Entries from May 2010

Commissioners vote to move forward with purchasing property

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BraseltonNewsTODAY
Friday, May 7. 2010
For the second time in the past month, the Jackson County Board of Commissioners voted to move forward on land acquisition after meeting behind closed doors. Monday night, the BOC met in closed session for 15 minutes to discuss land acquisition. When the meeting was opened to the public, commissioner Bruce Yates made a motion to move forward ... [Full Story »] 

City begins work on comprehensive plan

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BraseltonNewsTODAY
Friday, May 7. 2010
An anticipated growth in young professionals and families could shape how Hoschton plans its future. The city is working on its comprehensive plan — a document that outlines how Hoschton will manage a number of factors, such as housing and transportation, over the next 20 years. Hoschton is using the Athens-based Northeast Georgia Regional ... [Full Story »] 

He’s ‘nationwide’

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MainStreetNewsSPORTS
Friday, May 7. 2010
Former MCHS golfer Jay McLuen makes a stop in Athens for Nationwide tourney Jay McLuen enjoyed a quasi-reunion last Thursday when he stepped to the first tee box at the Stadion Classic in Athens. Playing just a few miles from where he grew up, the 1998 Madison County High School graduate, who’s now a professional golfer, saw plenty of ... [Full Story »] 

EDITORIAL: Time to crack down on punk athletes

Posted by
BraseltonNewsTODAY
Friday, May 7. 2010
So what’s with all the athletes behaving badly? From pro athletes allegedly accosting young women in bars to college players doing the same, there seems to have been a rash of bad behavior in Georgia among some high-profile athletes. One has to wonder if this is just an aberration, or if the athletic culture has become distorted into some ... [Full Story »] 

Dragons take third at region meet

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MainStreetNewsSPORTS
Friday, May 7. 2010
The Jefferson Dragons came away from this week’s region meet with a third place effort and with several team members qualifying for the state meet in two weeks. The Dragons scored 95 points to overall winner North Oconee’s 143. Oglethorpe County scored 105. Trailing Jefferson was Riverside, East Jackson, Walnut Grove, Banks County, Dawson ... [Full Story »] 

Local track athletes qualify for state

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MainStreetNewsSPORTS
Friday, May 7. 2010
Winder-Barrow High School’s John Siggers and Skyler Lowe, along with Apalachee High School’s Tim Simonton, have earned the right to compete on track’s biggest stage. Each finished second in their respective events last week at the Region 8-AAAA track meet, held at Monroe Area High School, and will now move on to the state competition next ... [Full Story »] 

Wagner announces coaching staff

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MainStreetNewsSPORTS
Friday, May 7. 2010
After working on completing his initial coaching staff for several months, Winder-Barrow High School football coach David Wagner can now get down to the business of what takes place on the field. The Bulldoggs will begin spring practice this week with two sessions as the official countdown begins to the 2010 season. “I told someone the other ... [Full Story »] 

Sept. finish date projected for Comer travel museum

Posted by
MadisonJournalTODAY
Friday, May 7. 2010
Comer hopes to have automotive history on display by Labor Day. Mayor David McMickle projects that the city’s travel museum will open in early September, with the project being five percent complete . Using grant funds, Comer leaders are rehabbing a dated brick building behind city hall into a museum honoring the rise of the automobile in the ... [Full Story »] 

OPINION: Like roads, financial markets need basic safety rules

Posted by
MadisonJournalTODAY
Friday, May 7. 2010
The roads are like a free market. We go where we want, when we want. Nobody can tell us otherwise — unless we live at home with our parents. But we don’t get to go nuts with that freedom either. If you want to drive 80 miles an hour drunk through a residential area, you know blue lights and jail bars are probably in your near future. In my ... [Full Story »] 

Man charged after threatening woman

Posted by
MadisonJournalTODAY
Friday, May 7. 2010
A Colbert man was arrested recently after he allegedly held a machete to a woman’s throat and threatened to “chop her head off.” Willie Lee Smith, 64, 1140 Buddy Moore Road, was arrested on one count of aggravated assault. Officers were summoned to the home when the woman called 911 and a man’s voice could be heard telling her to hang ... [Full Story »] 
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