Carol Niemi, Author at Reporter Newspapers

Worth Knowing: The Black pastor of historically White church leads with reconciliation

Posted by Carol Niemi | Oct 12, 2020

In Luke 9, when Samarian villagers refuse to lodge Jesus and his disciples and James and John want to pray for heavenly retribution, Jesus rebukes them for their anger. The...

Worth Knowing: Local theater companies hope to stage pandemic comebacks

Posted by Carol Niemi | Sep 4, 2020

Like just about everything else we love, live theater is canceled for the foreseeable future — and many of live theater companies are wondering how or if they will survive....

Worth Knowing: TurningPoint helps breast cancer survivors with ‘support puzzle’ of pandemic era

Posted by Carol Niemi | Aug 9, 2020

One day in 2015, while riding in the car with her mother, eighth-grader Lauren Scalise overheard her mother Stephanie take a phone call. “She got this random phone call, and...

Worth Knowing: 4th of July Parade’s riders hold their horses for pandemic’s end

Posted by Carol Niemi | Jul 4, 2020

Thanks to COVID-19, the 2020 Dunwoody 4th of July parade was canceled. Based on past attendance, more than 2,500 participants and 32,000 spectators were left with a gaping hole in...

Worth Knowing: Sisters in arms find an online home in Georgia military women group

Posted by Carol Niemi | Jun 6, 2020

If you picture a typical military veteran, is your image male or female? If it’s male, you’re not alone. “When we tell people we’ve served, they think we’re the spouses...