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Cedartown City Commissioners hear new round of ethics complaints
At Monday’s meeting of the Cedartown City Commission, the city received copies of the latest ethics complaint filed by George Anderson, of the Ethics in Government Group, based in Rome. Anderson f...
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Board: Polk schools will move to 160-day calendar next year
The Polk School District Board of Education approved the district-wide change to a 160-day school year beginning this August. The 160-day calendar would lengthen instruction time by one hour each...
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Register now for free weather alert system for Polk residents
Polk County Emergency Management Agency is making it easier for residents to know when sever weather hits. A new, free service that alerts Polk County residents within minutes of a National Weathe...
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Local auto dealer hopeful he can keep Cadillac franchise
GM pulled the plug on Chevrolet sales at the Riverside dealership in Cedartown last fall because that location also sold Ford and Mercury vehicles.
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Board signs on to stimulus-funded broadband plan
The proposed system would spur off from Norfolk-Southern Railroad’s existing fiber optic network which roughly parallels U.S. 27 though Polk County.
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Wednesday's weather; lots of rain
Today, forecasts from the National Weather Service are calling for occasional showers and possibly a thunderstorm. Temperatures are expected to be near 56, with east wind around 5 mph. Today’...
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A large crowd lined Main Street to welcome the troops of 108th Cavalry on Tuesday. The troops returned from a yearlong deployment in Afghanistan. Cedartown welcomes returning troops
A little over a year after a send-off parade for the 108th Cavalry D Company, residents of Cedartown lined Main Street again to welcome the troops back after a year-long deployment in Afghanistan....
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Court hearings end by 10:30 this morning
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Tuesday’s day in Polk County Superior Court ended by 10:30 a.m. with many of those on the trial calendar pleading guilty beforehand, according to court officials. There will be no court on Wednesd...
Coming up in The Cedartown Standard
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The following special promotions and advertising supplements will be found inside the Thursday, March 11, 2010 print edition of The Cedartown Standard: Inserts: Home Depot CVS Ads: Allgood...
Coosa Valley Credit Union donates to United Way campaign
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Coosa Valley Credit Union made a donation of $1,500 to the 2010 United Way campaign during its 56th annual meeting held Feb. 27. Each year during Coosa Valley’s annual meeting, attendees usually r...
Silver Creek man charged with assaulting a child
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A Silver Creek man was arrested late Monday, charged with several counts of cruelty to children and disorderly conduct, reports stated. According to Floyd County Jail records: Timothy Steven Beam...
Today's parade expected to begin at 1:15 p.m.
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According to organizer Sammy Stephens, Cedartown's Company D, 148th Forward Support Company, will arrive on Main St. at 1:15 p.m. today. Troops left Ft. Stewart Tuesday morning and will arrive in ...
Samsung and Panasonic try to launch the era of 3-D TVs, with models going on sale this week
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NEW YORK (AP) -- Samsung and Panasonic will start selling 3-D TVs in U.S. stores this week, inaugurating what TV makers hope is the era of 3-D viewing in the living room. Samsung Electronics Co. a...
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First-time jobless claims drop slightly last week (AP)

In this March 9, 2010 photo, Damashata Washington looks for work at Work 2 Future, a federally funded job training center, in San Jose, Calif. The number of newly laid-off workers requesting unemployment benefits fell last week, the latest sign the employment picture is slowly brightening.(AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)AP - The number of newly laid-off workers requesting unemployment benefits slipped last week, the latest sign the employment picture is slowly brightening.


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Democrats, White House close in on health bill (AP)

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) speaks about healthcare reform at her weekly news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, March 4, 2010. REUTERS/Jose Luis MaganaAP - A final agreement nearly in hand, President Barack Obama and Democratic leaders are about to embark on one last sales job that will determine the outcome of the president's signature health care overhaul.


Thu Mar 11 07:10:29 -0600 2010
Greece hit by strikes, riots over austerity plan (AP)

A riot police officer tries to avoid a stone and a flare during clashes in central Athens, Thursday, March 11, 2010. Savage street clashes erupted between rioting youths and police in central Athens Thursday as more than 30,000 people demonstrated during a nationwide strike against the cash-strapped government's austerity measures.(AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)AP - Serious street clashes erupted between rioting youths and police in central Athens Thursday as some 30,000 people demonstrated during a nationwide strike against the cash-strapped government's austerity measures.


Thu Mar 11 08:31:55 -0600 2010