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Roswell lines up duck race, two trunk-or-treats for Halloween
Three Roswell Halloween events are on the calendar over the next two weeks: the Keep Roswell Beautiful Duck Race on Oct. 17, a sensory-friendly Adaptive Truck or Treat on Oct. 24, and the Roswell Police Department's Trunk or Treat on Oct. 30.
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Roswell Arts Fund hosts four-course fundraiser dinner Nov. 12
Four Roswell restaurants and jazz guitarist Trey Wright team up for Art Around: Food, a 100-seat dinner on Nov. 12 at Bey Mediterranean Kitchen + Bar, with all proceeds going to the Roswell Arts Fund.
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Alive in Roswell fills Canton Street Oct. 15
The free Alive in Roswell street festival returns to Canton Street on Thursday, Oct. 15, with live music from Better Than the Beatles, more than 20 vendors, food trucks and road closures between Highway 9 and Norcross Street.
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Drake House cornhole tournament returns to Naylor Hall Oct. 8
The Drake House hosts its second annual Miss Mary's Old Fashioned Cornhole Tournament at Naylor Hall in Roswell on Thursday, Oct. 8, with all proceeds supporting programs for single mothers and children overcoming homelessness.
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Roswell's Big Creek facility opens doors for Clean Water Week
Fulton County is hosting three free Clean Water Week events Oct. 19–23, including a public tour of the Big Creek Water Reclamation Facility in Roswell, a stream-monitoring workshop, and a Wolf Creek cleanup.
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A year later, Drake House revisits the housing crisis exposed by Roswell's Economy Hotel shutdown
The May 2025 shutdown of the Economy Hotel on Old Dogwood Road displaced 156 adults and 50 children living in rooms riddled with mold, exposed wiring and violent crime. The Drake House hosts a community conversation Oct. 21 about the North Fulton housing gap the closure exposed.
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Roswell ranks No. 3 in Georgia on U.S. News list
Roswell earned the No. 3 spot in Georgia and No. 44 nationally on U.S. News & World Report's 2026–2027 Best Places to Live list, with a 2.81% unemployment rate and $132,260 average household income leading the city's economic profile.
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Roswell's 76th Youth Day parade returns to Canton Street Oct. 3
Roswell's 76th Annual Youth Day Celebration returns to Canton Street on Saturday, Oct. 3, with a free parade at 10 a.m. followed by art activities, a farmyard, food trucks and a truck zone running through 2 p.m.
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Roswell opens $4.1M turf soccer fields at Grimes Bridge Park
Roswell opened two rebuilt artificial-turf soccer fields at Grimes Bridge Park on Sept. 24, completing a $4.1 million project funded by the 2022 Parks Bond that replaces drainage-plagued grass with year-round playing surfaces.
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Free prostate cancer screenings come to Roswell Sept. 29
The Winship Cancer Institute's mobile screening bus will offer free PSA blood tests at the Country Club of Roswell on Tuesday, Sept. 29, as part of Drive for the Cure's 28th annual golf tournament.
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Abby Willis, Keith Rosemond II take top honors at Roswell Arts Festival's 60th anniversary
The Roswell Arts Festival wrapped its 60th anniversary weekend Sept. 19-20 at City Hall, with Abby Willis winning first place in 2D art and more than 80 artists, student musicians and dancers performing across two days.
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Roswell to open new turf soccer fields at Grimes Bridge Park
Roswell will cut the ribbon on two new artificial turf soccer fields at Grimes Bridge Park on Sept. 24, completing a $3.6 million project funded by the 2022 Parks Bond that replaced drainage-plagued natural grass fields built in the early 2000s.
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Roswell Arts Festival turns 60 with $48,000 parks gift
The Roswell Arts Festival marks its 60th anniversary Saturday and Sunday at City Hall with free art, music and family activities, weeks after the festival's organizing body delivered a $48,000 donation for upgrades to three city parks facilities.
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Chattahoochee Nature Center celebrates 50 years with new brand identity
Roswell's Chattahoochee Nature Center unveiled a refreshed logo, website and tagline during a three-day 50th anniversary celebration that drew nearly 1,500 guests.
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