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Keep Roswell Beautiful is celebrating its 22nd annual “Bring One for the Chipper” Christmas tree recycling event this weekend. Roswell residents are invited to bring their trees to o...

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Congratulations to the 24 Finalists in Patch’s "Deck the House" Contest. The Grand Prize Winner will be determined by your votes, and the public schools in the winner's town will receiv...

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The 15th annual Polar Bear Swim took place Saturday afternoon with 134 people jumping into Lake Lanier to celebrate 2012. A New Year’s tradition for Lanier Canoe and Kayak Club (LCKC...

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A couple from nearby Suwanee made their own New Year's fireworks as they reportedly have the honor of bringing metro Atlanta's first baby of 2012 into the world. Jennifer and Ry...

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Atlanta's Big Peach dropped at midnight on Saturday, so people in Roswell's Canton Street shared their 2012 New Year's Resolutions with Roswell Patch in preparation for the New Year.

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The South is steeped in tradition and many of those traditions revolve around food. Two of the dishes that have been prepared through the years as we ring in the new year are Hoppin’ Jo...

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Now that the credit card bills are going to start coming due for all of those Christmas gifts, and we've got only one big holiday left before we're back on our regular schedules, it wou...

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In order to ensure that anyone who has had too much to drink doesn’t hit the roads on New Year’s Eve, the Georgia Governor’s Office of Highway Safety has come up with a plan. GOHS ha...