Staff/Katherine Frye<br>Hannah Riley, 8, daughter of Wade Riley, gets exercise on the playground at the Fairview Recreation Center in Stockbridge last week.
Staff/Katherine Frye
Hannah Riley, 8, daughter of Wade Riley, gets exercise on the playground at the Fairview Recreation Center in Stockbridge last week.
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Henry County Parks and Recreation to host day, tee...
by Nneka Okona
10:42 AM, Thursday, May 16
The summer is but a hop, skip and jump away, which means fun, alternative options to keep children and teens engaged during the months ahead are on the horizon. Henry County Parks and Recreation will kick off its summer day and teen camps on June ...

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Staff / Erin Gray From left, Roswell Recreation Commission and festival committee member Sally White and Kris Flood of Beeline Graphics helped redesign the logo for the annual Roswell Arts Festival in the square.
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Staff / Nathan Self <br> Owen Fox, 7, and his mother Mittie Fox, of Grant Park, still find the time to have fun on the swing set of Iverson Park as Owen battles Leukemia.
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From left, students Brandon Fountain of Marist School, Sabree Harris of Parkview High, Alex Nichols of Lithia Springs High, Nicole Grizzle of Teasley Middle School and the group’s tour guide feed baby tortoises at a tortoise breeding center in the Galapagos Islands near South America in July.
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Staff / Angela Spencer From left, Katherine Barnes, 11, of Johns Creek and Kate Macken, 10, of Alpharetta get ready for the Heritage Day at Autrey Mill Nature Preserve and Heritage Center.
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From left, Cartersville Relay for Life Committee event co-chairs Benita Hill of Cartersville and Denise Orr of White.
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Staff / Erin Gray Linda ‘GG’ Gibson just opened her new take-and-bake shop specializing in home cooked Creole food in historic Roswell.
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From left, Cartersville residents Timothy Daniel, his wife Kimberly Daniel and their son Christopher Daniel, 3, received the keys to their new home they helped construct from the foundation up last Wednesday afternoon.
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The cast of ‘Completely Hollywood (unabridged)’ are, from left, Mike Davis, Robert Trammell, and John Walker.
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Staff / Nathan Self<br> From left, Fall Festival Program Manager Christy Murray and Executive Director Gretchen Roberts show shirts and a small painted figure by artist Eddie King for the upcoming Brookhaven Fall Arts Festival.
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Staff / Nathan Self<br> Diane Pfeifer displays her Grits Bits and cookbooks that she has sold for the past 20 years.
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Staff / Nathan Self<br> From left, playwright Pearl Cleage of south Atlanta and Alliance Theatre Artistic Director Susan V. Booth of Buckhead look over the script during a reading of ‘What I Learned in Paris’ at the Alliance.
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