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Winder man killed in shooting

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Wednesday, September 8. 2010

A Winder man is dead after a grocery store robbery in Cumming. David Casto, 37, of Winder, was working as a security guard at the Ingles store on Canton Road when three masked gunmen entered the store Sunday evening. Casto, along with a male and female employee, were bound with duct tape and placed in the store cooler. No customers were inside ... [Full Story »]

Court clears way for new Braselton hospital

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Wednesday, September 8. 2010

The Georgia Supreme Court has ruled in favor of Northeast Georgia Medical Center to build a new hospital in Braselton. The state’s highest court denied a petition on Tuesday filed by Barrow Regional Medical Center, which was debating an earlier decision by the Georgia Court of Appeals. This week’s decision appears to mark the end of a long ... [Full Story »]

Tax payments running behind in Jackson County

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Sunday, September 5. 2010

Property tax collections throughout Jackson County are running about three percent behind schedule, adding to the financial pinch for school systems and local governments. Tax commissioner Don Elrod billed $69.1 million in 2009 property taxes for the county, various municipalities, fire districts and school systems. To date, he’s collected ... [Full Story »]

Sales taxes up first 6 months

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Sunday, September 5. 2010

While economists debate whether or not there will be a “double-dip” recession this fall, for Jackson County the first six months of 2010 appears to have seen some recovery. Sales tax revenues to the Jackson County government were up for the first half of 2010 by 9.2 percent over 2009. For the year, Jackson County has seen revenues of $2.6 ... [Full Story »]

Overdue borrowed book leads to threats

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Sunday, September 5. 2010

A Braselton man said a female relative living in Alabama threatened to make him “real sorry” for not returning a borrowed book, according to the Jackson County Sheriff’s Office. The Davenport Road man said the relative left him a threatening message about the book. In the message, the relative said she was coming to get her book and ... [Full Story »]

Chamber: New industries account for 670 new jobs in 2010

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Friday, September 3. 2010

By its count, the Jackson County Area Chamber of Commerce has helped bring in 670 new jobs and $42.5 million in new investment to Jackson County during 2010. Courtney Bernardi, the chamber’s director of economic development, presented those estimates and other data to the chamber’s board of directors recently. In addition, she said, new ... [Full Story »]

Firefighter helps stop dangerous driver

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Friday, September 3. 2010

A West Jackson firefighter driving home from work helped stop a woman potentially driving under the influence of drugs, according to incident reports. The firefighter said he noticed that Braselton police were driving through Hoschton on Friday with their emergency lights on. He called a police officer, who said that a caller to 911 was ... [Full Story »]

COLUMN: Saving Social Security

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Friday, September 3. 2010

There was actually some good news out of Washington recently. Well, kind of anyway. President Obama’s National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform has generated some ideas for fixing Social Security. Personally, I am still decades away from being able to draw Social Security and, to be honest, I have never held any expectation of ... [Full Story »]

Mixed results among area schools for ACT scores

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Thursday, September 2. 2010

Students at Jefferson and Commerce high schools outperformed their peers in Georgia on the 2010 ACT and have improved their composite scores over the past five years. At both schools, the composite ACT score was 21.5 this year — compared to 20.7 for the state. Fifty-two students at Jefferson High School took the ACT in 2010, compared to 27 ... [Full Story »]

Man gets away with stolen steaks

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Wednesday, September 1. 2010

A shoplifter apparently got away from a grocery store with $20 in steaks, according to the Braselton Police Department. A manager at Publix on Spout Springs Road said employees didn’t actually see the suspect steal the steak, but he later ran away from employees, according to an incident report. The manager said he would later review video ... [Full Story »]

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