The Cartersville city council approved 7 purchases during their recent meeting that totaled $779,034.82. The largest of these purchases was a bucket truck replacement for the electric department for $335,000.00. The reason that this item was brought before the council was due to the long lead time in delivery, with the stated delivery of this [read more...]
The Georgia Department of Transportation recently awarded a $25.2-million-dollar contract to resurface parts of interstate 75 in Bartow and Gordan Counties according to an article first published by the Rome News Tribune. The article states that C.W. Matthews Contracting Co. won the bid where they will mill and repave around 21 miles of interstate between [read more...]
The Cartersville City Council will meet today to hear the second reading of a panhandling ordinance, multiple purchases and the second reading of two rezoning cases. It is important to note that this meeting will not be taking place at city hall due to elevator maintenance. This meeting will be held at the public safety [read more...]
The following is a press release issued by the American Red Cross. [ROME, April 3, 2023] — April is National Volunteer Month, and the American Red Cross is celebrating the millions of people who volunteer to give blood, platelets and plasma throughout the year. This month, the Red Cross and PEANUTS® are joining forces as a [read more...]
During the month of April, the Bartow County Library System will host a wide variety of events for all ages. During the entire month of April, you can stop by any of the local libraries and pick up a Chinese five spice kit that includes a pack of spices and a recipe. The packet will [read more...]
During the Aubrey Corporation zoning application heard on Monday a set of 13 conditions were presented to commission by the applicant, and a seat of 12 conditions were presented by the staff. The commission did vote to add the staff recommended conditions after a comparison of the two. The commission also voted to add an [read more...]
The Bartow County Sheriff’s Office recently announced that they will be hosting two firearm safety classes. The first class will be offered on Saturday April 15th with the second being on May 20th. Both the classes will begin at 8:30 in the morning and end at 1 p.m. The first part of the class will [read more...]
The Bartow County Board of Elections certified the results of the White City special mayor election from last Tuesday on Monday morning. The election supervisor Joseph Kirk began the meeting by stating that the office had received a couple of calls about addresses on the voting list that were outside the city. These were only [read more...]
Today the Bartow County Planning Commission will meet to hear the proposed zoning case of about 16,500 acres of land owned by the Aubrey Corporation. Previously the applicants had also applied to create a new overlay district that requires at least 10,000 acres. That proposed text amendment recently passed through the planning commission and the [read more...]
The Bartow County Board of Education recently approved two changes to board regulation EEE-R which is part of the school’s wellness program. The first of these items was wording being changed in the school’s wellness goals including adding a wellness plan that includes specific goals for nutrition promotion and education, physical activity, and other school-based [read more...]
