Tweet The Holly Springs City Council will examine the design for the city’s newest park and decide whether or not to adopt the plan during their Monday evening meeting. Cherokee County Capital Program Manager Bill Echols will be presenting the design for Hickory Road Park before the council during the 6:30 p.m. work session, which will [...]
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Tweet The soggy weather we’ve been having will continue through at least Tuesday, but relief should be in sight later in the week and through the weekend. According to the National Weather Service forecast for Holly Springs, showers and thunderstorms were to remain likely through Monday night and continue into Tuesday, with the potential of [...]
Continue Reading Showers Continue Through Tuesday, Clearing by Wednesday
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Tweet The renovated Blankets Creek Mountain Bike trails will be the star attraction at a ribbon cutting that will be held early next week. Representatives from the Cherokee County Board of Commissioners, Cherokee Recreation Parks Agency, the Woodstock chapter of the Southern Off-Road Bicycle Association (SORBA) and the Chamber of Commerce will be at the park at 2125 Sixes Rd. in Canton on Tuesday, [...]
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Tweet Cherokee County and Holly Springs are picking up after the area was thrashed by high winds, lightning, and a possible tornado Thursday evening. At approximately 11:30 p.m. Thursday, Georgia Power reported on its website that 9,256 of their customers were without power in an area that stretches between Canton, Holly Springs, and Lathemtown. In [...]
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Tweet Canton Royal Lipizzan Stallions Visit Mariposa Farms Canton Farmers Market American Girl Tea Party A Night of Bowling with the Cherokee County Teen Republicans Free Movie Night Landscaping With Conifers and Gingko Garage Sale Woodstock Main Street Woodstock Farmers Market Author Event-Cliff Graubart, ‘The Curious Vision of Sammy Levitt’ Storytime at FoxTale Book Shoppe [...]
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Tweet UPDATE @ 5:47 p.m.: Robert Tharp, attorney for Shane Ladner, has issued the following statement on his client’s arrest: We’re disappointed that law enforcement authorities felt the need to arrest Shane Ladner today, especially in the manner that it happened, a traffic stop on the side of the road. This arrest serves no purpose [...]
Continue Reading Former Holly Springs Officer Arrested After Inquiry Into Purple Heart Claims
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Tweet Last year, Cherokee County had one case of West Nile, but the person was visiting from another state and had just arrived when they became ill, so it was counted by the other state. In 2012, Georgia reported 100 cases of West Nile Virus, according to the Georgia Department of Public Health. This is the [...]
Continue Reading Is West Nile Virus Coming to Cherokee County?
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Tweet Cherokee Charter Academy has picked the successor to the school’s inaugural principal. Dr. Scott O’Prey has been tapped to become the academy’s second-ever principal. He is following in the wake of Vanessa Suarez, who left the charter school to relocate to Florida to be closer to her family. O’Prey has 28 years of experience [...]
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Tweet Editor’s note: The story has been updated to include two .PDFs from Cherokee County Schools that address privatization and offers a comparison of budget solutions other metro Atlanta districts have undertaken. Nearly a month after announcing they’d reduce furlough days from eight to six, the Cherokee County School District has more plans to expand [...]
Continue Reading Cherokee To Add More School Days, Privatize Grounds Services
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Tweet In an effort to address information floating in some circles on Common Core standards, the Cherokee County School District has released a list of questions and answers on the subject. The document (see attached .PDF), includes a list of the most frequently asked questions, and recounts the history and purpose of Common Core. [...]
Continue Reading Cherokee Schools Address Common Core Criticism
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