Canton to Offer Shredding, Recycling

1. The  on Thursday renewed the contract of Superintendent Frank Petruzielo for another two years. His contract will run through Aug. 20, 2015. Cady Schulman will have details later today.

2.  to sign House Bill 797, which will restore the state charter schools commission if voters approve a corresponding constitutional amendment in November. Deal signed the bill at . 

3.  president Michael Adams announced on Thursday that , according to Athens Patch.

4. Need something shredded? A company will be at on Saturday from 9 a.m. until 1 p.m. to shred just about anything: credit cards, CDs, photographs, binders, documents and more. The charge is $3 for each copy paper size box of paper that is shredded.

5. At the same time and place, the city, in conjunction with Waste Management and Cherokee County, will collect a number of electronics that you'd like to recycle. While many items will be accepted at no charge, it will cost $10 to unload televisions. Console/projection televisions, washers/dryers, vacuum cleaners, humidifiers, refrigerators, washers, car batteries, toaster ovens, gas powered tools, tires, battery powered tools, freezers, blenders, household trash, mixers and ovens will not be accepted.

Bonus: Only a few hours remain for you to vote in . You have until 9 a.m. to vote for your favorite Mother's Day brunch spot. Remember: It's not enough to just vote for your favorite restaurant. We give equal weight to comments and reviews as well.

If you have news, events, announcements, photos or videos that you want to share, don't wait on Canton-Sixes Patch to post it for you. Scroll to the bottom of canton-ga.patch.com, look for the "Contribute" header in the bottom right corner, click "Put an event on the calendar" or "Announce something to everyone," fill in all the fields, and your event, announcement, photos and videos will automatically go up on Patch.

Don’t miss any of the local news you care about. Subscribe to Canton-Sixes Patch’s free newsletter, like us on Facebook and follow us on Twitter.