🌱 Council Meets + Exhibit To Open + Senior School Tax Exemptions

Hello, neighbors! It's Tuesday in Cartersville and I'm back in your inbox with everything you need to know about what's happening in town, including news about:

• City Council meeting
• Exhibit to open in Cartersville
• Senior School Tax homestead exemption changes

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Partly sunny. High: 60 Low: 38.

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Here are the top stories in Cartersville today:

1. The Cartersville City Council began its Jan. 5 meeting with the municipal court judge and the associate municipal court judge being sworn in. The city water department's request to enter an agreement with a recruiting firm to fill an open engineering position was approved by the council. The Council also heard a request to purchase two electronic traffic message boards "to be used by our police department and other various departments as needed to place messages around the city," said Cartersville Assistant City Manager Freddy Morgan. (Subscription: The Daily Tribune News)
2. The Bartow County Library System's Cartersville branch will be hosting The William Breman Jewish Heritage Museum's 'Eighteen Artifacts: Story of Jewish Atlanta' exhibit. The touring display features 20 panels and will run Jan. 12 through Feb. 15. Emory University's visiting assistant professor of Holocaust and Antisemitism Studies at the Tam Institute for Jewish Studies/Department of Religion Alicja Podbielska will launch the exhibit with a presentation on Jan. 12th at the Cartersville Public Library from 6 to 7 p.m. (Subscription: The Daily Tribune News)
3. Steve Stewart, Bartow County Tax Commissioner, has released the changes and deadlines to apply for the Senior School Tax homestead exemptions for this year. Approved by voters in the November general election, homeowners who are 65 years or older are eligible for a $60,000 exemption, 75 years or older are eligible for an $80,000 exemption and 80 years old or older are eligible for a full exemption up to $200,000. (Bartow County Government via Facebook)

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Today in Cartersville:

• Built for a Crisis Exhibit Opens - The Savoy Automobile Museum (10:00 AM)
• Beer, Wine, and Bingo! - Olive Tree & Vine (6:30 PM)
• Auditions: Much Ado About Nothing - Legion Theatre (7:30 PM)

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From my notebook:

• The Bookmobile: Reading to Go Places is helping to increase childhood literacy across Bartow County with their mobile lending library. Established in 2017, Reading to Go Places (in addition to its mobile library) gives away books at various events; supervises 38 Little Free Libraries; promotes literacy at after-school offerings and child-care facilities; and locally oversees Dolly Parton's Imagination Library. (Subscription: The Daily Tribune News)
• 11th-grader receives acclaim and multiple prizes at The Academy of Cartersville's art show last week. Kalvin Dean displayed 34 pieces of art and won first in five categories: Human Face, Human Form, Still Life, Food and Colored Pencil. (Subscription: The Daily Tribune News)
• GNTC Graduate Beats Breast Cancer, Becomes Mammography Tech (The Chattanoogan)
• Local Jobs: Check Out Who's Hiring In The Cartersville Area (Cartersville Patch)

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Now you're in the loop and ready to head out the door on this Tuesday! I'll see you around.

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