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Riverside Day Use Area, which normally operates year-round, will be closed December, January and February. SKIP BUTLER/The Daily Tribune News
Mobile District to reduce operations at lake facilities
To combat a projected budget shortfall, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' Mobile District is reducing operations and maintenance services at its recreational facilities, including Lake Allatoona. "...
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Emerson police receive technology grant
Emerson Police Department on Tuesday was among the first in the state to receive a state technology grant. The agency was awarded $12,500 from the Governor's Office of Highway Safety to purchase ca...
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Luncheon scheduled to honor public servants
Commemorating the 10th anniversary of Sept. 11, the annual public servants luncheon will honor Bartow's emergency personnel and government employees. Launched in 2000 by Parnick Jennings, the lunch...
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Mark Garland, left, donates platelets every two weeks at the Blood Assurance Cartersville Donation Center where Donor Care Specialist Marla Cole oversees the process of apheresis, where the blood is separated into components.
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Blood banks issue appeal for donors
Blood Assurance to remain open Labor Day
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Health department releases food service scores
The following food service inspections were issued by the Bartow County Health Department from Aug. 21 to 27: * America's Best Value Inn, 5245 Glade Road in Acworth, inspected Aug. 26, 94/A; * Cart...
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Johnette Dawson, chairwoman for the United Way of Bartow County’s campaign, assists Nia Simone James, left, and Dalu Evans Igwebuike with their science homework in the study room at the Cartersville Unit of the Boys & Girls Clubs of Bartow County. The Boys & Girls Clubs is among more than a dozen local agencies that receive funding from the United Way. The students are sixth-graders at Cartersville Middle School.
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United Way fundraising campaign kicks off
Following the April tornado that struck Bartow County, WBHF radio, The Daily Tribune News and Cartersville UNCUT banded together for a radio-thon that raised $72,500 for the local United Way and pr...
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Bartow Health Access clinic among many projects awarded by grant program
Bartow Health Access finally will be getting a home of its own. The local healthcare organization was one of the local projects funded by the more than $38.8 million in federal assistance from the ...
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No action taken during Kingston called meeting
Three items made it on the agenda for Monday's special called meeting in Kingston. All three, however, were tabled for a later meeting. Two new hires were listed, both part-time, the first an addit...
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A tree burns in an empty lot on Grove Point Way in the Carter Grove Plantation subdivision in Cartersville Monday afternoon as units from Cartersville and Bartow County fire departments battled a multi-point grass fire in the area.
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City, county fight multiple grass fires
With a landscape like kindling, local fire departments have had their hands full with grass and woods fires. Cartersville Fire Department Battalion Chief Ray King said Monday night the department h...
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“The Wizard of Oz” came to life at the Kiwanis Club’s Kiddie Day Parade last year. From left are Brylie Sanford, Cortni Jacobs, Haley Owens and Maggie Swancey.
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Kiddie Day Parade set for Sept. 17
On Sept. 17, children will have another reason to play dress up as the Kiddie Day Parade returns to downtown Cartersville. Organized by the 20-member Kiwanis Club of Cartersville, the event is gear...
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BARTOW BLOTTER — 8-30
The following information -- names, photos, addresses, charges and other details -- was taken directly from Bartow County Sheriff's Office jail records. Not every arrest leads to a conviction, and ...
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Randy Ballew demonstrates how Indians made their stone tools at the Etowah Indian Mounds State Historic Site. 
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The Ancient Art of Flintknapping
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Clarence Brown stands out in front of the conference center that bears his name. As of Sunday, Brown has served Bartow County 20 years as sole commissioner.
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Clarence Brown celebrates 20 years of service to community
What most would consider a busy and hectic day at the office is just normal routine for Bartow County Commissioner Clarence Brown as he works with his staff and citizens to make Bartow a better com...
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Marian Coleman, curator for Noble Hill-Wheeler Memorial Center, shows Danny Wheeler Jr. one of the museum’s newest exhibits. Wheeler is the son of Susie Wheeler, a long-time educator and graduate of Noble Hill who eventually led the effort to preserve the school as a museum.
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Noble Hill extends invitation to picnic
For Noble Hill-Wheeler Memorial Center Curator Marian Coleman, the site's Labor Day Picnic is an ideal time to reminisce with old friends and classmates. The 22nd-annual event, which is set for Sep...
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Bartow assistant superintendent candidate voted down named
Bartow County Superintendent John Harper released the name of his recommendation for assistant superintendent as Robert Costley, the superintendent for the Habersham school district. Harper's recom...
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