It’s a not-so-classic case of the dual life. By day Glenn Diamond is the enthusiastic coach of a J.V. girls basketball team. But by night he produces one of the longest-running, most successful sports broadcasts ever and rubs elbows with the who’s who of Atlanta sports.

As Democratic Senate nominee Jim Martin made his acceptance speech in midtown Atlanta on Tuesday night he quickly shifted from a mode of celebration to that of preparation for his upcoming battle with entrenched incumbent Republican Saxby Chambliss.

In an era of widespread mistrust between different government law enforcement agencies, last week’s arrest of three suspects in the tragic murder of Roswell’s Lydia Alvarado is a crime story of amazing cross-jurisdictional cooperation and true gumshoe detective work by the Roswell Police Department. Like the Royal Canadian Mounties, they got their men, and they did it the old fashioned way: inexhaustible tenacity, hard work, pure gut instinct and a few breaks along the way.

Two Democrats who couldn’t be more different are vying for the right to run in the general election for the County’s top law enforcement job. Call it the great sheriff showdown at the Fulton County jailhouse.

Here is the good news for the Georgia liberal Democrats. There appears to be a light at the end of their long, dark tunnel called the Georgia GOP.

The City of Roswell lost another transportation director, their sixth resignation in 12 years. Only this time the reasons behind the departure were not exactly what city executives wanted you to believe.

There are 58,209 names listed on that black granite wall. 58,209 soldiers who gave their lives fighting a war that many of them did not understand until they set foot in the jungles of Vietnam. A war that many do not understand to this day.

Whether seen by the sun-dappled light of day or when the street lamps float shadows among the leaves of towering oak trees, a five-mile strip of Windward Parkway is as true a restaurant row as you’ll find in the metro area.

In a stinging rebuke of Roswell Mayor Jere Wood’s and City Administrator Kay Love’s proposed fiscal year 2008-2009 budget, Roswell City Council members voted unanimously to defer a vote for approval until June 30. The new budget cycle is set by law to take effect July 1, 2008.

In the white-gloved Alpharetta of old, people held the door for one another as they bade pleasant good mornings. Men tipped their hats to the ladies, and if they were eligible, did their courting after the Sunday sermon.