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Board: Polk schools will move to 160-day calendar next year
The Polk School District Board of Education approved the district-wide change to a 160-day school year beginning this August. The 160-day calendar would lengthen instruction time by one hour each...
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Register now for free weather alert system for Polk residents
Polk County Emergency Management Agency is making it easier for residents to know when sever weather hits. A new, free service that alerts Polk County residents within minutes of a National Weathe...
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Local auto dealer hopeful he can keep Cadillac franchise
GM pulled the plug on Chevrolet sales at the Riverside dealership in Cedartown last fall because that location also sold Ford and Mercury vehicles.
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Board signs on to stimulus-funded broadband plan
The proposed system would spur off from Norfolk-Southern Railroad’s existing fiber optic network which roughly parallels U.S. 27 though Polk County.
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Wednesday's weather; lots of rain
Today, forecasts from the National Weather Service are calling for occasional showers and possibly a thunderstorm. Temperatures are expected to be near 56, with east wind around 5 mph. Today’...
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A large crowd lined Main Street to welcome the troops of 108th Cavalry on Tuesday. The troops returned from a yearlong deployment in Afghanistan. Cedartown welcomes returning troops
A little over a year after a send-off parade for the 108th Cavalry D Company, residents of Cedartown lined Main Street again to welcome the troops back after a year-long deployment in Afghanistan....
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Court hearings end by 10:30 this morning
Tuesday’s day in Polk County Superior Court ended by 10:30 a.m. with many of those on the trial calendar pleading guilty beforehand, according to court officials. There will be no court on Wednesd...
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Coming up in The Cedartown Standard
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The following special promotions and advertising supplements will be found inside the Thursday, March 11, 2010 print edition of The Cedartown Standard: Inserts: Home Depot CVS Ads: Allgood...
Coosa Valley Credit Union donates to United Way campaign
by Staff reports
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Coosa Valley Credit Union made a donation of $1,500 to the 2010 United Way campaign during its 56th annual meeting held Feb. 27. Each year during Coosa Valley’s annual meeting, attendees usually r...
Silver Creek man charged with assaulting a child
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A Silver Creek man was arrested late Monday, charged with several counts of cruelty to children and disorderly conduct, reports stated. According to Floyd County Jail records: Timothy Steven Beam...
Today's parade expected to begin at 1:15 p.m.
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According to organizer Sammy Stephens, Cedartown's Company D, 148th Forward Support Company, will arrive on Main St. at 1:15 p.m. today. Troops left Ft. Stewart Tuesday morning and will arrive in ...
Samsung and Panasonic try to launch the era of 3-D TVs, with models going on sale this week
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NEW YORK (AP) -- Samsung and Panasonic will start selling 3-D TVs in U.S. stores this week, inaugurating what TV makers hope is the era of 3-D viewing in the living room. Samsung Electronics Co. a...
Senior Center raises money for travel bus
by Todd Ollis
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The senior citizens at the Polk County Senior Center received quite a surprise during a bingo game on Thursday, March 4. The game was briefly interrupted and the seniors convened outside to see a ...
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Obama takes health care overhaul push to Missouri (AP)

US President Barack Obama speaks on healthcare and health insurance reform at Arcadia University in Glenside, Pennsylvania. Obama has launched a populist assault on price-gouging American insurance firms, escalating his last-ditch bid to pass a historic health reform bill.(AFP/Saul Loeb)AP - The nation's top health official challenged insurers on Wednesday to join President Barack Obama's push to overhaul the medical system, arguing that if the effort fails it will hurt them as well as other Americans.


Wed Mar 10 14:35:21 -0600 2010
Biden, displeased with Israel, says Palestinians deserve 'viable' state (AP)

U.S. Vice President Joseph Biden, left, gestures next to Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad, right, during a visit at the Nassar stone factory at the West Bank town of Bethlehem, Wednesday, March 10, 2010. Biden said Wednesday the Palestinians deserve a 'viable' independent state with contiguous territory, seeking to reassure them of U.S. support after Israel announced plans to expand a Jewish neighborhood in disputed east Jerusalem. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)AP - Vice President Joe Biden's displeasure over an Israeli plan to enlarge an east Jerusalem settlement was on display Wednesday as he warned against actions that "inflame tensions" and reassured his Palestinian hosts that they deserve a sustainable, independent state.


Wed Mar 10 14:30:01 -0600 2010
'Lost Boys' actor Corey Haim dead in Calif. at 38 (AP)

This undated publicity image provided by A&E shows actor Corey Haim, who appeared in the A&E reality TV show 'The Two Coreys' with his friend Corey Feldman. Haim, a 1980s teen heartthrob for his roles in 'Lucas' and 'The Lost Boys' whose career was blighted by drug abuse, died Wednesday March 10, 2010. He was 38. (AP Photo/Courtesy AETN, L. Pief Weyman) NO SALES. MANDATORY CREDITAP - Corey Haim, a 1980s teen heartthrob whose career was blighted by drug abuse, has died. He was 38. Haim died early Wednesday at Providence St. Joseph Medical Center in Burbank, Los Angeles County coroner's Lt. Cheryl MacWillie said.


Wed Mar 10 14:32:42 -0600 2010