A judge validated a $52 million Public Facilities Authority bond on Friday, Dec. 19 bringing the City Schools of Decatur’s plan for a new Early Childhood Learning Center closer to reality.

What started as a simple family tradition has grown into a full-scale Christmas light show at the Brix family farm on Garver Church Road.

Doris C. Decatur of Nashua, NH, Lowell, MA native; 91 NASHUA, NH — Doris C. (Hanson) Decatur, of Nashua, NH, was called home on June 9, 2011. Doris was born on August 7, 1919 in Lowell, MA, and was a daughter of the late James J. Hanson and Esther D.

DECATUR, Ala. — Hands Across Decatur is opening a warming center to ensure no one has to sleep in the cold. The warming center will open at 6 p.m. Monday at 1027 5th Avenue in Decatur and remain open until 8 a.m. Tuesday. The facility will provide a safe place to rest, hot meals and relief from dangerous outdoor conditions.