Many parks and sites need volunteers on a daily, weekly, monthly or bi-monthly basis, including Red Top Mountain State Park. Volunteers get an opportunity to be involved for whatever time they have to give. Here is your chance to volunteer as an individual or with your family and friends for 1-day event or on a weekly […]
Robert Eidson’s Lake Allatoona Striper & Hybrid Fishing Guide Report is provided by First Bite Guide Service. When you’re ready to catch stripers and hybrids, contact Robert at 770-827-6282 or by e-mail: [email protected]. Line-side fishing is Slow! The rain we have had the last two weeks has caused the lake to rise by nine feet. The lake is […]
Our friends at Cartersville’s Tellus Science Museum hope you’ll visit for Super Science Saturday on January 4, 2014 to meet Brian Switek, a freelance writer and author. Brian’s latest work is My Beloved Brontosaurus: On the Road with Old Bones, New Science, and Our Favorite Dinosaurs. Meet him for yourself and listen to his message […]
Everybody in Marietta has seen the Big Chicken while stuck in traffic, but have you ever seen it while zipping through the skies in a helicopter? Didn’t think so. That can change on Saturday, January 4, 2014. Imagine yourself — along with a few friends and loved ones — on your own magic carpet looking down on […]
Christmas 2013 has come and gone. Our little kids are done playing with the boxes that their expensive toys came in and our older kids are speaking to us again — after not getting the titanium turbo-charged iPhone they wanted/demanded. Take a few moments to take down the Christmas tree, before the credit card bills […]
Former Georgia Governor Zell Miller established the Governor’s Public Safety Awards Program (GPSA) in 1998 to recognize the outstanding service of those who dedicate their lives to keeping the public safe both near Lake Allatoona and across the state. “While we have appropriately honored those who have fallen,” Governor Miller once said, “I would like […]
There’s an answer to that song, “Bad boys, bad boys! Whatcha gonna do when they come for you?” Rangers from Georgia’s Department of Natural Resources’ Law Enforcement Division know what’s going to happen to scofflaws: they’re going to get citations and maybe arrested, if the crime is severe. The latest Law Enforcement Report is proof. […]
Several news agencies, including the Atlanta-Journal Constitution, the Marietta Daily Journal and the 11Alive website, are reporting that a Cobb County grand jury indicted the former general manager of the Lake Allatoona Preservation Authority (LAPA), Ron Papaleoni, on December 12, 2013, for illegally diverting that agency’s funds for his personal use. The nine-count indictment comes […]
Let’s start the New Year in a healthy way! Let’s hit the trails at Georgia’s state parks and join fun folks on a First Day Hike! Every one of our 40+ state parks has something special planned. If we start 2014 with healthy new habits, we have a better chance of going for a First […]
The Marietta Square Farmers Market — held all along Mill Street from the intersection of Church Street and West Park Square to the railroad tracks — will return for the winter on Saturday, January 11th. The Marietta Square Farmers Market expects 43 vendors every Saturday – rain or shine – from 10 AM until 1 PM, through […]