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Editor Friday, May 09 2008 @ 08:35 AM EDT
The United States Postal Service, will be collecting non-perishable food items like canned meats and fish, canned soup, juice, pasta, vegetables, cereal and rice on Saturday, May 10th to help families in need in our community.
You can help by placing your food donation at your mailbox on May 10th before your letter carrier arrives. It will be taken to the Post Office and then delivered to local food banks or pantries. Please do not include items that have expired or those in glass containers. Thank you for caring.
School officials delayed voting on hiring more teachers to replace some of the force lost in last month's staff reduction for the next school year. Superintendent Denia Reese said the Catoosa County Board of Education will likely vote on the matter in July. "We're going to address it after we get the tax digest" she said. Reese said state officials had informed them that they would likely receive a state funding cut of ...
Catoosa County Fire & Rescue will have a new full-time interim fire chief although the identity is not yet released by the county. Catoosa County Manager Mike Helton shared the news with members of the Ringgold-Catoosa County Fire Department at its weekly meeting Tuesday, May 6.The Ringgold-Catoosa County Fire Department is the non-profit volunteer arm of the Catoosa County Fire & Rescue encompassing approximately 46 active volunteer firefighters ...
Clinical trials and increased access to cancer care are two services Hutcheson Medical Center plans to offer as part of its three-year contract with the Harbin Clinic. Patients and hospital officials welcomed three new doctors from the clinic at a reception on Thursday, May 8 at the Mike and Leila Fuller Cancer Center at Hutcheson on the Parkway. The doctors are Matthew Mumber, M.D., the cancer center's new medical director; James Santoro, ...
SPLOST vote: Advance Voting: Sept. 8 -12 Election Day: September 16 Catoosa commissioners made their final tweaks to the proposed 2009 SPLOST, special-purpose local-option sales tax, spending plan it is creating for the referendum voters will vote on Sept. 16. The 56 million dollar penny-sales tax referendum will receive its final approval May 20. Governments may use SPLOST funding only for capital expenditures, County Attorney Chad Young said ...