Tuesday, January 3, 2012
Don't know what to do with your Christmas tree? Marietta parks are accepting Christmas trees for recycling.
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Tuesday, January 3, 2012
Don't throw out that Christmas Tree. Bring one for the Chipper! Through Saturday, Keep Cobb Beautiful is sponsoring "Bring One for the Chipper," free tree-recycling drop offs at specified locations, including: Christmas trees can be recycled to create fuel, mulch, habitats for wildlife and other useful materials. After Jan. 8, free mulch will be provided to Cobb citizens at Cobb Parks chipper locations as well as at Davey Trees (770-451-7911.) For more information, visit Keep Cobb Beautiful at cobbcounty.org/kcb or call 770-528-1135.
Friday, December 30, 2011
Here's your roundup of top stories from Cobb, Cherokee, Paulding, Douglas and Bartow counties for Dec. 30.
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The Marietta Johnson Ferry Bank of North Georgia supported the Center for Family Resources, and the Marietta Roswell Street location supported Cobb Christmas.
Bank of North Georgia and Bank of Coweta, two divisions of Synovus Bank, hosted a Holiday Toy Drive from Nov. 25 through Dec. 16 at its 46 branches in metro Atlanta. Customers and local residents participated in the Holiday Toy Drive by bringing new, unwrapped toys for boys and girls to the banks. The Marietta Johnson Ferry Bank of North Georgia supported the Center for Family Resources, and the Marietta Roswell Street location supported Cobb Christmas. A total of 2,534 toys were collected through this program. Last year, 2,787 toys were collected. In a press release, Don Howard, chairman of Bank of North Georgia and Synovus Regional chief executive officer, said, "Through this special community relations initiative, our customers and team…
Thursday, December 29, 2011
The Christmas Kids Campaign collects about half of all the gifts the Department of Family and Children's Services gives to children in foster care.
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Thursday, December 29, 2011
By Clay National Guard Center, Marietta Soldiers with the Georgia State Defense Force (GSDF) and the Georgia Army Guard’s 124th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment, 78th Homeland Response Force, volunteered their time on Saturday, Dec. 10 to help Atlanta radio and television personality Clark Howard during his 21st annual Clark Howard Christmas Kids campaign. Every year Howard, who is also a State Defense Force captain with the Public Affairs Office, and News/Talk WSB join with the Georgia Department of Family and Children's Services to provide gifts for foster children across Georgia. Clark's Christmas Kids Campaign collects about half of all the gifts the Department of Family and Children's Services gives to children in foster care. ”This …
Wednesday, December 28, 2011
Here's your Dec. 28 roundup of high school girls basketball action for Bartow, Douglas, Paulding, Cherokee and Cobb counties.
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Wednesday, December 28, 2011
It's all about holiday tournaments today, so much so that we're breaking the boys and girls scoreboards into separate files. Check out the scores and schedules for the boys here. If you have photos or videos from any of these matchups, we'd love to see them; just click on "Submit Photo & Video." You can post scores in the comments below, email them to GaPatchSports@gmail.com or send them to us on Twitter (@GaPatchSports). Come back Friday for the most complete results we can gather from Thursday's action. We're pulling in scores from Georgia Prep Country, Score Atlanta, Twitter, Facebook, school websites and the other media outlets cited below.
Here's your Dec. 28 roundup of high school boys basketball action for Bartow, Douglas, Paulding, Cherokee and Cobb counties.
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Wednesday, December 28, 2011
It's all about holiday tournaments today, so much so that we're breaking the boys and girls scoreboards into separate files. Check out the scores and schedules for the girls here. If you have photos or videos from any of these matchups, we'd love to see them; just click on "Submit Photo & Video." You can post scores in the comments below, email them to GaPatchSports@gmail.com or send them to us on Twitter (@GaPatchSports). Come back Friday for the most complete results we can gather from Thursday's action. We're pulling in scores from Georgia Prep Country, Score Atlanta, Twitter, Facebook, school websites and the other media outlets cited below.
Marietta Patch provides a selection of great bargains for the whole family each Wednesday morning.
We've been talking for weeks about all the great holiday sales and super buys retailers have been offering since October. Serious shoppers who keep their finger on the pulse of the retail world know post-Christmas bargains leave those previous holiday sales in the dust. From Christmas wrapping paper to brand new 2011 automobiles, you can easily shop for birthdays, anniversaries and other gifts at fraction of their regular prices. You can choose beautiful, new, expensive/or designer holiday decor for next Christmas and practically steal small appliances. Best of all, you may want to bring all those fantastic buys home in a brand new car which cost thousands of dollars less than it did just a few months earlier. I have a friend who lines up …
The city of Marietta will pick up Christmas trees. Take a look at what residents have to do before trees are picked up, when the trees will be picked up and how to get free mulch.
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Wednesday, December 28, 2011
By City of Marietta The city of Marietta will offer free Christmas tree pickup to residents the first and second week of January and Wednesday, Jan. 11. What residents have to do before trees are picked up: When trees will be picked up: Free mulch available: For more information contact Marietta's Environmental Services Division at 770-794-5595.
Tuesday, December 27, 2011
Here's your roundup of some of the top stories from Cobb, Cherokee, Bartow, Paulding and Douglas counties for Dec. 27.
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Tuesday, December 27, 2011
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Don't know what to do with your Christmas tree? Marietta parks and Home Depot locations will accept Christmas trees for recycling.
After the holiday season is over, residents are encouraged to help the environment by recycling their Christmas trees. Recycling trees makes mulch, fuel, wildlife habitats and other useful material. Keep Cobb Beautiful will sponsor free recycling drop-offs. Trees will only be accepted Saturday, Jan. 7, at select Home Depot locations throughout Cobb. For a list of those locations, visit cobbcounty.org/kcb. County Parks and Recreation specified locations will accept drop-offs Dec. 26-Jan. 7. These facilities are: Cobb Parks chipper locations and Davey Trees will have free mulch available to residents after Jan. 7. For more information, visit cobbcounty.org/kcb or call 770-528-1135.
