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Rec department advisory board meets Tuesday
The Whitfield County Recreation advisory board will hold its monthly meeting Tuesday at the Whitfield County Recreation Department on Gillespie Drive at 11:30 a.m. The public is invited to attend.
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New mission: R & R
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Doggone, Recon!
- Open arms greet troops upon return
- People line streets for soldiers return
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Area under flood watch
Whitfield and Murray counties are under a flood watch through Thursday morning as up to two inches of rain could fall in the area, according to the National Weather Service.
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Metro Dalton unemployment rate soars
The preliminary unadjusted unemployment rate in metro Dalton (Murray and Whitfield counties) rose to 13.1 percent in January, up .6 percent from a revised 12.5 percent in December 2009, according to the Georgia Department of Labor.
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Dalton schools may face up to $8 million in cuts
Dalton Public Schools may have to cut up to $8 million from its budget by July 2011 or risk running out of money, Superintendent Jim Hawkins told school board members Monday.
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School board says farewell to former post office
Frank W. Thomason grew up in Dalton and used to make runs to the building at 100 S. Hamilton St. when it was still a post office.
“I never thought I would have an office here and be superintendent,” said Thomason, who was superintendent of Dalton Schools from 1986-1996.
Now, the building is about to change hands again. -
Bomb disposal deployment sends Marine to Afghanistan
The Marine Corps has taken Dalton native Joey Jones from the beaches of Hawaii to the deserts of Iraq.
During his five years in the Marines, he’s also held a multitude of positions, including a “nerdy” desk job as a communications technician and a machine gunner in a security detail.
But his most rewarding military job starts later this month in Afghanistan as an Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) technician. It’s his job to “render safe” — the term used instead of disarm — explosives in the field, whether it’s a roadside bomb, an unexploded shell or a land mine. - More Local News Headlines
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