Entries from May 2008

Airport Authority to meet Thursday

Posted by
BarrowJournal
Saturday, May 31. 2008
The Barrow County Airport Authority will hold a special meeting on Thursday, June 5 at 9:30 a.m. in the conference room of the terminal building. The purpose of the meeting will be to discuss the closing of a line of credit and other business as necessary. The authority’s next regularly scheduled meeting is June 17 at 12 p.m.

Braselton issues 17 residential permits

Posted by
BraseltonNewsTODAY
Friday, May 30. 2008
The Braselton Planning and Development Department issued 17 residential building permits in April, according to a town report. Seven permits were issued in Jackson County, five in Gwinnett County, two in Hall County and one in Barrow County. Two non-residential building permits were also approved in Braselton in April. Commonwealth Braselton ... [Full Story »] 

Braselton visitor’s bureau to meet June 10

Posted by
BraseltonNewsTODAY
Friday, May 30. 2008
The Braselton Visitor’s Bureau Authority will hold a public hearing to discuss its proposed FYE 2009 budget on Tuesday, June 10, at 4 p.m. The town’s visitor’s bureau manages a two percent hotel/motel tax. Braselton also has a three percent hotel/motel tax that is accounted in the town’s general fund budget. Braselton is proposing a ... [Full Story »] 

Braselton council to hold budget hearing

Posted by
BraseltonNewsTODAY
Friday, May 30. 2008
The Braselton Town Council will hold a public hearing on its proposed FYE 2009 budget on Thursday, June 5, at 4 p.m. Braselton ‘s general fund budget is slated to rise six percent — from $2.8 million in 2008 to $2.9 million in 2009. However, the town’s water and sewer fund budget is expected to slide 22 percent from $8.7 ... [Full Story »] 

Braselton visitor’s bureau to meet June 10

Posted by
BraseltonNewsTODAY
Friday, May 30. 2008
The Braselton Visitor’s Bureau Authority will hold a public hearing to discuss its proposed FYE 2009 budget on Tuesday, June 10, at 4 p.m. The town’s visitor’s bureau manages a two percent hotel/motel tax. Braselton also has a three percent hotel/motel tax that is accounted in the town’s general fund budget. ... [Full Story »] 

Kenny Rogers moving to Nicholson

Posted by
CommerceNewsTODAY
Friday, May 30. 2008
Nicholson's newest resident will also be its most famous. Singer-songwriter Kenny Rogers is building a house on a secluded 150 acres across Hwy. 335 from Staghorn Plantation Estates. A story in The Atlanta Journal-Constitution last week quoted Rogers as describing the proposed house and property as "kind of like Disneyland with animals." ... [Full Story »] 

Cynics right: LP permit a done deal

Posted by
CommerceNewsTODAY
Friday, May 30. 2008
The cynics were right. The granting of a new air quality permit to Louisiana Pacific was a done deal before the hearing held May 16. Technically, had any citizen been able to prove that granting LP's permit would violate the Clean Air Act, the EPD might deny its request. But citizen concerns about having to live with LP's emissions, their ... [Full Story »] 

Riley Harris

Posted by
MainStreetNewsOBITS
Thursday, May 29. 2008
Riley Harris Sr., 75, of Commerce, died Saturday, May 24, 2008. He was born in Jackson County, the son of the late Henry and Mammie Slaughter Harris. He was retired from the University of Georgia and was a member of Mt. Calvary Baptist Church. Mr. Harris was a veteran, retired from the United States Army. Survivors include his wife, Bernice ... [Full Story »] 

Minnie Mize

Posted by
MainStreetNewsOBITS
Thursday, May 29. 2008
Minnie Lucille Seagraves Mize, 88, of Gainesville, died Wednesday, May 21, 2008, at the Oaks at Limestone, following an extended illness. Born in Jackson County, she was the daughter of the late Love Thirsten and Lucy Burroughs Seagraves. She was retired from New Holland Mill and was a member of Corinth Baptist Church. Mrs. Mize was preceded in ... [Full Story »] 

Louise Fincannon

Posted by
MainStreetNewsOBITS
Thursday, May 29. 2008
Louise Arnold Fincannon, 76, of Homer, died Saturday, May 24, 2008, at her residence following an extended illness. Survivors include a son, Larry Roberson, Maysville; daughters, Dianne Langston, Royston, Carolyn Bathurst, Penny Noell and Tammie Arroway, all of Homer; brother, Charles Arnold, Homer; nine grandchildren; and eight grandchildren. ... [Full Story »] 
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