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'Welcome to the neighborhood:' Emerson approves LakePoint Sports incentives package
After taking almost an hour of a work session to answer concerns, the Emerson City Council on Monday voted to approve an incentives package, or memorandum of understanding, with LakePoint Land, LLC...
Jul 26, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 13 13 recommendations | email to a friend
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Kim Poe, left, 6th grade teacher at Cartersville Middle School, and her daughter, Madison, 11, a rising 7th grader at CMS, decorate Poe’s classroom Monday afternoon. Poe is beginning her 21st year of teaching, her 12th at CMS. DAYTON P. STRICKLAND/The Daily Tribune News
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Jul 26, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 9 9 recommendations | email to a friend
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Sit Or Sleep co-owners Mike Elrod, left, and Mark Roberts, in the store’s main warehouse showroom at 600 South Tennessee St. in Cartersville. SKIP BUTLER/The Daily Tribune News
SOS furniture liquidator brings wholesale to the public
After 28 years in the wholesale furniture business, Mark Roberts, co-owner of Sit Or Sleep, has opened his first retail location. His career has spanned the globe from Italy to Brazil and all point...
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Bob Massie, a Good Neighbor Homeless Shelter volunteer, prepares lunch for guests in the nonprofit’s kitchen. SKIP BUTLER/The Daily Tribune News
Tickets on sale for Good Neighbor Homeless Shelter's Our Hearts, Their Harbor benefit
With the return of Our Hearts, Their Harbor, the Good Neighbor Homeless Shelter is seeking to create a signature event to generate needed funds for the nonprofit. "Our purpose for this event is to ...
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Author Barbara Tarnow reads to her friend and subject of her book, “My Friend Noah.” SKIP BUTLER/The Daily Tribune News
'My Friend Noah' teaches how all friends are different
Cloverleaf Elementary School instructor and first time author Barbara Tarnow says her book, "My Friend Noah," comes from her experiences working with special needs students and seeing there is no w...
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CPD arrests five after safety check
Cartersville police officers conducted a driver safety check on U.S. Highway 411 near Industrial Park Road Thursday evening. Five arrests were made with charges including DUI, open container, posse...
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CRBI's 'Pink Paddle' to save biodiversity, breasts
Local river protection groups and Woodstock resident Agatha Bresnan are teaming up to raise money for breast cancer awareness and river protection through a 15-mile paddle down the Etowah River in ...
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Woodright Industries awarded Three-Year CARF Accreditation
CARF International announced that Woodright Industries has been accredited for a period of three years in the programs listed below. The latest accreditation is the fifth consecutive Three-Year Acc...
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Adairsville officials receive state recognition
Representatives from Adairsville traveled to Savannah last month to receive training and awards on behalf of the city. City Manager Pat Crook and councilmen Alan Towe, Erwin Holcomb and Connie Morr...
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Breastfeeding provides ample benefits to newborns
By Marie Nesmith marie.nesmith@daily-tribune.com In honor of World Breastfeeding Week, Aug. 1 to 7, Jacky Souders is encouraging nursing mothers to participate in the United States' first synchron...
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Special Adairsville City Councilmen Connie Morrow
Special Adairsville City Councilmen Connie Morrow, left, and Erwin Holcomb, not pictured, were awarded the Certificate of Recognition by the Georgia Municipal Training Institute by Jim Higdon, rig...
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Elaine Lazaruis, left, looks at tea accessories being sold by Debey Levitt at Wednesday’s Farmers Market. The proceeds from Levitt’s sales are going to help raise gas money to transport supplies to Cordova, Ala., one of the hardest hit areas by the April tornadoes that destroyed 20 to 30 percent of the town’s homes. Levitt also will be selling the items at Saturday’s downtown Cartersville Farmers Market. SKIP BUTLER/The Daily Tribune News
Adairsville resident provides aid to Ala. tornado victims
From selling donated teapots to transporting building supplies, Debey Levitt is not letting her Georgia address keep her from pitching in with the ongoing rebuilding efforts in her hometown of Cord...
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Successful search locates missing girl
A coordinated search and rescue effort in Rydal looking for 12-year-old Cicily Paige Flores took place in the early morning hours Thursday, resuming again shortly after dawn. The search brought out...
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Daune Davis found a damp cloth under his hat made the Wednesday’s heat somewhat bearable for the Woodland band member. SKIP BUTLER/The Daily Tribune News
School marching bands on beat with the heat
As a heat wave makes its way east and temperatures and humidity rise, area high school marching bands prepare for the upcoming school year. Both Bartow and Cartersville school systems have heat pol...
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Steps of Faith alumna Christina Alexandersen, front, teaches some of the company’s members the National Dance Day’s Master Class routine. SPECIAL
Steps of Faith to celebrate National Dance Day
In its first year participating in National Dance Day, Cartersville's Steps of Faith Dance Studio is seeking to introduce more residents to dance. "The 'So You Think You Can Dance?' program on the ...
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