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Don't know what to do with your Christmas tree? Marietta parks are accepting Christmas trees for recycling.
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.
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.
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.
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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.
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Viewfinder: Stone Mountain Park Christmas
Just seeing the millions of bright, multi-colored lights inviting you to the Stone Mountain Park Christmas celebration from the road or parking lot is enough to bring a smile to kids' -- and adults' -- faces. Of course once you're inside, there's plenty to do and see, from cookie decorating to nightly shows and a parade, to the 4-D theater (The Polar Express) and of course the lovely Snow Angel, followed by fireworks. A trip to Stone Mountain Park Christmas could be considered a decent holiday present for the family. There are different pricing packages available, including the Christmas Family Value Pass ($31.84 per person, ages 3 and up; minimum purchase of four tickets required) which includes four Stone Mountain Christmas tickets and …
Each year, more than 400 residential fires involve Christmas trees, and approximately 40 people die and 100 people are injured nationwide from these fires.
by Marietta Fire Department Christmas is almost here, and the Marietta Fire Department offers residents tips to protect your home from Christmas tree fires. A real tree can pose a fire hazard. Each year, more than 400 residential fires involve Christmas trees, and approximately 40 people die and 100 people are injured nationwide from these fires. Safety and your tree Tree lights Tree ornaments Fore more information contact the Marietta Fire Department, 770-794-5498
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Chattahoochee Technical College had a Christmas Tree Decorating contest with its student organizations at both the Marietta and North Metro campuses.
Campus Life sponsored a Christmas tree decorating contest on the Marietta and North Metro Chattahoochee Technical College campus locations. Campus organizations were invited to decorate a tree that provided a vision of what the organization represents. The 10 decorated trees were judged on aesthetic value, representation of the organization's mission and use of creativity in tree design. Judging was done by a three to six person committee on each campus. Student, faculty and staff votes were tallied. On the Marietta campus, the trees decorated by Public Safety Club students was deemed best in class. On the North Metro campus, the tree decorated by Radiography students was deemed best in class by ballot vote and judging team. A pizza party …
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Learn how to decorate your Christmas tree with this insightful and informative video from The Home Depot.
Learn how to decorate your Christmas tree with this insightful and informative video from The Home Depot.
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The Marietta FedEx Ground hub increased its personnel by 30 percent for the holiday season. Over 200,000 items were processed on Monday.
FedEx facilities were buzzing Monday, the company's busiest day of the year, moving almost double its daily average volume. Approximately 17 million shipments were moved by FedEx Monday. FedEx added 20,000 seasonal positions at FedEx Ground, FedEx Home Delivery and FedEx SmartPost to handle the holiday rush and is offering additional shifts to current team members working at facilities around the country. The Marietta FedEx Ground hub increased its personnel by 30 percent for the holiday season. Over 200,000 items were processed on Monday. Each scanner at the facility can scan 7,500 packages in an hour, a total of 30,000 packages each hour for the entire factory. The average package is scanned around 16 times at the Marietta facility to …
Take a look at these tips on how to choose a tree for the Holiday season.
8:16 am on Monday, December 12, 2011
Have you gotten your tree yet? Did you go for a real or artificial tree? more ›
Melissa Kory
1:54 pm on Friday, December 16, 2011
Yeah, it's a little hard, or weird anyway, to get use to doing Christmas stuff when there is no snow though :) I had a lot of fun at Stone Mountain. New tradition. My mom loved the Christmas Carol play and I couldn't get over the monument and lights. more ›