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Staff cuts proposed in Braselton budget

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Friday, June 12. 2009

Braselton’s once busy planning and development department will lose half of its staff starting July 1. The move to trim three full-time positions from the six full-time positions in the department comes as Braselton officials are anticipating another tough fiscal year with a sharp decline in building permit fees. “Obviously, planning and ... [Full Story »]

More cuts may be needed for schools

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Friday, June 12. 2009

The Jackson County School System is facing some grim financial news, the board of education learned on Monday. After cutting $4 million in its proposed 2009-2010 budget through layoffs, furloughs and closing the Regional Evening School, another $3 million cut may be needed. And that may still leave the school system with an estimated $2 million ... [Full Story »]

Knife pulled in card game

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Friday, June 12. 2009

A card game turned into a brief dispute involving a knife, according to Braselton police. A man told an officer that he and his wife were playing a card game at Bottom of the Cup on Spout Springs Road, when one of the players accused him of giving his wife more chips. The man claimed that the other player hit him first and he was thrown out of ... [Full Story »]

EDITORIAL: A little bragging

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Friday, June 12. 2009

BY MIKE & SCOTT BUFFINGTON CO-PUBLISHERS When we launched The Braselton News nearly three years ago, it was to give the growing Braselton-Hoschton area more in-depth coverage than we could provide in our flagship paper, The Jackson Herald. In the months since that launch, The Braselton News has proven over and over to have been one of our ... [Full Story »]

Braselton News wins four first place press awards

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Friday, June 12. 2009

The Braselton News won four first place awards in the Georgia Press Association’s Better Newspaper Contest. The News won first place for editorial writing, local news coverage, special issues and humorous column writing. The judge wrote the following about the editorial writing: “This paper did the best job in its category of describing ... [Full Story »]

Church property marked with graffiti

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Thursday, June 11. 2009

Pro-marijuana and anti-war messages were spray painted on church-owned property, according to Braselton police. A man at Zion Baptist Church, located on Cherry Drive, said he found some graffiti spray painted on a water tower and surrounding building on the church’s property on Friday. The spray painted messages included: “War Sucks, ... [Full Story »]

Hoschton files appeal with Supreme Court

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Wednesday, June 10. 2009

Hoschton has filed an appeal with the Supreme Court of Georgia after a judge ruled that the city must pay a development company almost $230,000. The city filed its appeal on Thursday — less than a month after Jackson County Superior Court Judge Currie Mingledorff ruled that Hoschton must pay Horizon Communities, LLC $191,631 for a new sewer ... [Full Story »]

Braselton at odds over language used

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Wednesday, June 10. 2009

Is downtown Braselton really a “slum?” That’s what the area is now classified as in order to receive funds for development plans to revitalize downtown Braselton. Those plans include the realignment of Ga. Hwy. 124 at the intersection of Ga. Hwy. 53, developing a town green for the community, along with various street improvements. The ... [Full Story »]

Illegal burn case in Braselton has strange twist

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Wednesday, June 10. 2009

An investigation into an illegal outdoor burn turned into a potential child welfare case. The West Jackson Fire Department was called to a Ga. Hwy. 53, Braselton, address for a smoke investigation on Friday. There was an unattended fire with wood, garbage and other waste. A woman in the mobile home on the property said she didn’t know who ... [Full Story »]

Howell named permanent police chief for Hoschton

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Sunday, June 7. 2009

Hoschton’s new permanent police chief is someone long familiar with the department. Capt. Jeremy Howell was named the city’s permanent police chief on Monday after a two-week stint as acting police chief. The change in the Hoschton force came after-then police chief Dave Hill resigned in May to become second-in-command of the Jefferson ... [Full Story »]

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