Carol Niemi, Author at Reporter Newspapers

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...

Worth Knowing: In the pandemic era, locals plant ‘victory gardens’

Posted by Carol Niemi | May 3, 2020

During World War I, patriotic Americans planted victory gardens. They were so popular during World War II that home, school and community gardens produced 40% of the nation’s fresh fruit...

Worth Knowing: In pandemic nightmare, acts of kindness abound

Posted by Carol Niemi | Mar 21, 2020

Almost overnight, our world has changed. But in the midst of our dystopian nightmare, examples of compassion are all around us – proof that that caring for one another is...