Hot Blogs: Rant About Road Work Areas, and How to Prevent Swimmer's Ear

Don’t miss what the “Local Voices” had to say this week on Monroe and surrounding Patch sites. 

Ryan Brooks was back with The Friday Rant, this time taking aim at road work areas.  "It seems that every road work area team has conspired together to inconvenience you at all costs," he wrote. Commenters then aired their grievances about dandelions and slow drivers. Read the post and add your rant in the comments here.

As children splash in the lake and take dips in the pool, Kerry Cohen of Hearing Improvement Center of Monroe offers some advice for parents this summer.  In her blog post, she shares how to prevent swimmer's ear with custom fit ear plugs.

Several bloggers around the region answered the call to share their thoughts about gardening.  Paula Loniak on Athens Patch opened the debate about landscaping vs. gardening, while Loganville's Jason Brooks' post "Mass Murder in My Backyard" took a different angle. 

And storms on June 13 rattled the area, bringing with them multiple EF-1 tornadoes that were confirmed in Cherokee, Cobb, and Fulton Counties.  Blogger Northeast Georgia Weather kept Dacula Patch readers informed before, during and after the storms.   Be sure to follow his blog here. 

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