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ROMANTIC COMEDY: IDEAL FOR VALENTINE’S MONTH

Looking for romantic entertainment during Valentine’s month?  Polk Street Players has just the ticket!  The delightful romantic comedy “Coming Apart” by Fred Carmichael, directed by Barbara Rudy, will be on the Stellar Cellar stage Feb. 3-18. It’s the story of a couple, both successful writers, who declare they want a divorce.  Hilarity ensues as they try to [...]

Hinojosa withdraws teacher proposal

Cobb Superintendent Dr. Michael Hinojosa avoided what looked to be a losing battle Thursday night when he pulled his proposal for a partnership with Teach For America from the school board meeting agenda. The school board spent little time on agenda items Thursday because nearly half of the hour-long night meeting was taken up by [...]

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AAA Talks Safety with Interactive Tools, Open House Saturday, January 28th

An Open House will be held on Saturday, January 28th from 10am-2pm in the Providence Square Shopping Center, Suite 301, 4101 Roswell Road NE. This community event is FREE to all and will feature safety demonstrations for the young and the young-at-heart. Interactive tools include a distracted driving simulator to teach the fatal consequences of texting [...]

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Red Line Sale at Marty Mason Collected Home in Merchants Walk

Marty Mason Collected Home in Merchants Walk is holding a Red Line Sale this weekend! Markdowns include Jason Scott artwork, pillow pairs and most of the furniture to make way for their Spring Collection. Shop these awesome sales through Sunday! Marty Mason Collected Home is a new store concept that mixes furniture from all eras and [...]

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Can new app Fooducate help families be better shoppers?

My friend called yesterday to tell me about a new food app that she thought I would like. It’s called Fooducate. It’s free and it works on Apple products and Androids. You can download it here. The idea is that while you are in the grocery store, you can scan the UPC code to quickly determine [...]

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Applications Now Being Accepted for the TAG-Ed 2012 High School Summer Internship Program

TAG Education Collaborative (TAG-Ed), the charitable organization established by the Technology Association of Georgia (TAG), that is dedicated to preparing the next-generation workforce through better education and real-life job experiences, is opening registration for the third annual High School Summer Internship Program. This program provides students interested in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) careers [...]

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POPE PRINCIPAL RICK BEAULIEU JOINS THE RALLY FOUNDATION ATHLETES TO RUN THE GA MARATHON

  A message from Pope Principal Rick Beaulieu:  The Rally Foundation has not only been about fighting childhood cancer, but about being good servant leaders. The “Pope Nation” is stronger than ever and separates itself from other schools because of this very principle. Their families and students see the bigger picture and understand the importance [...]

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Hurdles cleared? WellStar is a step closer to building East Cobb Health Park

WellStar Health System won the second, and possibly the final, fight against the appeals of Northside Hospital to include an ambulatory surgery center in the proposed 205,000 square-foot, $80 million WellStar East Cobb Health Park. WellStar spokesman Keith Bowermaster said David A. Cook, commissioner of Georgia Department of Community Health, made a ruling called a [...]