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LETTER: Defends Braselton shooting range

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Friday, February 6. 2009

Dear Editor: In regards to the shooting range that is close to the Deer Creek Farm subdivison, I think that the people have no right to complain about the noise coming from the shooting range. The shooting range was probably there before the subdivision was even considered or built. People who move into the country need to quit complaining ... [Full Story »]

LETTER: Why build range near population?

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Friday, February 6. 2009

Dear Editor: When I think of the word community, I think of not only my immediate city, but also the surrounding areas. As we grow together as a community, it takes a collaborative effort to create a safe and welcoming environment for anyone who chooses to reside or establish a business in this area. With that being said, I implore the leaders ... [Full Story »]

LETTER: Questions location of shooting range

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Friday, February 6. 2009

Dear Editor: I moved to Hoschton over ten years ago after living in Gwinnett County witnessing its tremendous growth from the beginning, for a more peaceful and controlled growth environment. This has been shattered with the construction of the Braselton firing range. The intolerable noise, resembling a war going on all day and some days into ... [Full Story »]

LETTER: Shooting makes residents nervous

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Friday, February 6. 2009

Dear Editor: We are writing this letter to voice our concern in regards to the Braselton Firing Range. Since June 2008, we have been contacting Jennifer Scott-Dees, Braselton City Clerk and recently Rep. Paul Broun’s office in an effort to get some transparency about Braselton’s plans concerning this firing range. We can’t step out our ... [Full Story »]

LETTER: Firing range creates too much noise

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Friday, February 6. 2009

Dear Editor: We are residents of Deer Creek Farms in Hoschton. Last summer, when we use our porches on a daily basis, I could faintly hear pistol shots echoing from the Braselton shooting range. Many residents in Hoschton are just now becoming aware that these sounds were not nail guns from construction crews. Recently, I telephoned and emailed ... [Full Story »]

Firing range noise, bullets concern citizens

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Thursday, February 5. 2009

Hoschton is targeting its concerns about a police firing range in Braselton with town officials. Residents in two Hoschton subdivisions — Deer Creek Farms and The Village at Hoschton — along with neighbors on Beaver Dam Road in Barrow County say the noise coming from the Braselton firing range is disturbing. Some Hoschton residents recently ... [Full Story »]

Undercover effort in Hoschton leads to 16 arrests

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Wednesday, February 4. 2009

An undercover operation to help “clean up” one of Hoschton’s most troubled areas has resulted in 16 arrests. The Hoschton Police Department — along with the Georgia Bureau of Investigation (GBI) and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) — served felony drug warrants on Jan. 6 with most of the charges related to ... [Full Story »]

Amid safety concerns, fence slated for building

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Wednesday, February 4. 2009

Hoschton will install a temporary fence around a century-old building that was recently moved into downtown. The Hoschton Historical Commission moved the Jim Darby building on Jan. 20 to an area next to a city playground and near the depot. The area is now being called the “Hoschton Historic Commons” and may include other buildings and ... [Full Story »]

COLUMN: Chisholm blazed trail for Obama back in 1972

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Sunday, February 1. 2009

She was an unknown congresswoman from New York who shocked even those who knew her by deciding to run for the highest office in the land almost four decades ago, but her actions paved the way for our current historic president. Shirley Chisholm’s run for the White House in 1972 was certainly historic in its own right although the end result ... [Full Story »]

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