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Christmas 2011

Friday, December 30, 2011

PatchCast: Murder Arrest; Fake Cop; Jorelys Probe; Deck the House Winner

Here's your roundup of top stories from Cobb, Cherokee, Paulding, Douglas and Bartow counties for Dec. 30.

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Wednesday, December 28, 2011

Updated: Girls Basketball Scoreboard

Here's your Dec. 28 roundup of high school girls basketball action for Bartow, Douglas, Paulding, Cherokee and Cobb counties.

It's all about holiday tournaments today, so much so that we're breaking the boys and girls scoreboards into separate files. Check out the scores and schedules for the boys here. If you have photos or videos from any of these matchups, we'd love to see them; just click on "Submit Photo & Video." You can post scores in the comments below, email them to GaPatchSports@gmail.com or send them to us on Twitter (@GaPatchSports). Come back Friday for the most complete results we can gather from Thursday's action. We're pulling in scores from Georgia Prep Country, Score Atlanta, Twitter, Facebook, school websites and the other media outlets cited below.  

Updated: Boys Basketball Scoreboard

Here's your Dec. 28 roundup of high school boys basketball action for Bartow, Douglas, Paulding, Cherokee and Cobb counties.

It's all about holiday tournaments today, so much so that we're breaking the boys and girls scoreboards into separate files. Check out the scores and schedules for the girls here. If you have photos or videos from any of these matchups, we'd love to see them; just click on "Submit Photo & Video." You can post scores in the comments below, email them to GaPatchSports@gmail.com or send them to us on Twitter (@GaPatchSports). Come back Friday for the most complete results we can gather from Thursday's action. We're pulling in scores from Georgia Prep Country, Score Atlanta, Twitter, Facebook, school websites and the other media outlets cited below.

Tuesday, December 27, 2011

PatchCast: Trooper Mourned; Animal Rescue at Risk; Holiday Highlights

Here's your roundup of some of the top stories from Cobb, Cherokee, Bartow, Paulding and Douglas counties for Dec. 27.

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Sunday, December 25, 2011

Selling a More Walton Mountain Christmas

We're a couple of thousand years from Christmas being a celebration of the birth of a Jewish boy in Bethlehem, but maybe we can get back to a simpler, less violent holiday commercialism.

Christmas Wishes: Capt. Burnett

The Marietta soldier sends his holiday greetings home to Georgia from Afghanistan.

Army Capt. Russell Burnett is serving at Bagram Airfield in Afghanistan. He sends this Christmas greeting home to Marietta through the Defense Video & Imagery Distribution System. To see all of the holiday wishes sent home to Georgia from military personnel, visit http://patch.com/bvaGD.

Christmas Wishes: Lt. Col. Lang

The Marietta soldier sends her holiday greetings home to Georgia from Kuwait.

Army Reserve Lt. Col. Donna Lang is serving in Kuwait. She sends this Christmas greeting home to Marietta through the Defense Video & Imagery Distribution System. To see all of the holiday wishes sent home to Georgia from military personnel, visit http://patch.com/bvaGD.

Christmas Wishes: Sgt. 1st Class Pennamon

The Marietta soldier sends his holiday greetings home to Georgia from Kuwait.

Army Reserve Sgt. 1st Class Harold Pennamon is serving in Kuwait. He sends this Christmas greeting home to Marietta through the Defense Video & Imagery Distribution System. To see all of the holiday wishes sent home to Georgia from military personnel, visit http://patch.com/bvaGD.

Christmas Wishes: Warrant Officer Rosa

The Marietta soldier sends his holiday greetings home to Georgia from Afghanistan.

Army Chief Warrant Officer John Rosa is serving at Bagram Airfield in Afghanistan. He sends this Christmas greeting home to Marietta through the Defense Video & Imagery Distribution System. To see all of the holiday wishes sent home to Georgia from military personnel, visit http://patch.com/bvaGD.

There's a Patch App for That

Take Patch with you around Northeast Cobb on your shiny new iPhone, Android phone, iPad or other mobile device.

If you found a new smartphone or tablet under the Christmas tree or beside the Hanukkah menorah, we know of one must-have application to get the most out of that mobile device around Northeast Cobb and beyond: Patch has apps for iPhones and Android phones that make it easy for you to stay connected. How can Patch help you on the go? Let us count the ways.  Patch for iPhone puts all the news, weather, places and events in Northeast Cobb at your fingertips. Among the app’s features: You can save anything from favorite articles to business listings to your iPhone for easy offline access. And wherever you go, you can use the camera on your phone to add photos to your Patch Neighborhood Gallery. Have an opinion on our app? We love feedback, so …

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