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Storm knocks out power in area
About a dozen North Georgia Electric Membership Corp. (NGEMC) customers in the Frontier Trail area of Varnell were still without power Tuesday evening because of rain and high winds that swept through the area Monday night.
“It was just a lot of wind damage,” said Claude Craig, deputy director of Whitfield County’s Emergency Management Agency.
Approximately 8,000 NGEMC customers in Whitfield and Murray counties were initially without power after severe storms around 8 p.m., said spokesman Jeff Rancudo. The power outages were concentrated in the northern section of the counties, he said.
Dalton Utilities reported “brief and sporadic” outages in a residential area of Henderson Street in downtown Dalton and near Industrial Boulevard.
One family had to leave their house, at 825 Beaverdale Road in north Whitfield County, after a tree fell on it. The American Red Cross is housing the family, which consists of a mother, father and two teenage children, in a hotel, said Laura Cleary with the Red Cross. No one was injured.
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Whitfield County Board of Commissioners meeting agenda
Board will meet Monday at 6 p.m.
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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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