Sports + Recreation

Putting for Glory

A Canton ten-year-old wins one of junior golf's most storied titles Article by Glenn Lazarus | Photography by Provided by Sarah Burris The crowd surged toward the eighth green before the ball even stopped rolling. Cole Burris, ten years old and standing in the middle of his biggest golf moment, had just made the putt that mattered most. Not a practice round. Not a warm-up. The championship putt, on the third hole of a sudden-death playoff, at one of the most storied junior golf tournaments in...

Education

Pages, People, and Possibility

Inside the renovation redefining what a Cherokee County library means for your family. Article by Mark O'Donnell | Photography by Katie Nielson It started in 1922 with a borrowed room behind a jewelry store on Canton's Main Street and a collection of donated books tended by a volunteer two days a week. More than a century later, the Sequoyah Regional Library System has grown into one of North Georgia's most quietly essential institutions: eight locations, more than 1 million checkouts, and...

Life + Culture

Books Born From Love

Local author Brittany Petish writes for kids but reaches everyone Article by Woodstock City Lifestyle | Photography by Provided by Brittany Petish She spends most of her weekends at a table full of books, with a golden doodle named Tate working the crowd beside her. There is usually a story time somewhere on the calendar, a new partnership in the works, and at least one moment that stops her in her tracks and reminds her exactly why she started. Brittany Petish has called Cherokee County home...

Local Services

Helping Children

“Hugo’s Brave Bite” launched to Support Families at the Table Article by City Lifestyle For many families, mealtimes are meant to be moments of connection. But for parents of children with feeding challenges, they can be filled with stress, worry, and uncertainty. Local pediatric feeding therapist Charlene Kurkjian, OTR/L, knows this reality well — and she's bringing hope to the table in a new way with the launch of her children's book, Hugo's Brave Bite. Charlene is the founder of Happy...