Around the Region: Man Accused of Throwing Baby, Toddler Shoots Self in Thumb and More
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Residents Turn Toxic Site Into Zonolite Park - North Druid Hills Patch An area that was once an asbestos-poisoned wetland is now a new park in the Emory University area just south of North Druid Hills thanks to local volunteers, including the South Fork Conservancy. In an article published on the Saporta Report, Ben Smith wrote, "Zonolite Park is 12 acres near Briarcliff and Clifton Roads, where the South Fork of Peachtree Creek parallels railroad tracks. For two decades beginning in 1950, freight trains stopped at the W.R. Grace Co. plant and dumped as much as 1,225 tons of raw material for attic insulation marketed as Zonolite." Read more on North Druid Hills Patch. Indictment Alleges Man Shook, Threw, Hit 8-Week-Old Baby - South Cobb …
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