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'Surf's Up' in Spencer Park Friday night

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Wednesday, June 4. 2008

The Commerce Downtown Development Authority will offer its final event in the Fridays After Five series at Spencer Park Friday night. The G-rated movie, “Surf’s Up,” which provides an inside look at the Penguin World Surfing Championship, will be shown at about 8:30 in the park, which is located on South Elm Street. There is no admission ... [Full Story »]

City cop is suspect in rape case

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Wednesday, June 4. 2008

An officer of the Commerce Police Department has been put on "administrative leave" pending a Georgia Bureau of Investigation allegation that he raped a woman in Banks County. Banks County sheriff Charles Chapman and chief investigator Kyle Bryant confirmed their office was contacted about a rape charge. Since the allegation involved a law ... [Full Story »]

Commerce seeks Banks County's help in protecting reservoir

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Wednesday, June 4. 2008

The city of Commerce will ask the Banks County Board of Commissioners for help in protecting its water supply from an industrial plant under construction near Gillsville. The mayor and city council signed a letter at Monday night's work session asking Banks County BOC Chairman Gene Hart to enforce the watershed protection plan it approved in ... [Full Story »]

DDA pushes council to improve parking

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Wednesday, June 4. 2008

With two new restaurants open on South Broad Street, the Downtown Development Authority is talking about parking again. In particular, the DDA would like to see the parking lot behind Stonewall's BBQ and Vaughn's Wing Slingers Grill restaurants improved. City workers did re-stripe the parking lot last week after the DDA meeting May 28, but ... [Full Story »]

It really is time to address parking in Commerce

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Wednesday, June 4. 2008

Parking is one of those perennial issues in downtown Commerce. Ever since the automobile replaced the horse and buggy, folks have been complaining about the lack of parking. For the past couple of decades at least, the primary problem with downtown parking has been merchants or employees who parked their vehicles in front of their stores — or ... [Full Story »]

First year ends well for East Jackson High

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Wednesday, June 4. 2008

East Jackson Comprehensive High School closed out its first year just the way it started it - with strong support from the community. School officials were pleasantly surprised at the school's first commencement ceremony May 23 to find the stadium stands nearly full on the home side. With only 109 diplomas to present, the expectations were for ... [Full Story »]

Yet another Beardsley takes up journalism

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Wednesday, June 4. 2008

Something's lost and something's gained

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Wednesday, June 4. 2008

By Susan Harper In church last Sunday, I was so moved by one of the hymns that I started to cry and then found it difficult to stop, and I realized that I felt weighed-down by sorrow over all that we'd lost, here in Commerce, in a single week. The passing of longtime city councilman Riley Harris was a blow. A dignified and disciplined man with ... [Full Story »]

When is it time to have kids?

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Wednesday, June 4. 2008

By Hasco Craver Last month I tried to use this space to invoke a sense of historic preservation ethic. Remember the May 7 column I wrote about the history of the built environment in downtown Commerce? Don't worry, neither does anyone else. For some reason, I receive more comments about the columns I write that cover my personal life. Maybe ... [Full Story »]

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