November 2014 - Monthly Archive

Chattahoochee Gold Swimmers Earn Scholarships

21 Nov

School - Woodstock

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Chattahoochee Gold Swimmers Earn Scholarships

Rachel Pelzek of Chattahoochee Gold swim team has accepted a swim scholarship from Western Kentucky University. Rachel is a senior at Sequoyah High School and has competed for Gold since the eighth gr... read more..

River Ridge Student Writes Novel for Senior Project

21 Nov

School - Woodstock

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River Ridge Student Writes Novel for Senior Project

River Ridge High School senior Cindy Chen is conducting a "book tour" after writing a novel for her senior project. The novel, "Sounds of War," is a young adult historical fiction based in 1941 Lening... read more..

Jim Drinkard Named Woodstock Citizen of the Year

21 Nov

Community - Woodstock

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Jim Drinkard Named Woodstock Citizen of the Year

The membership of Preservation Woodstock Inc. has selected Jim Drinkard as the recipient of the 2014 Barbara G. Ingram Citizen of the Year Award. The Barbara G. Ingram Citizen of the Year Award is pre... read more..

Woodstock Sophomore Elected to Georgia Junior Classical League

21 Nov

School - Woodstock

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Woodstock Sophomore Elected to Georgia Junior Classical League

Nic Franco, a sophomore at Woodstock High School (WHS), has been elected as a State officer for the Georgia Junior Classical League. He was elected during the League's Fall Forum, which is the first m... read more..

Northside Hospital Expands Pediatric Imaging Services at Towne Lake Campus

21 Nov

Business - Woodstock

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Northside Hospital Expands Pediatric Imaging Services at Towne Lake Campus

Northside Hospital's Northside/Towne Lake Imaging in Woodstock now offers pediatric sedation for MRI (magnetic resonance imaging) and CT (computed tomography) imaging to its scope of services. "We are... read more..

21 Nov

Business - Woodstock

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9Round Kickboxing Opens in Woodstock

9Round kickboxing fitness center is now open in Woodstock. 9Round is a full-body 30-minute kickboxing workout that is fun, fast-paced and effective. The workout consists of nine different workout stat... read more..

Cherokee Chamber Elects New Board of Directors

21 Nov

Business - Woodstock

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Cherokee Chamber Elects New Board of Directors

The Cherokee County Chamber of Commerce has announced the seven members who were elected recently to the organization's board of directors. These volunteers will serve three-year terms beginning in Ja... read more..

21 Nov

Business - Woodstock

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MaThCliX Opens in Woodstock

MaThCliX MaTh Learning CenTer is now open in Woodstock. Tracy Lynn Porter, founder and director, has a B.S. and M.A.T. in Mathematics, is a Ga.-certified, Gifted Endorsed Teacher for grades 7-12, and ... read more..

21 Nov

Business - Woodstock

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Inalfa Cherokee Facility Now Open

Inalfa Roof Systems has opened its new assembly facility in Cherokee County. The new assembly facility, located at Cherokee 75 Corporate Park in Acworth, is part of the company's strategic expansion p... read more..

Reinhardt University Graduates First Master of Public Administration Class

21 Nov

School - North Fulton

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Reinhardt University Graduates First Master of Public Administration Class

Reinhardt University will graduate its first group of students from the Master of Public Administration (MPA) program in December. The students will graduate after 16 months of coursework and study, c... read more..

Cambridge High School Chorus Participates in District V Honor Chorus

21 Nov

School - North Fulton

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Cambridge High School Chorus Participates in District V Honor Chorus

Ten members of the Cambridge High School chorus participated in the Georgia Music Educators Association (GMEA) District V Honor Chorus, held recently at Roswell United Methodist Church. Cambridge stud... read more..

21 Nov

School - North Fulton

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Webb Bridge MS to Host Desktop Stores

Seventh-graders at Webb Bridge Middle School (WBMS) have created unique products that will be for sale at the WBMS Desktop Stores live market December 12 as part of an interdisciplinary project. The p... read more..

21 Nov

Community - North Fulton

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Elfaretta Contest Returns to Alpharetta

The "Where's Elfaretta?" contest has returned to Alpharetta for the holidays. Elfaretta is hiding out in participating Alpharetta businesses, giving customers a chance to win prizes as they hunt for t... read more..

Rotary Club of Johns CreekNorth Fulton Cleans Up Local Road

21 Nov

Community - North Fulton

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Rotary Club of Johns CreekNorth Fulton Cleans Up Local Road

The Rotary Club of Johns CreekNorth Fulton cleaned up a 1.95-mile stretch of Old Alabama Road in conjunction with the recent "North Fulton Day of Service." Through the Adopt-A-Road program, the club i... read more..

Roswell Rain Gardens Offer Innovative Solution to Water Pollution

21 Nov

Community - North Fulton

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Roswell Rain Gardens Offer Innovative Solution to Water Pollution

The City of Roswell celebrated the completion of its new rain gardens project, designed to improve the water quality of Crossville Creek, which runs through Roswell Area Park. The City of Roswell tar... read more..

