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COLUMN: School memo: Less meetings = good move

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Thursday, July 30. 2009

Area schools are about to reopen for what may be one of the most difficult school years since the turmoil of the 1960s. Like most schools around the nation, local schools face a financial windstorm as revenues continue to sink. Some difficult choices remain ahead. More spending cuts are likely. And because public schools have long been insular ... [Full Story »]

Woman arrested for fraud at bank

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Wednesday, July 29. 2009

An Atlanta woman was arrested last week by the Jackson County Sheriff’s Office for allegedly attempting to pass two fraudulent checks at a Hoschton bank. Royal Arlethia Grooms, 50, was charged with burglary. She was arrested after a deputy was called to the Freedom Parkway, Hoschton, bank about a woman trying to cash a fraudulent check. For ... [Full Story »]

Jackson's June unemployment tops 11%

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Wednesday, July 29. 2009

The Jackson County unemployment rate jumped one full percent in June to 11.2 percent. That’s the highest rate in the county so far during the recession. According to the Georgia Department of Labor, 3,110 people are unemployed in Jackson County. That’s nearly twice the number from June 2008 when 1,658 were unemployed. The statewide ... [Full Story »]

Jackson County school system sets furlough days

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Monday, July 27. 2009

The Jackson County School System has announced the three days it has scheduled for teachers to take days off without pay in response to the governor’s state-mandated furlough. The days will be: Wednesday, Aug. 5, which had been scheduled as a pre-planning day; Thursday, Oct. 15, which was to be a teacher work day; and Monday, Jan. 4, which ... [Full Story »]

EDITORIAL: Dr. Obama putting on the glove

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Friday, July 24. 2009

The problems surrounding President Obama’s bid to reform health care are so numerous that the entire effort should be put on ice until more sensible leaders emerge. It’s not an easy or simplistic issue. There are a number of problems with the current health care system, not the least of which is rising costs that outpace the general ... [Full Story »]

Town police departments list arrests

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Wednesday, July 22. 2009

Arrests made by the Pendergrass, Maysville, Arcade, Commerce and Jefferson police departments last week include the following: PENDERGRASS •Julio Olvera, 33, 2811 Six Gun Drive, Gainesville, speeding and no license. •Sarah Nicole Freeman, 25, 2223 Tallulah Road, Robinsville, N.C., tint violation and driving while license suspended. •Simon ... [Full Story »]

Which are Jackson County’s best schools?

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Wednesday, July 22. 2009

Which schools in Jackson County are the best? That question is difficult to answer, given the myriad of ways to evaluate a school. Academic, social, athletic and other factors all come to the table on the issue. B ut in an effort to evaluate Jackson County’s elementary and middle schools, T he Jackson Herald analyzed the recently released ... [Full Story »]

Jefferson cuts 2 preplanning days

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Wednesday, July 22. 2009

The Jefferson City School System has cut two of next week’s scheduled teacher pre-planning days and one teacher work day in October in response to the governor’s state-mandated furlough announced Tuesday. In addition, the system has cancelled the annual community breakfast originally slated for next Wednesday. Preplanning for Jefferson ... [Full Story »]

Jefferson school system cuts 2 preplanning days next week

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Wednesday, July 22. 2009

Two-killed Thurs. night in Holly Springs wreck

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Friday, July 17. 2009

Two Pendergrass men were killed Thursday night in a head-on wreck on Holly Springs Road in Jackson County. Both of the drivers, Brett Johnson, 36, and Alan Reed, 27, were killed in the wreck. Reed was reportedly on the wrong side of the road when he collided head-on with the vehicle driven by Johnson. Both men were trapped in their vehicles and ... [Full Story »]

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