Early voting for new city starts Feb. 27

Early voting for the March 21 special elections held in the new city of South Fulton and the city of Roswell will take place 8:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. Feb. 27 through March 17, at the following locations:

South Fulton Service Center, 5600 Stonewall Tell Rd., College Park

East Roswell Branch Library, 2301 Holcomb Bridge Rd., Roswell

Roswell Branch Library, 115 Norcross St., Roswell

Wolf Creek Library, 3100 Enon Rd., Atlanta

Saturday voting will be available on March 11 at the South Fulton Service Center only. There will be no Saturday or Sunday voting for East Roswell, Roswell or Wolf Creek libraries.

A list of qualified candidates is at www.fultonelections.com. The candidates for city of South Fulton mayor are: Robert Bonner, Jr., financial counselor Bennie Crane, insurance professional Robert L. Dawson III, consultant William “Bill” Edwards, retired Ronnie Few, retired Gwendolyn Rainey Gillespie, labor consulting Rafer Johnson, flight attendant Travis Townsend, Jr., attorney Ken Wainwright, underwriter Information: 404-730-7072 or www.fultonelections.com repairs.

Assistant Superintendent Mike Sanders outlined a new online platform Monday at the Board of Education’s work session. Developed by the same company the county uses for its financial records, the new work order system will let teachers specify whether they need help with technology- or facility-related problems and then track each order’s status and completion.

The goal is to improve timeliness and to keep requests, which previously were made verbally or in a note, from falling through the cracks. lunch. National Archives, 5780 Jonesboro Road, Morrow. Register: aahgsatl.org. National Archives Education Specialist Joel Walker at 770968-2530 or archives.gov/Atlanta.

Wesley Chapel United Methodist Church’s 150th anniversary: Community Open House. 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday. Free. Thomas Fellowship Hall, 397 Racetrack Road, McDonough. A 150-year timeline traces the church’s heritage and major local, national and world events. Numerous displays throughout the church, including the Pastor Pictorial Gallery, showcase Wesley Chapel’s rich history and spiritual legacy. 770-957-4728, wesleymcd.org.

Chess. 11:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Saturdays through March 18, April 15 to May 27. Free. East Point Branch, 2757 Main St., East Point. Adults are invited to learn the game of chess with an experienced coach while also improving their critical thinking and problem-solving skills. 404762-4842, afpls.org.

City switching to energy-saving LED lights

The city of Chamblee is working with Georgia Power to remove the old roadway lights and replace them with LED roadway lights. The changing out of the old high-pressure sodium lights and install the nearly 1,200 lights will begin next month and take three months to complete. The streetscape lights are not being replaced at this time.

According to Georgia Power, technology improvements, coupled with marketplace acceptance resulted in lower pricing for LED roadway fixtures. On a network lighting control system, the lights will turn on at dusk and off at dawn, to meter energy consumption as well as diagnose any problems with the lights from a remote location. According to the manufacturer, the LED light lifetime estimate is 50,000 hours, and when used 12 hours per night translates to 11.4 years.