Ageless Remedies Partners with Innovative Skincare to Pamper Breast Cancer Patients

21 Nov

Business - North Fulton

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Ageless Remedies Partners with Innovative Skincare to Pamper Breast Cancer Patients

Ageless Remedies, located in Roswell, partnered with Innovative Skincare in hosting a special iS CANCER CARE Program recently. The event offered a day of pampering for patients undergoing cancer treat... read more..

Coffee Bianco Celebrates Roswell Store Opening

21 Nov

Business - North Fulton

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Coffee Bianco Celebrates Roswell Store Opening

Coffee Bianco is now open in Roswell. Owner Vara Foroutan says Coffee Bianco is inspired by her travels throughout Europe, bringing the spirit of the European caf to Roswell. Coffee Bianco serves a va... read more..

Extreme Rush Apparel Opens in Alpharetta

21 Nov

Business - North Fulton

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Extreme Rush Apparel Opens in Alpharetta

Extreme Rush Apparel opened recently at The Silos at North Farm Marketplace in Alpharetta. Owned by Atlanta native Don Chao, Extreme Rush Apparel started as an online retailer of fitness apparel for e... read more..

Free Home ES Teacher Wins State Agriculture Award

21 Nov

School - Canton

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Free Home ES Teacher Wins State Agriculture Award

Free Home Elementary School teacher Carmen Power is the winner of the 2014 Georgia Excellence in Teaching about Agriculture Educator Award, presented by Georgia Farm Bureau. Power, who teaches fourth-... read more..

Cherokee HS Raising Funds for Leadership Conferences

21 Nov

School - Canton

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Cherokee HS Raising Funds for Leadership Conferences

Cherokee High School CTI (Career & Technical Instruction) is raising money online (Fundly.com/Embrace-The-Leader-In-You) to support students with disabilities to attend two conferences: State Lead... read more..

21 Nov

School - Canton

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Sequoyah Junior Earns Perfect ACT Score

Mackenzie Joy, a junior at Sequoyah High School, has earned a perfect composite score of 36 on the ACT college entrance and placement test. She is the daughter of Stephanie and William Joy. On averag... read more..

Ball Ground ES Teacher Joy Silk Named CCSD Teacher of the Year

21 Nov

School - Canton

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Ball Ground ES Teacher Joy Silk Named CCSD Teacher of the Year

Ball Ground Elementary School STEM Academy teacher Joy Silk has been selected Teacher of the Year for Cherokee County School District (CCSD). Teacher of the Year is selected by a panel of community le... read more..

Girl Scouts Collecting Prom Dresses for House of Hope

21 Nov

Community - Canton

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Girl Scouts Collecting Prom Dresses for House of Hope

Maddie Avillar, 13, of Canton, and Girl Scout Troop 2819 are collecting prom dresses, shoes, and accessories for House of Hope's Hope Closet as part of the troop's Silver Award project. The House of H... read more..

Cherokee County Farm Bureau Receives District Awards

21 Nov

Community - Canton

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Cherokee County Farm Bureau Receives District Awards

Cherokee County Farm Bureau (CCFB) received several awards for outstanding member programs during the recent Georgia Farm Bureau 1st District Annual Meeting. The GFB 1st District includes 15 county Fa... read more..

21 Nov

Community - Canton

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Mitchell Selected as New Police Chief

Canton City Manager Glen Cummins announced that Assistant Chief of Police Mark Mitchell (pictured) has been selected as the new Canton Chief of Police. Mitchell will take over January 1, 2015, followi... read more..

21 Nov

Business - Canton

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Cherokee Chamber Elects New Board of Directors

The Cherokee County Chamber of Commerce has announced the seven members who were elected recently to the organization's board of directors. These volunteers will serve three-year terms beginning in Ja... read more..

21 Nov

Business - Canton

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Inalfa Cherokee Facility Now Open

Inalfa Roof Systems has opened its new assembly facility in Cherokee County. The new assembly facility, located at Cherokee 75 Corporate Park in Acworth, is part of the company's strategic expansion p... read more..

21 Nov

Business - Canton

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Studio 121 Relocates to Ball Ground

Studio 121 has relocated from Downtown Canton to a new facility in Ball Ground. Patricia Reeves, proprietor of Studio 121, has been "serving soul food through the Arts" with an army of artists in the ... read more..

Book Review: Written in My Own Hearts Blood

20 Nov

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Book Review: Written in My Own Hearts Blood

Diana Gabaldons new book continues the saga of Claire Randall. By Catherine Groves In what we now know as a classic novel, Diana Gabaldons Outlander tells the story of Claire Randall. Claire, an Eng... read more..

20 Nov

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Artist Profile: Thomas Fountain

Back to the Roots of Country Music By Heike Hellmann-Brown Singer/songwriter Thomas Fountain is setting out to leave an impact on todays country music. While his band is playing venues all across th... read more..