Mayor Henriques: 2012 "Best Year On Record" for Woodstock

Woodstock Mayor Donnie Henriques gave his annual State of the City address during Monday's City Council meeting.

Woodstock Mayor Donnie Henriques gave his annual State of the City Address during Monday's City Council meeting. The speech was used to recount some of the milestones, successses and major accomplishments the city saw in 2012. Here's the text of the mayor's speech:  Last year, I started this address by saying that “2011 was clearly the year that the city of Woodstock turned the corner in our road to recovery from the Great Recession.”  If 2011 was the year that we turned the corner, 2012 will be remembered as the year that the pendulum swung to the positive in a major way for the city of Woodstock.  No matter what form of measurement you utilize, 2012 was the best year on record for quite a while for the city. That being said, we still …

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Woodstock Visitors Center Sets Record

The center in 2012 had a record breaking year and officials believe 2013 could bring more visitors.

Woodstock Visitors Center Draws Over 9,000 in 2012

The center in 2012 had a record breaking year and officials believe 2013 could bring more visitors

The Woodstock Visitors Center at Dean's Store had a fairly busy 2012.   The center last year had 9,633 people come through its doors. The 2012 figure is "record breaking," and is also an increase from the 8,714 visitors the center had in 2011, said Kyle Bennett, assistant director for tourism and visitor center operations.  Since the center began tracking attendance in January 2006, a total of 42,651 visitors have stopped by Dean's Store.  Broken down, those visitors hail from 48 states, the District of Columbia and 41 different countries. "We were thrilled to set a new attendance record at the Woodstock Visitors Center in 2012," Bennett added. "Over the past few years we have seen more and more people visit Woodstock as the word has …

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Woodstock Towne Lake-Patch: Top 12 Stories of 2012

A look back at our 12 top stories of 2012.

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Seven Items You Can Donate to Help Save Space - and Money

Goodwill® offers tips for de-cluttering before the year’s end.

  Taxpayers looking to claim a deduction for charitable donations only have 10 days left to give before the end of the 2012 tax year. Goodwill of North Georgia is preparing for what will be its busiest donation rush of the year. "We always receive our heaviest volume of donations from Dec. 26 to Dec, 31. Last year we received more than 87,000 donations during the last week of the year,"says Director of Public Relations Elaine Armstrong. The organization has more than 100 locations where you can drop off items, including Woodstock. Goodwill says making a donation can help families de-clutter items they’ve accumulated during the year and make room for new things they received for Christmas. When you give items in good used condition or …

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Galactic Event: Rare Planetary Alignment Next Week

June 5 and 6, Venus will cross the face of the sun for the last time this century.

Although astronomers and scientists don’t expect earthquakes and such as predicted by doomsday theorists, they do say that next week’s planetary alignment will be a rare sight. In fact, it will be the last time it will happen this century. According to NASA, the passage of Venus across the sun only happens twice in a century. It happened in 2004 and is scheduled again for June 5 and 6, 2012. Although the entire eclipse will be visible from certain countries, in the US it will only be visible as it begins on June 5. The sun will set before the event ends. Locally, one of the best seats in the house to witness the transit of Venus has to be on top of Stone Mountain from 5-8 p.m. on June 5. The park has partnered with the Atlanta Astronomy …

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