Articles by Todd DeFeo

About Todd DeFeo

Todd DeFeo loves to travel anywhere, anytime, taking pictures and notes. An award-winning reporter, Todd revels in the experience and the fact that every place has a story to tell. He is the owner of The DeFeo Groupe and also edits Express Telegraph and Railfanning.org.

Flower power! Smyrna unveils giant yellow daffodil in ‘historic’ downtown

January 24, 2026 Todd DeFeo

Marietta has the big chicken. Smyrna has the big flower.

It’s time to investigate the investigators

January 11, 2026 Todd DeFeo

As the Georgia General Assembly resumes its work, elected lawmakers should take a long, hard look at the Georgia Composite Medical Board.

2025 Smyrna, Georgia, Christmas Lights

December 21, 2025 Todd DeFeo

Smyrna, Georgia, has placed Christmas lights on display downtown as part of Smyrna Bright Nights 2025, “a Community Celebration of bright lights and good cheer.”

Smyrna, Georgia, is in the Christmas spirit

December 16, 2025 Todd DeFeo

The Jonquil City is decked out for Christmas.

Why does it have to be a fight with City Hall?

December 15, 2025 Todd DeFeo

It’s sad because the institutions that represent the public and taxpayers often take their constituency for granted.

Remembering a walk into history at Pearl Harbor this year and every year

December 7, 2025 Todd DeFeo

There are places where history happened where you can walk and feel the past. It may be more relevant at Pearl Harbor than anywhere else.

A life vest from the great ship that went down

December 5, 2025 Todd DeFeo

It’s well known that the Titanic had 20 lifeboats that could carry 1,178 people, which was less than half the number on board for its maiden voyage. Only 18 were deployed on the fateful night of April 14-15, 1912.

Greetings from the Dark Hedges

December 2, 2025 Todd DeFeo

I was struck by this view of the Dark Hedges. It’s famous from a television show; I didn’t see it, and probably never will.

There has to be a better way to fund airports

December 2, 2025 Todd DeFeo

The recent government shutdown should have shown the country once and for all that there has to be a better way to fund airport security and air traffic controllers.

History is complex; take time to explore it

November 26, 2025 Todd DeFeo

History is complex, and nowhere is that more apparent than in Northern Ireland. The past remains ever present; visitors can see where it happened and how it still divides the city today.