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A report at Tuesday’s Barrow County Board of Commissioners meeting by the accounting firm that performed an audit of the county’s FY2008 financial statements left at least one commissioner questioning the firm’s comments. Representatives of Geer & Associates said that while revenues declined in FY2008 and the county’s reserves lost ... [Full Story »] 

Friday was a day of reckoning at the county administration building as a new committee of the Barrow County Board of Commissioners began work on the budget for the fiscal year that starts in October. And the picture wasn’t good. No decisions were made, but several options for dealing with the situation were placed on the table. Based on the ... [Full Story »] 

A 37-year-old Auburn man was arrested April 30 on allegations of multiple sexual assaults of a child. The victim is an 8-year-old girl. “It has been going on over a period of time,” said Lt. Lee Lapsky, spokesman for the Auburn Police Department. Because the investigation is under way, no other facts about the case were available this week. ... [Full Story »] 

A 37-year-old Auburn man was arrested April 30 on allegations of multiple sexual assaults of a child. The victim is an 8-year-old girl. “It has been going on over a period of time,” said Lt. Lee Lapsky, spokesman for the Auburn Police Department. Because the investigation is under way, no other facts about the case were available this week. ... [Full Story »] 

A Winder automotive shop has run afoul of the mayor’s vision — and scrubbed image — of a new downtown. And the city’s stepped-up enforcement of a prohibition of outside storage of vehicles at their repair shop on Park Avenue is leading to a citywide crackdown on all such businesses. Starting May 15, the police department will issue ... [Full Story »]