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City plans switch to weekly garbage pickup
The city of Dalton will move to once-a-week garbage collection on the first Monday in May. Members of the City Council voted 4-0 on Monday to switch from twice-a-week pickups.
The city has long collected garbage twice a week, but figures provided by the public works department show the city could save $157,712 a year by going to weekly pickups.
Council member Dick Lowrey said the city will educate citizens on recycling in the weeks leading to the switch.
Dalton resident Randy Mayfield expressed concern about garbage piling up outside homes. But Mayor David Pennington said the city has already experienced weekly collections for several weeks after Hurricane Katrina drove fuel prices up in 2005. City officials said there were few problems in that period.
Council members also voted 4-0 to:
• Approve a $20,000 amendment to the 2008 budget for additional storm drain engineering at the municipal airport, with $19,000 of that from a state grant.
• Approve a resolution creating a 5 percent franchise fee for those who hold state cable and video franchises. City administrator Butch Sanders said the move was necessary because the state law has changed to allow cable companies to get a franchise from the secretary of state’s office and the resolution is a first step in making sure that those who hold those state licenses pay the city franchise fee if they operate in Dalton.
• Change the intersection of Willowdale Road and Crow Valley Road to a three-way stop.
• Designate several fire lanes at, among others, Hamilton Medical Center, Hamilton Diagnostic Center, the Bradley Wellness Center and Whitfield Place. The fire lanes were requested by Hamilton Medical Center.
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Dalton man excels at sculpting figures from fantasy to sports
Ten years ago, Kevin Sexton took up sculpting.
The result? Well, there really wasn’t any.
“I started on three sculptures and didn’t finish any of the three,” said Sexton, a Dalton resident. “I was that horrible at it.” -
Property owner charged following cockfight raid
The property owner of the barn in southern Murray County where police raided a suspected cockfight on Saturday was arrested on Wednesday after flying the coop during the raid, authorities said.
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Teachers draw suspension after helping student
An attempt to steer one sixth-grader away from gangs has cost two North Whitfield Middle School teachers a 10-day suspension without pay.
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Chatsworth grandmother pleads guilty to embezzling more than $1 million
Just after beginning work at a Whitfield County insurance company in 2002, a Chatsworth woman began skimming from the books to pay off credit card bills and expensive trips.
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Pleasant Grove hosts fundraiser golf game
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Hilda Nell Cline Greeson
Hilda Nell Cline Greeson, 60, of 2295 Utility Road, Rocky Face, died Thursday morning, March 18, 2010, at her residence.
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Fond memories of dance a decade later
Do you remember what you were hoping for as the new millennium dawned, or planning for as the new century began — without a Y2K disaster? Can you recall any of the songs playing on the radio in the year 2000?
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‘Into the Woods’ opens on the ACT stage
Many of your favorite fairy tale characters come to musical life in Artistic Civic Theatre’s production of the “Into the Woods,” which continues this weekend at the ACT Playhouse in Dalton.
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Register your Relay For Life team today
The 2010 American Cancer Society Relay For Life of Whitfield County is right around the corner. You can register your team today by visiting the event Web site at http://events.cancer.org/rflwhitfield or by calling the local American Cancer Society office at (706) 278-1960.
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New Hope Middle awarded recycling cart
Recycling Ben, mascot for the Target Recycling program, presented the seventh-grade class at New Hope Middle School an award for having the highest recycling rate during the second quarter of the 2009-2010 school year.
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