News & Notes

Voter registration for the upcoming November municipal election is ongoing and ends on Oct. 10, for those who wish to participate in municipal elections on Nov. 7. Contact the Polk County Board of Elections at 770-7492103 for more information on how to register, or to find out if you are already and what precinct you vote at in Polk County. You can also visit www.mvp.sos.ga.gov to find out your registration status as well.

The Court Appointed Special Advocate of Haralson and Polk County needs your help today in making sure that foster children have positive influences in their lives and to help the best interests of our community’s youth. Help out today and become a CASA volunteer by enrolling in ongoing Saturday classes each weekend from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Contact CASA today by email at contact@polkharalsoncasa.org or call 678-901-1021 for more information on how you can make the life of a child in need better.

The Aragon City Council will hold their regular monthly meeting on Sept. 21 with the work session at 6 p.m. and the regular voting session a 7 p.m. Go to www.facebook.com/aragoncityhall or call 770-684-6563 for more information about upcoming meetings.

The next Polk County Commission meetings are upcoming on Oct. 2 and 3. Visit Polkgeorgia.org for more information on what’s upcoming before the Board of Commissioners.

The Polk County Board of Education is set to meet for their upcoming combined community input and regular session on Oct. 3 at 6 p.m. in the Board of Education meeting room located at the Polk School District Central Office in downtown Cedartown at 612 S. College St. For more information about the 2017 schedule and to find agendas, visit the Polk School District website at www.polk.12.ga.us or call 770-748-3821.

The Cedartown City Commission meets for their work sessions on the first Monday of each month, and then for their regular session the following Monday at 6 p.m., unless otherwise noted. Check out Cedartowngeorgia.gov to find agendas for upcoming meetings set for the month of October are Oct. 2 and Oct. 9. They met this past Monday as a postponed date for their Sept. 11 session.

The Polk County Board of Tax Assessors meets on the first Tuesday of every month at 9 a.m. in the Polk County Administration Building, suite F. Call their office at 770-7492108 for more information or visit http://www.qpublic.net/ga/polk.

The Development Authority of Polk County Board will meet at 8 a.m. this Friday, Oct. 6. Call the DAPC at 770684-8760 for more information.

The Polk County Board of Elections is set to hold their next meeting on Oct. 10 at the Elections and Registration office at the Polk County administration offices at 144 West Ave., Cedartown. Call 770-749-2103 for details.

The Rockmart City Council is set to meet for their monthly session on Tuesday, Oct. 10, at 7 p.m. in the council chambers at city hall, located at 316 N. Piedmont Ave., Rockmart. For more information visit Rockmart-ga. gov or call 770-684-5454.

The Rockmart Business Alliance were set to meet after press time Chick ‘n Scratch Bakery on Marble Street in downtown Rockmart on Tuesday, Sept. 19, at 8:30 a.m. Contact Stacy Lovvorn at 678-685-4799 or Brenda Leslie at 770-684-1552 for more information.

We had a few errors in the past weeks we felt the need to correct, and apologize for the mistakes.

In the Aug. 16 edition in a story titled “Latest county work session ends without decision on move forward for paid fire department,” we provided details that were incorrect about previous voting on the fire plan for local residents. The only vote the county has provided a referendum on was in 2014.

In this past week’s edition, we had three errors. First on A5 under the arrest reports, information about Kristen Rebecca Dean was incorrect. She is 27 years old and lives in Rockmart. On A3, we ran a story about the Cedartown City Commission holding a meeting that was called off due to Hurricane Irma in anticipation of it going forward. That meeting was held later on Sept. 18 with only one addition, approval of the annual lease agreement with Primary Healthcare for their space at One Door Polk. Finally, we had an error on the time that lunch is served in our story on Linda’s Restaurant in Rockmart on Page A11. Service of the full menu begins at 8 a.m.