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LETTER: In response to Escoe’s letter about the BOC

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Friday, January 8. 2010

Dear Editor: In response to the letter to the editor from Jim Escoe. I feel the need to defend the BOC and make clear what happened to the BOA. If you remember when Mr. Escoe was a member of the BOA, there was always controversy. They didn’t okay a digest for several years, causing the tax notices to be late being mailed. Also they couldn’t ... [Full Story »]

Commercial Bank plans Comer branch

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Friday, January 8. 2010

Commercial Bank, based in nearby Crawford, plans to expand into Madison County in the spring of 2010. The bank will move into the Windstream building in Comer on Hwy. 72 with hopes of opening the new branch in April. The 85-year-old bank already has a customer base in southeastern Madison County, a Commercial official said, which prompted the ... [Full Story »]

LETTER: BOC’s employment decisions make no sense

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Thursday, January 7. 2010

Dear Editor: I was just reading the paper and some of the headlines really stood out to me, “Tax sales planned” and “Foreclosures reach a record high” jumped off the page. We are also looking at paying taxes for the third time in two years. I will be honest in saying that with all that is going on the actions taken by our government ... [Full Story »]

Industrial authority issues report to BOC

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Wednesday, January 6. 2010

The Madison County Industrial Development and Building Authority issued the following report to the Madison County commissioners Dec. 28: “The Harrison Water Project is coming along despite the wet weather. We are working on Dove Hill Road to Hwy. 29 to tie to the Franklin County Water System. Griffin Brothers is filling the lines, pressure ... [Full Story »]

OPINION: History may be about to repeat itself

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Tuesday, January 5. 2010

Michael Barone, writing in The Washington Examiner, pointed out that this is not the first time a political party forced an unpopular bill through Congress by a narrow margin. While he was at it, he described the consequences of the battle. The Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854 was pushed through Congress by the Democratic Party without a single vote ... [Full Story »]

Woman reports rape

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Tuesday, January 5. 2010

A woman reportedly filed a report at the sheriff’s office on Christmas Eve night, saying she was raped at a residence around Carlton. The woman gave the identity of the man and said that he had had sexual intercourse with her against her will. The case was turned over to investigators. In another incident, three male juveniles were reportedly ... [Full Story »]

OPINION: ‘Don’t count my scars like the tree rings’

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Monday, January 4. 2010

The only word the late Athens musician Vic Chestnutt ever uttered to me was a giggly shout into the microphone: “Busted!” A friend and I tried to sneak out of his show through the stage side door at the old Atomic Music Hall in Athens. It was locked. We had to walk back by in front of Chestnutt. He was amused and called us out. I started ... [Full Story »]

Recycle your Christmas tree Jan. 9

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Monday, January 4. 2010

Bring One for the Chipper, a Christmas tree recycling event sponsored by Keep Madison County Beautiful, will be held Saturday, Jan. 9, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Free dogwood seedlings will also be offered, while supplies last. Christmas tree pick-up sites will be located at the following locations: recreation department (4-H-Club), the Sanford ... [Full Story »]

Comer council approves limb pickup policy

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Friday, January 1. 2010

Comer leaders set some guidelines Dec. 21 on what residents can expect in limb and debris pickup. City residents can set out a single limb and debris pile by the road for city workers to pick up, but the pile can’t be bigger than three-feet wide, but three-feet tall, by six-feet long. Limbs cannot be more than four inches in diameter. And the ... [Full Story »]

OPINION: As if this world needs another Tiger Woods column

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Friday, January 1. 2010

I grew up obsessed with golf. I had the yips at times, an occasional shank, a tendency to snap hook a drive when the pressure was on, but I wasn’t too bad. I knew there were plenty of people who didn’t care for the game, who posed questions like: What’s the point of chasing a ball around with a stick? Why ruin a good walk? Isn’t it just ... [Full Story »]

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