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TUESDAY, MAY 19, 2026 · Issue No. 9
Election Day is here · The BZA's five-variance night · A banner fortnight for Milton lacrosse
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Top of Mind
It's Election Day, Milton. Go vote.
The polls are open. Today is the Georgia General Primary, and your ballot has races that will directly shape Milton over the next few years. Polls open at 7 AM and close at 7 PM. Find your polling place at mvp.sos.ga.gov. Bring a valid Georgia photo ID.
Here's what's on your ballot:
HD-47 (western and northern Milton) — This is the big one. Jan Jones is retiring after 24 years, which means this seat is open for the first time in a generation. Three Republicans are running: Brian Cochran, Phoebe Eckhardt, and Jack Miller. If nobody clears 50%, the top two advance to a June 16 runoff. On the Democratic side, Lindsay DeFranco is running unopposed. The winner of the Republican primary (or runoff) will face DeFranco in November.
HD-49 (Alpharetta-side Milton) — Chuck Martin (R) is running for reelection and is unopposed in the Republican primary. The contested race here is on the Democratic side: Grace Demit and Teresa Lynch Lin are competing for the nomination.
The full voter guide with candidate platforms ran in Issue #6. If you haven't read it yet, it's worth a quick scan before you head to the polls.
We'll have results later this week — including whether HD-47 is headed to a runoff.
Sources: Georgia Secretary of State · My Voter Page
Council Watch
Five variances, one lot
The Board of Zoning Appeals meets tonight at 6 p.m. in City Hall's Council Chambers, and the number to know is five — five separate variances requested for one 1.58-acre lot at 14115 Brittle Road, at the corner of Redd Road.
The owner wants to build a primary house, a guest house, and a carport, and is asking the board to shrink setbacks on nearly all of it: the guest house's side and street setbacks cut to 10 and about 28 feet, the main house's side setback to 10, the carport's rear setback to roughly 42 — plus permission to put the guest house in front of the primary home, which the code doesn't normally allow.
The night's second case is tamer: the owner of 2215 Dinsmore Road, west of Thompson Road, wants a side setback trimmed to 10.5 feet for a new garage, citing a steep grade and promising Nellie Stevens hollies for screening.
The BZA is the city's quasi-judicial backstop for exactly this — seven appointed residents whose decisions can be appealed to Fulton County Superior Court. You can watch tonight's meeting live on YouTube. Next meeting after this one: June 16.
School Beat
A championship fortnight
Milton High's girls lacrosse did what it does — a 12–8 win over Lassiter on May 13 at West Forsyth handed the Eagles their ninth straight state title, and 19th since 2005. Senior Kylie Waters had a hat trick and an assist; Anna Kate Taglienti, Lillian Katula and Caroline Marshall added two goals apiece for coach Tim Godby.
The boys' side split. Cambridge High took the first lacrosse state championship in school history, an 11–4 win over Lovett behind goalie Ayan Moghe's 11 saves and five goals from Cooper Hamilton. Milton High's boys reached the Division II final the same week but fell to Roswell, 17–14.
And on the diamond: King's Ridge baseball reached the GHSA Final Four — senior Luke Wein got the Tigers there with a walk-off three-run homer to beat Lovett 13–10 in the quarterfinal — before bowing out on May 14.
Source: GHSA state tournament results
Crabapple Corner
The Farmers Market is back
The Milton Farmers Market returns Wednesday, May 20 — Market District courtyard, by the Starbucks, 4 to 7 p.m. — with a longer vendor list than last month.
On the table: handcrafted ice cream from Colin & Craig Creamery (and doggy ice cream from Salty Paws, for the four-legged set), potted plants from Doorstop Designs by Lauren, baked goods from Five Loaves and Mind Your Biscuits Bakeshop, and wagyu from Prime Wagyu Farm. Third Wednesday of the month, every month through October. Come hungry.
Calendar
- →Today, Tue May 19 — Election Day. Polls open 7 AM–7 PM. Find your polling place at mvp.sos.ga.gov
- →Tue, May 19 — Board of Zoning Appeals meeting, City Hall Council Chambers, 6 p.m.
- →Wed, May 20 — Milton Farmers Market, Market District courtyard, 4–7 p.m.
- →Mon, May 25 — Milton Memorial Day Ceremony, The Green at Crabapple Market, 10 a.m.
- →Mon, June 16 — Next Board of Zoning Appeals meeting
One More Thing
Milton's Memorial Day ceremony — May 25, 10 a.m. on The Green at Crabapple Market — brings remarks from Mayor Peyton Jamison and local veterans' leaders, and a keynote from 1st Lt. Ginny Dornheggen: an Army nurse who served at Walter Reed and in Vietnam, earned a Bronze Star, and spent 43 years in nursing. A Vietnam-era helicopter will be parked on the Green. Worth setting an alarm for.
—Ryan
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