneers after snapping their skid against San Francisco, and coach Kevin Stefanski praised tight end Kyle Pitts' recent play.
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