The Cartersville School system announced that this Thursday July 20th they will be at the grand reopening of Bojangles to support the backpack buddies’ program. The grand reopening event will be taking place at the Bojangles at 459 East Main Street from noon to 6 p.m. The announcement states that during the grand reopening [read more...]
The Cartersville City Council will meet Thursday to consider a handful of contract agreements and purchases. The largest is a natural gas service contract with the new SK battery plant. This agreement outlines terms of the plant’s gas service provided by the city. Under the agreement SK has agreed to pay a minimum monthly bill [read more...]
The Bartow County Board of Education Passed their 2024 budget on Monday, which jumped over 175 million dollars. Last month a tentative balanced budget was passed with expenditures at $175,857,913. However, the tax digest for the school system was unknown at the time. Since then, the board received a preliminary digest for the budget. This [read more...]
The Euharlee City Council voted to sell its old museum property at 118 Covered Bridge Road to Drowned Valley Brewing Company during a called meeting on Tuesday evening. This comes after two bids for the property were received earlier this month. The total amount for the purchase of this land, which is around an acre, [read more...]
Cartersville, GA - June 13, 2023 - The Cartersville-Bartow Metropolitan Planning Organization (CBMPO) is pleased to announce the commencement of the update process for the Cartersville- Bartow 2050 Metropolitan Transportation Plan (MTP). This comprehensive plan will shape the future of the local transportation network, ensuring it meets the evolving needs of employers and employees, families, [read more...]
ROME, Ga. (June 13, 2023) – To celebrate World Blood Donor Day on June 14, Blood Assurance and Blood Centers of America have partnered for the End Less Blood promotion. Beginning that day, and concluding June 30, those who donate blood at any Blood Assurance donation center or mobile blood drive can enter to win [read more...]
The trial for three former White City employees continued on Monday where two directed not guilty verdicts were granted, and one was denied. This case involved the city’s former city manager, police chief and a police officer. In 2016 the former city manager Jane Richards, her husband and police chief David King, and police officer [read more...]
The Cartersville City Council will hear the first reading of the Fiscal Year 2023-2024 budget ordinance during their meeting on Thursday afternoon. This proposed budget will have a 37 million and a half increase from the previous fiscal year. During a presentation given on the budget earlier this month Tom Rhinehart the city’s finance director [read more...]
After 46 years of public access the Pine Log Wildlife Management area is being closed to the public on June 1st. In April the Bartow County Commissioner approved a new overlay district that rezoned the land owned by the Aubrey Corporation, which contains the Pine Log Wildlife Management Area. Part of that land was leased [read more...]
Downtown Cartersville could see the implementation of a CSX quiet zone as soon as October 1st, 2024. A quiet zone would prevent trains traveling through the city from honking their horns through intersections. In last week's Cartersville City Council meeting a citizen had raised concerns about the completion date of the quiet zone. At the [read more...]
