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City council to discuss acquisition process for Main Street Connector
The Canton City Council is set to discuss the right-of-way acquisition process for the Main Street Connector, a road and sidewalk construction project coming to downtown Canton, at its meeting Thur...
June 19, 2013 11:15 PM | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
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11 Cherokee educators will grade AP exams from around country
The CCSD teachers who were selected to score the essays, or free-response sections, included: from Creekview High School, Michael Sinco (AP World History); Etowah High School, Kevin Wall (AP Engli...
June 19, 2013 09:02 PM | 0 0 comments | 4 4 recommendations | email to a friend
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Local tea party groups make way to nation’s capital to protest IRS
Members of several local tea party groups loaded a charter bus Tuesday morning in Kennesaw and headed for Washington, D.C., where they will take part in the “Audit the IRS Rally.”
June 19, 2013 12:00 AM | 0 0 comments | 11 11 recommendations | email to a friend
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Board member calls for school district probe
School board member Kelly Marlow has now called for a formal investigation of the Cherokee County School District by the agency that oversees accreditation for the district. Marlow made six claims ...
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Commissioners vote to ‘send a message’ against gas station
The Board of Commissioners was set to vote at its meeting Tuesday night on a request to rezone 3.5 acres at the entrance of the Estates at Brooke Park to build a 3,875-square-foot gas station, but ...
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Program provides free meals for area children
Eight locations in Cherokee County are participating in the Seamless Summer Feeding Program that expects to serve about 67,000 children free meals this summer. Cherokee County School District’s Sch...
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Commissioners strike down crematorium
Almost 200 Cherokee County residents packed the Cherokee Board of Commissioners meeting to capacity Tuesday night and applauded commissioners for voting unanimously — with Chairman Buzz Ahrens abse...
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Foreclosures up in June but trend going downward
Cherokee County saw a rise in the amount of foreclosures in the month of June, but some say the increase is likely not significant.
June 16, 2013 12:00 AM | 0 0 comments | 24 24 recommendations | email to a friend
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Cherokee Charter Academy hires new principal
Cherokee Charter Academy hired a new principal for the upcoming school year.
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Canton man arrested after burglary in power outage
From staff reports Police say they found a Canton man burglarizing a local thrift store late Thursday under the cover of darkness left after the storms had just ripped through the city. Eddie Lee ...
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