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Keith Sandlin: In the business of well-being
Serving in the Bartow County community for more than 25 years, Keith Sandlin oversees the daily operation of 600 employees caring for more than 100,000 patients annually. As CEO of Cartersville Med...
Aug 21, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 6 6 recommendations | email to a friend
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One of Angie Alexandersen’s puppets is a talking train engine, which is featured in The Grand Theatre’s educational program titled “Tales from the Tracks.” SKIP BUTLER/The Daily Tribune News
Master puppeteer to lead children's workshop at The Grand
From a guitar playing camel to a talking train engine, attendees of The Grand Theatre's puppet workshop will have the opportunity to interact with Angie Alexandersen's colorful host of characters. ...
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Cartersville City Schools reports an increase in enrollment of 66 students over last school year. SKIP BUTLER/The Daily Tribune News
City schools see increased enrollment
Cartersville City Schools is reporting an increase in total enrollment of 66 students over the previous year — the first time in history the city schools have begun the year with a kindergarten thr...
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Exec. committee announces TSPLOST draft project list
A 2012 vote will be had on a Transportation Special Purpose Local Option Sales Tax supplementing diminished Georgia Department of Transportation funds for local road projects. Before the tax comes ...
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Man killed in Sunday I-75 crash identified
A man killed in a fiery crash on Interstate 75 at Sandtown Road Sunday has been identified as Kang Chang, 61, of Acworth, according to Bartow County Coroner Joel Guyton. Guyton said that the wreck ...
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Brenda Faye Cole sacks up some fresh tomatoes at her store, Wholesale Produce Farmer’s Market, off of exit 296 on Interstate Highway 75. SKIP BUTLER/The Daily Tribune News
Wholesale Produce aims to please public
For Brenda Faye Cole, business is a family affair. Along with her two sons, Jimmy and Peter Casey, Cole has pursued entrepreneurial aspirations by opening Wholesale Produce Farmer's Market. Getting...
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Ginny Slifcak and Mike Wasson try to persuade their characters’ daughter — played by the act’s director, Mallory Grantham — to join her wedding party in a scene from “Plaza Suite.” SPECIAL
Three directors provide fresh perspective for 'Plaza Suite'
Opening Aug. 26, Neil Simon's "Plaza Suite" will provide three thespians -- Al Calsetta, Mallory Grantham and Laurel Lowe -- the opportunity to direct their first Pumphouse Players' production. "Th...
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City of Cartersville new ward voting map changes approved
The Justice Department has approved the new voting ward/district map for the city of Cartersville. Due to the numbers obtained from the 2010 U.S. Census, the majority of wards have experienced so...
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Euharlee council discusses ball field and ordinance changes
Continuing improvements to Euharlee's ball fields and changes to ordinances were the highlights of the city council's regularly scheduled work session Tuesday night. Ron Goss presented issues amon...
Aug 17, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 6 6 recommendations | email to a friend
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JDA gets update on Highland 75
The Cartersville-Bartow County Joint Development Authority met Tuesday to hear updates including news of economic woes further impeding development at Highland 75. A 707-acre master-planned industr...
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Tellus Curator Julian Gray studies fluorescent minerals with an ultraviolet light. On Saturday, Tellus will be the site of a fluorescent mineral symposium. SKIP BUTLER/The Daily Tribune News
Tellus' Mineral Symposium highlights fluorescent minerals
Fluorescent minerals -- a visual delight and a scientific wonder -- will be the topic of conversation at the Tellus Science Museum's Mineral Symposium on Saturday from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. "[We are] ...
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Georgia Department of Transportation workers Monday converted the intersection at U.S. Highway 411 and Ga. Highway 140 in Rydal into a four-way stop. Work on the intersection including raised pavement markers in the turn lanes will continue into next week. MATT SHINALL/The Daily Tribune News
Four-way stop goes up at U.S. 411, Ga. 140 intersection
U.S. Highway 411 runs north of Cartersville predominantly uninterrupted with the exception of a newly erected four-way stop in Rydal at the Ga. 140 intersection. Georgia Department of Transportatio...
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James Newton sits with his traveling companion “Buster Brown” in Kingston Monday, his latest stop on a never-ending trip through the Southeast. DAYTON P. STRICKLAND/The Daily Tribune News
Traveling man stops in Kingston
When James Newton "retired from work and married life at the same time," he began a nearly 4,000-mile journey that brought him to the Bartow County town of Kingston Monday. The 70-year-old native o...
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Former police chief presents evidence to Kingston council
A special called meeting in Kingston gave air to grievances by former Police Chief Walter Harrell after his demotion and pay cut by Mayor Dexter Jones last month. Jones made the call to demote Harr...
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Brianna Ruff and Colleen Anich perform at the Walt Disney World Waterside Stage last month. SPECIAL
Southern Class Cloggers perform at Disney Theme Park
Since forming in 1995, the Southern Class Cloggers are becoming regulars in the Disney Performing Arts Program. The Cartersville-based group's latest appearance was July 11 in Florida's Downtown Di...
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