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Chairman Bruce Bell, finance committee, talks about the “good news” line items included in Rockmart’s proposed FY 2014 budget. (Agnes Hagin/thepolkfishwrap.com)
Rockmart proposes $9 million budget for 2014
The FY 2014 $9 million proposed budget, filled with good news for local residents, has been presented to the Rockmart mayor and city council. The proposed water/sewer budget totals $4,307,614 an...
May 22, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
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Fat ducks waddle toward a grassed area near the Aragon millpond where they often congregate for free food from a generous public. (Agnes Hagin/thepolkfishwrap.com)
Aragon council approves ordinance to regulate feeding of 'waterfowl'
Ducks continue to nest and raise young on the banks of Aragon millpond. They have not departed since they were first reported in June 2012. The expanding population and problems created by people ...
May 22, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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Laniya Colvin is shown kicking a soccer ball at the camp. (Photo by Brad Easterwood)
Rockmart hosts soccer camp for children
The annual Rockmart Youth Soccer Association camp is being held this week at the Nathan Dean Sports Complex. The camp, which is being held on Monday, Tuesday and Thursday, has 25 kids participatin...
May 21, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
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Melanie Schuker Sullivan
Rockmart women face drug charges
Two Rockmart women face drug charges after a citizens tip and a narcotics investigation ended May 17 with officers stopping the women allegedly taking methamphetamine back to a home. The investigat...
May 21, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 5 5 recommendations | email to a friend
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Kim Wilson, counselor, seated, Stephanie Foy and Melanie Lisk discuss plans for Rockmart’s graduation program, scheduled for 7 p.m. May 31 at the RHS football field. (Agnes Hagin/thepolkfishwrap.com)
RHS graduation scheduled for Friday, May 31
An air of anticipation permeates the halls of Rockmart High School (RHS) as graduation 2013 fast approaches for 160 seniors. This group of students has spent the past 13 years preparing for the da...
May 21, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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Talks to begin soon on how to pay for new PMC sewer line
Now that officials have been given cost options on the construction of a sewer line that would service the new proposed Polk Medical Center, discussion on how to move forward with the project is se...
May 21, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 6 6 recommendations | email to a friend
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Georgia Highlands College announces President’s, Dean’s lists
Georgia Highlands College has announced the 2013 spring President’s List and Dean’s List honorees. To achieve President’s List status, students must make a 4.0 grade-point average and earn a mini...
May 20, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 5 5 recommendations | email to a friend
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The sign erected at the Rockmart Huddle House gives public notice that the business has closed. (Agnes Hagin/thepolkfishwrap.com)
Rockmart Huddle House closes; plans announced
The Huddle House, located at 808 West Elm Street, Rockmart, closed on Sunday, May 19, as noted on a sign erected at the site. Jack and Connie Montford have operated the business for the past four ...
May 20, 2013 | 1 1 comments | 4 4 recommendations | email to a friend
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Skateboarders race into Rockmart
by Brad Easterwood
May 17, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 5 5 recommendations | email to a friend
The third annual Chief Ladiga Silver Comet Skate Challenge came through Rockmart on Friday. This was the third year of the marathon, three-day race across the Silver Comet Trail and the Chief Ladi...
Firefighters grow knowledge of wildfire prevention
by Agnes Hagin
May 17, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
A multi-agency National Fire Prevention and Education Team has brought a message of education and wildfire prevention to Polk and Haralson counties during the past week. The group, comprised of pro...
Commissioners approve bid for renovation work
by Agnes Hagin
May 17, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 5 5 recommendations | email to a friend
The Polk County Board of Commissioners has approved the construction low bid for renovations and additions to the former Georgia State Patrol building. The structure is the new home of the Polk Co...
Police: 'Around 50' stores were part of underage alcohol sale sting; 12 stores cited
by Staff reports
May 17, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 6 6 recommendations | email to a friend
Update: Police officials said Friday that out of "around 50" stores throughout the entire county involved in a May 15 underage alcohol sale sting, 12 of those stores violated the law. Previousl...
Ward vetoes board action
by Agnes Hagin
May 16, 2013 | 1 1 comments | 8 8 recommendations | email to a friend
A proposed playground on county owned property off Hendrix Road in the Fish Creek Community has been delayed. Chairman Jason Ward has vetoed action taken by the Polk County Board of Commissioners....
Rockmart woman convicted in theft of Aragon police car
by Melody Dareing
May 15, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 6 6 recommendations | email to a friend
A woman accused in an October 2009 theft of an Aragon police car was convicted on three of the four charges against her in a trial earlier this month. Tina Cobb, 40, of 584 Lane St., Rockmart, was ...
Aragon man enters "not guilty" plea on charges of murdering wife
by Melody Dareing
May 14, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 6 6 recommendations | email to a friend
A former Aragon man pleaded not guilty in Polk County Superior Court Tuesday, May 14, to charges of murdering his wife. Shay Alexander Merritt, 32, formerly of 11 East 2nd St., Aragon, was indicted...
Herring is named to Atlantic Region softball team
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May 14, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 5 5 recommendations | email to a friend
Berry fast-pitch softball players Lacey Herring and Kristen Stoll were named all-region by the National Fastptich Coaches Association (NFCA) recently. Both were picked to the Atlantic Region third ...
Syria regime unleashes artillery barrage on Qusair
BEIRUT (AP) — Activists say forces loyal to Syrian President Bashar Assad have unleashed their heaviest artillery barrage in a week to dislodge rebels from a strategic western town.
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Journalist and author Haynes Johnson dies at 81
WASHINGTON (AP) — Haynes Johnson, a pioneering Washington journalist who won a Pulitzer Prize for his coverage of the civil rights movement and migrated from newspapers to television, books and teaching, died Friday. He was 81.
Sat May 25 01:44:57 UTC 2013
Toronto mayor denies he smokes crack cocaine

Toronto Mayor Rob Ford reads a statement to the media at City Hall on Friday, May 24, 2013 in Toronto. Ford denied that he smokes crack cocaine and says he is not an addict after a video purported to show him using the drug. Ford did not say whether he has ever used the drug. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Chris Young)TORONTO (AP) — Toronto Mayor Rob Ford denied that he smokes crack cocaine and said he is not an addict, breaking a week of silence over reports of a video purportedly showing him using the drug. Critics were not appeased, with one city councilor questioning whether the mayor told "the whole truth" and another calling on him to resign.


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