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Developer gives sewer easement to JCWSA

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Friday, January 9. 2009

Call it a win-win-win situation. A West Jackson developer got his property in better shape for development, the Jackson County Water and Sewerage Authority got six-tenths of an acre it needs to serve potential commercial customers, and Jackson County would get the taxes off that new development. In an 11-minute called meeting Wednesday, Dec. ... [Full Story »]

EDITORIAL: The long road ahead

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Friday, January 9. 2009

Life moves in cycles. That is no less true for the life cycle of businesses and governments. Some years are great, some are not so good. Right now, the economic cycle is decidedly on a downward turn across the nation. That is no less true here in the Braselton-Hoschton area. Three years ago, the area was in the middle of one of the largest ... [Full Story »]

Family members threaten others on phone

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Friday, January 9. 2009

Family members were the ones who made threatening statements in phone calls to loved ones in two separate incidents in Hoschton. In the first incident, Hoschton police said a New Street woman said her mother made threatening statements during a dispute about furniture. The woman said her mother gave her some furniture a year and half ago, but ... [Full Story »]

Investigation continues in teen’s death

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Thursday, January 8. 2009

The investigation into the death of a 14-year-old girl in a Hoschton house remains ongoing. Brittane Nichole Brown was unresponsive when emergency personnel arrived at her friend’s White Street house in Saturday on Dec. 27. The Georgia Bureau of Investigation said an autopsy didn’t show any signs of foul play or other physical indications ... [Full Story »]

Drunk driver hits family’s porch

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Wednesday, January 7. 2009

A South Hall family awoke early in the morning on New Year’s Day to find a SUV on their porch, according to Braselton police. A man at a Perimeter Circle address in the Reflections subdivision said his family thought lightning hit the house when they were awaken by a loud crash just after 3 a.m. When the family investigated the source of the ... [Full Story »]

Jackson County family survives cancer

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Wednesday, January 7. 2009

Cancer isn’t a solitary disease. It doesn’t only alter the life of the patient. It affects the caregivers, the parents, the spouses, the siblings, the grandparents. The whole family is impacted and changed. So to say that Gail Banks and Kelli Banks Wehunt are survivors is only telling a part of the story . The Banks family is a survivor. ... [Full Story »]

Hoschton toasts scarecrow effort with bonfire

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Wednesday, January 7. 2009

The flames may have roasted marshmallows — but Hoschton’s scarecrows were spared from a blaze. Hoschton toasted its new world record for “The Most Scarecrows in One Location” with a bonfire on Saturday evening at the Kenerly farm on Ga. Hwy. 53. A U.S.-based company, the World Records Academy, gave the city the title after the Guinness ... [Full Story »]

Speeding driver hits power pole in Hoschton

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Wednesday, January 7. 2009

A woman who was seen driving recklessly through Braselton and Hoschton hit a power pole on Ga. Hwy. 53 on Friday, Jan. 2. Hoschton police said witnesses reported that a Toyota Camry was driving recklessly, driving off the roadway and driving into the wrong direction of travel. One witness said the driver hit some sign posts in the area of Ga. ... [Full Story »]

Daughter says mom held her against her wil

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Sunday, January 4. 2009

A 22-year-old woman claimed that her mother held her against her will at a Jackson Trail Road residence because she was a lesbian, according to the Jackson County Sheriff’s Office. The mother told a deputy that her daughter could leave the residence, but she wouldn’t let her use the phone because she would break it. The mother then allowed ... [Full Story »]

COLUMN: What will be top issues in 2009?

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Sunday, January 4. 2009

As 2008 comes to a close, there’s no better time than now to start looking forward to the New Year. With the economy in a major slump, financial-related issues will continue to dominant local, state and national headlines for at least the first few months of 2009. Here are some of the items expected to make headlines in 2009: •Elections. ... [Full Story »]

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