Category: Aragon
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CATCH FOR THE DAY
Aragon Kids Fishing Day draws crowd for fun at the Mill Pond Summer has arrived, and fishing is now open at the Aragon Mill Pond after Saturday’s family-friend Kid’s Fishing Day hosted by the city and local masons. The annual event drew hundreds to take up spots around the mill pond with youth waiting for…
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Aragon set to change Friday office hours starting in June
The City of Aragon will soon be cutting the hours at City Hall on Fridays, remaining open for just the morning. The announcement came today from the City of Aragon’s Facebook page, noting that starting on June 6 those who have city business (paying garbage or tax bills, going to municipal court, etc.) will have…
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Former Aragon council member charged with simple assault
A former Aragon City Council member was booked into custody earlier this week and later released on bond for a simple assault charge. Polk County Police arrested Tammy Lynn Mulkey, 61, on Wednesday, May 14, following an late afternoon incident in the Cedartown area that was dispatched as a verbal domestic dispute. The report did…
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UPDATE: Two dead in Aragon, investigation underway
The Georgia Bureau of Investigation provided a release about the death of two people in Aragon on Tuesday. Here’s there full release: The GBI is investigating the deaths of a mother & her four-year old daughter at the request of Aragon Police Department Chief John Tortoso. Agents received the request on Tuesday, April 29, 2025, at…
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Man dies following April 21 June Kemp Road fire injuries
An area man who was injured inside of a burning home last week in the Aragon area died from his injuries the following day while being treated in the Cobb Wellstar Burn Unit, according to local officials. Polk County Fire Chief Mike Hanuscin and Polk County Coroner Norman Smith both confirmed the death of Herbert…
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(Contributed by Capitol Beat News Service) Cities holding special called meeting over Homestead Exemption requirement for new law
The cities of Cedartown and Rockmart have called special meetings to vote on putting in an estimated millage rate to determine homestead exemptions under a new state law passed this year for tax bills for this coming year. Cedartown’s Commission is meeting at 5:30 p.m. today and the Rockmart City Council is meeting on Monday…
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Spalding sworn in for service on Aragon Council
The council is finally full again with the addition of a new member following the March 18 election. A brief ceremony was held at City Hall in Aragon for new council member David Spalding on Tuesday afternoon. The Bartow County Sheriff’s Deputy began his service after he took the oath of office from Polk County…
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Children’s Day 2025 set for Aragon Mill Pond
Y’all get out the fishing poles and tackle boxes for when Village Mill Pond gets encircled later this spring for the 2025 edition of Aragon Children’s Day. The annual event – put on in conjunction with the City of Aragon and the Davitte Lodge #513 F&AM and other community partners – provides youth with a…
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Public Works tidies up Veterans Park in Aragon
Earlier in the week, the City of Aragon posted about the efforts to tidy up Veterans Park recently completed by their Public Works department. A new round of mulch and a border around the playground, plus some other fixes and cleanup around the swings and gazebo at the park behind City Hall. The small park…
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New company moving to Aragon after Three Kings Towing property purchase
Centrifuge & Pump Services Corporation, currently in Stone Mountain, who provides services to the industrial centrifuge industry will be moving to Aragon in the coming months as they take over a property formerly owned by ‘Three Kings Towing’ in the Mill Village. Following the purchase of the property, that sits next door to the Mayor’s…