“Shop with a Cop” Brings Local Kids Christmas Cheer
Local law enforcement officers didn’t let the pandemic put a damper on the annual Shop With A Cop event, the highlight of the year for many local children and officers alike.Organized by the Carrollton Fraternal Order of Police, Shop With A Cop takes about 80-100 local special needs, at-risk and disadvantaged children on a Christmas shopping trip […]
Patrick Eidson Named New Assistant City Manager
The new year will bring a new face to Carrollton City Hall when Patrick Eidson steps into the assistant city manager position this January. “I am looking forward to joining an excellent team of city employees in Carrollton and developing a partnership with local government professionals,” Eidson said. “Carrollton is a great community and I am humbled to have […]
Alice Park Celebrates 20th Anniversary with Upgrades
Two deteriorating wooden pergolas that had been in Carrollton’s Alice Park since it was built 20 years ago have been replaced with new, upgraded metal structures. “The pergolas were in bad disrepair,” said Randall Eidson, detail officer/project manager for the Carrollton Police Department. “Vines had overcome them so we cut back the vines and tore […]
Water Treatment Lab Receives QA Award
The Georgia Association of Water Professionals recently honored the Carrollton Water Treatment Plant’s lab for ensuring the city’s drinking water is of the highest quality. The city earned the GAWP’s Laboratory Quality Assurance/Quality Control Silver Award for a city serving 10,000-100,000 people. “This award recognizes that our state-certified lab is going above and beyond all […]
Free HIV and Hepatitis A Testing
The Georgia Department of Public Health, District 4 Public Health is offering free HIV testing and free Hep A vaccinations for the Carroll County community. Gift cards will be given to the first 13 people tested and other giveaways will be available. When: December 3, 2020 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Where: Carroll County […]
Free USDA Farmers to Families Food Boxes
Action Ministries Carroll County, in conjunction with Antioch Baptist Church Clem, The Carrollton Optimist Club and North Point Baptist Church will be in receipt of free USDA Farmers to Families food boxes for distribution to the community. The ministry will receive 26 Pallets (1268 Boxes) of food November 13 and November 20, 2020 and three weeks in December. Dates […]
CASA’s Annual Turkey Trot Raises Funds for Children in Foster Care
Keep the “giving” in Thanksgiving by joining Carroll County CASA for their annual fundraising Turkey Trot race. These funds go directly to benefit foster children by enabling CASA to purchase essential items for them. “Many children enter foster care with nothing but the clothes on their backs,” explains Briana Evans, Carroll County CASA executive director. […]
Local Law Enforcement Makes Positive Impact with Kids Through Christmas Shopping Program
The Carrollton Tony Jackson Garrett Lodge #35 of the Fraternal Order of Police (FOP) is an organization that consists of full-time employed and retired members of local and state law enforcement. The lodge also consists of associate members who support the FOP’s mission. The FOP is the world’s largest organization of sworn law enforcement personnel, […]
Local Entrepreneurs Lynne Sammon and Amy Kent Say “Yes” to the Business of Their Dreams
By Sandra Bolan It was like no dream she had ever had before. The dream was so vivid, it caused Lynne Sammon to sit bolt upright in her bed, in the middle of the night. That dream also ended up changing the course of Lynne’s life. In the dream, she was the owner and operator […]
Turkey Trot Offers Virtual Race with 5K/10K/Fun Run
The 2nd annual CASA (Court Appointed Special Advocates) Turkey Trot will benefit children in the custody of the Department of Family and Children Services. There are 173 children in foster care in Carroll County and 98 are being served by CASA volunteers. Many of these children lack basic needs and do not have the ability […]
