Tax Vote Talk; Burn Ban Begins

On Friday, we brought you from Georgia Department of Natural Resources Commissioner Mark Williams, who served as the keynote speaker of Thursday’s Georgia Power Luncheon.

Our video coverage last week also included highlights of another Chamber event—last month’s Cobb EMC Power Breakfast that focused .

More government-related coverage came in the form of our stories on the April 26 Paulding Board of Commissioners meeting, at which ; and Tuesday’s gathering of the Hiram City Council, which saw councilmen .

May 1 marked the start of the annual statewide ban on open burning. and 53 other Georgia counties.

A 105-year-old Hiram building began as a bank—.

Mother’s Day is coming up, and so asked you for the best place for Mother’s Day brunch in town. .

In other news:

• We assembled for you a “” feature on Marvel’s .
• Two restaurants earned C grades in .
• And C. Mark Willix’s latest real estate column asked .

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