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The 43rd annual Maysville Autumn Leaf festival is coming up this weekend, Oct. 1-3, in downtown Maysville. There will be live entertainment each day, along with craft and food booths, along with games and activities for children. The parade will be Saturday at 10 a.m. The Maysville Public Library will hold an author meet-n-greet at the library ... [Full Story »] 

An alert witness and the Braselton Police Department helped the Commerce Police Department arrest two Atlanta area men for a smash-and-grab burglary early last Thursday morning. Kelvin Payton, 49, 1500 Campbellton Road, SW, Atlanta, and Quinn A. White, 44, 149 Westlake Avenue, Apt. 3, Atlanta, are charged with breaking into the closed Cody ... [Full Story »] 

Voters who don’t want to risk facing lines at the polls Tuesday, Nov. 2, can vote early through Oct. 29 in the general election. “Early” voting started Monday in the Jackson County Administrative Building, 67 Jefferson Street. Hours are 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. “Advance” voting will expand the opportunities the week of Oct. 25-29. Voting will ... [Full Story »] 

By Hasco Craver Today is the autumnal equinox, the first day of fall, one of the two days each year that sees the sun rising directly in the east and setting directly in the west. Although it seems logical that equinox would refer to day and night being equal on these two days of the year, this is not the case. In the northern hemisphere, ... [Full Story »] 

Both Commerce High School and East Jackson Comprehensive High School saw their SAT scores plummet this year. The average score at CHS fell from 1,478 last year to 1,396 this year, while at EJCHS the average score dropped from 1,451 in 2009 to 1,402, according to data posted by the Georgia Department of Education last week. Both scores are below ... [Full Story »]