Here's your roundup of top stories from Cobb, Cherokee, Paulding, Douglas and Bartow counties for Dec. 30.
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Here's your Dec. 28 roundup of high school girls basketball action for Bartow, Douglas, Paulding, Cherokee and Cobb counties.
It's all about holiday tournaments today, so much so that we're breaking the boys and girls scoreboards into separate files. Check out the scores and schedules for the boys here. If you have photos or videos from any of these matchups, we'd love to see them; just click on "Submit Photo & Video." You can post scores in the comments below, email them to GaPatchSports@gmail.com or send them to us on Twitter (@GaPatchSports). Come back Friday for the most complete results we can gather from Thursday's action. We're pulling in scores from Georgia Prep Country, Score Atlanta, Twitter, Facebook, school websites and the other media outlets cited below.
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Here's your Dec. 28 roundup of high school boys basketball action for Bartow, Douglas, Paulding, Cherokee and Cobb counties.
It's all about holiday tournaments today, so much so that we're breaking the boys and girls scoreboards into separate files. Check out the scores and schedules for the girls here. If you have photos or videos from any of these matchups, we'd love to see them; just click on "Submit Photo & Video." You can post scores in the comments below, email them to GaPatchSports@gmail.com or send them to us on Twitter (@GaPatchSports). Come back Friday for the most complete results we can gather from Thursday's action. We're pulling in scores from Georgia Prep Country, Score Atlanta, Twitter, Facebook, school websites and the other media outlets cited below.
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Here's your roundup of some of the top stories from Cobb, Cherokee, Bartow, Paulding and Douglas counties for Dec. 27.
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Find out where you can recycle Christmas trees this holiday season.
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers at Allatoona Lake is accepting Christmas trees for recycling at three locations this holiday season: Acworth, Woodstock and Canton. Galt’s Ferry Day Use Area, Victoria Day Use Area and Sweetwater Campground will be used as staging areas from today through Jan. 7 for tree dropoffs. The areas will be open daily from 8 a.m. until 6 p.m. Visitors are asked to place trees in the flagged area at the beach parking lot at Galt’s Ferry and Victoria and at the overflow parking area at Sweetwater. Trees will be recycled and used in the Christmas Tree Recycling and Fish Habitat Improvement Program. This program is in partnership with the Georgia Department of Natural Resources, Keep Bartow Beautiful, the Boy Scouts of …
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Acworth has one great entry that deserves your vote; can you top it?
We're a couple of thousand years from Christmas being a celebration of the birth of a Jewish boy in Bethlehem, but maybe we can get back to a simpler, less violent holiday commercialism.
Try these delicious homemade cookies at your house this holiday season!
I personally have never been too proud of my cookie making skills unless of course I use the quick and easy pre-made dough from the grocery store and even then it helps if it is already cut into cookie shapes. However, this holiday season we got a wild hair over at our house and we went on a cookie baking spree. The results … we are all craving more homemade cookies. Check out our three favorite cookies but only try them if you are ready to give up store bought cookies for good. CHEWY BROWNIE COOKIES (taken from Santa’s Favorite Cookies) 1 1/2 cups firmly packed light brown sugar 2/3 Crisco stick or 2/3 cup Crisco all vegetable shortening 1 tablespoon water 1 teaspoon vanilla 2 eggs 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour 1/3 cup unsweetened baking …
The Acworth sailor sends holiday greetings home to Georgia from the Horn of Africa.
Navy Lt. Cmdr. Emily Franklin is serving with Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa, based in Djibouti. She sends this Christmas greeting home to Acworth through the Defense Video & Imagery Distribution System. To see all of the holiday wishes sent home to Georgia from military personnel, visit http://patch.com/bvaGD.
Take Patch with you around Acworth on your shiny new iPhone, Android phone, iPad or other mobile device.
If you found a new smartphone or tablet under the Christmas tree or beside the Hanukkah menorah, we know of one must-have application to get the most out of that mobile device around Acworth and beyond: Patch has apps for iPhones and Android phones that make it easy for you to stay connected. How can Patch help you on the go? Let us count the ways. Patch for iPhone puts all the news, weather, places and events in Acworth at your fingertips. Among the app’s features: You can save anything from favorite articles to business listings to your iPhone for easy offline access. And wherever you go, you can use the camera on your phone to add photos to your Patch Neighborhood Gallery. Have an opinion on our app? We love feedback, so let us know …
