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Popular Pet Place: Bartow Animal Hospital

Cartersville Patch readers voted in this week's poll for their favorite local pet-boarding facilities.

Bartow & Acworth Animal Hospital is Cartersville Patch Readers' Choice for boarding pets. The veterinarian and animal hospital, which opened in 1982, garnered 63 percent of the votes in this week's poll, beating out four others, but none of the pet-boarding facilities in our free business directory received readers' ratings and reviews. After today, Readers' Choice will go on a bit of a hiatus. Thank you for supporting local businesses and remember to visit our Patch directory to rate and review your favorites and least favorites. Don’t miss any of the local news you care about. Subscribe to Cartersville Patch's newsletter, like us on Facebook and follow us on Twitter.

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Readers Choose Tellus for Favorite Getaway

The Cartersville science museum is your regional pick for a family-friendly place to spend time on a staycation.

It appears that when you want to get away without really going away, you stay in Cartersville. In this week’s regional Readers’ Choice survey of staycation destinations, three of the top four vote-getters are Cartersville sites: Tellus Science Museum, Pine Mountain Recreation Area and Booth Western Art Museum. And even though six of the 19 poll options are in Cartersville Patch, commenters complained about a couple of the Cartersville sites we left off the list. So it’s only fitting that this week’s Readers’ Choice for favorite staycation destination is in Cartersville: the Tellus museum. "A selection like this means a lot because we wouldn’t be doing what we do without the support of the community," said Joe Schulman, the museum's …

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Readers' Choice: Staycation Destinations

Support your local museum, park, historical site or other family location against others around the northwest Atlanta suburbs.

Memorial Day is only three weeks away, meaning summer vacation season is almost here. But with gas prices still above $3.50 a gallon and round-trip airfare for a family of four running more than $1,200 to get just about anywhere, a staycation is an enticing option. You avoid the expense and stress of travel. You don’t have to stop the mail or board the pets. But you still get the time away from work and with your family. The challenge is to avoid getting bored or spending hour after hour in front of the TV. That’s where staycation destinations come into play. You need entertaining options for the whole family, from parks to museums to historical sites. That’s what this week’s Readers’ Choice is all about. What’s your favorite place to go …

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Michael Jacobs

9:13 pm on Monday, May 7, 2012

HI, Ezra: Same answer as Pettit Creek Farms. We didn't forget it, but we had to make some hard decisions about what to include and didn't want too many entries from any one Patch.   more ›

Readers' Choices for Preschools

Here are the favorites you picked for Cartersville and other Patches around the northwest Atlanta suburbs.

Patches in Bartow, Paulding, Douglas, Cherokee and Cobb counties asked you to choose your favorite preschool, and you let us know with a flood of votes, comments and ratings in the past week's Readers' Choice. Several Patches even had to go to overtime to choose between two popular preschools. Although we could name only one winner per Patch, we hope every preschool that received votes and positive comments comes away feeling good about the support of families. Check out your choices below, as well as the picks from some other Patches nearby: Next up for Readers' Choice is your favorite place for sweet tea. You can make your pick any time from 5 a.m. Monday to 9 a.m. Friday. Help Cartersville Patch pick your favorite places each week with …

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Readers' Choice: Your Favorite Preschool

In this week's Cartersville Patch Readers' Choice poll, we're focusing on education.

One of the most important decisions is which preschool a child will attend. The foundation established in the early years can shape the kind of the student the child becomes. This week, we're asking parents, grandparents, aunts, uncles and siblings and cousins to name the best preschool or pre-K in Cartersville. Here are the facilities listed in our free business directory, but if we left your choice off the list, let us know in the comments, and we'll add it: Cast a click for your favorite in the poll below; voting is open until 9 a.m. Friday. The winner will be determined by Cartersville Patch using a point system based on poll results and reviews of the establishments in our Patch Places business directory. Click on a school listed …

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Readers' Choices to Work Out

Here are the places Patch users prefer for fitness.

Patches in Bartow, Paulding, Douglas, Cherokee and Cobb counties asked you where you like to work out, and you let us know in the past week's Readers' Choice poll. Check out your choices below, as well as the picks from some other Patches nearby: Next up for Readers' Choice is the best local place to celebrate St. Patrick's Day. You can make your pick any time from 5 a.m. Monday to 9 a.m. Friday. Help Cartersville Patch pick your favorite places each week with Readers' Choice. And keep up with all the news you care about by subscribing to our free email newsletter, liking us on Facebook and following us on Twitter.

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Readers' Choice for a Workout: Cair

Cair Wellness Center received the most votes and five 5-star ratings on Cartersville Patch.

Congratulations to Cair Wellness Center, the winner of our second Readers' Choice contest spotlighting Cartersville workout places. Of the 119 votes, 43 percent clicked for Cair, a fitness center that offers a heated saltwater pool, racquetball, free weights, cardiovascular equipment and group classes. "This facility is for EVERYONE...machines if you choose to workout on your own," JoEllen said in a review in Cartersville Patch's Places directory. "Bodystep, bodypump, step, bodyvive, bodycombat, bodyattack, body jam are all taught by instructors that are certified by Les Mills. Water aerobics is available also. I have been a faithful member for five years and love it. The people are friendly and helpful." Poll results were: Next week, we'…

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Don't Sweat It: Name the Best Workout Spot

In the second of Cartersville Patch's Readers' Choice polls, we're focusing on the places that help us stay healthy, get in shape or tone our muscles.

We're following up last week's readers' choice offering of the best Mexican food in town with a workout! Forget about chips and salsa, and turn your attention to exercise, health and fitness. You won't have to pump any iron to vote in this week's poll, so jump in and tell Patch about the best place to work out in Cartersville. Here are the workout spots listed in our free business directory, but if we left your choice off the list, let us know in the comments, and we'll add it: Cast a click for your favorite in the poll below; voting is open until 9 a.m. Friday. Because the poll is not scientific, it's not our sole consideration in choosing a winner. The winner will be determined by Cartersville Patch editor Brande Poulnot based on poll …

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julie

1:04 am on Tuesday, April 10, 2012

YOU give crossfit a bad name! stealing from hard working people who sell crossfit items on ebay. Your pathetic! You dont deserve to be at ANY crossfit gym!   more ›