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The Commerce City Council no doubt feels like it got a good deal when it voted to extend Waste Management’s garbage contract for three years, but the manner in which the council acted is of concern. The contract should have been bid. Waste Management’s contract with the city was about to expire, and at least one other company has expressed ... [Full Story »] 

In the end, the Commerce City Council passed its much-debated property tax increase with nary a comment. Not only did no one attend any of the three public hearings on the tax rate, but neither did anyone on the city council speak for or against it Monday night. That was when the council officially set the rate, passing a “millage rate ... [Full Story »] 

Like every other city or county in Georgia with similar restrictions, Commerce has removed its regulations prohibiting older mobile homes from being moved into the city. For years it has been illegal to move a mobile home older than five years into Commerce, but the council voted unanimously Monday to amend its regulations to comply with a new ... [Full Story »] 

By Susan Harper The passing of my longtime music teacher and band director last week has made me aware all over again of the really vital role that music has played in my life, from my earliest memory — which is of my dad singing to me as he rocked me to sleep — to my pleasure now in living in the country of Sacred Harp music and Bluegrass. ... [Full Story »] 

The 20th annual Art in the Park festival will be held Saturday and Sunday at Hurricane Shoals Park. Hours are Saturday, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Sunday, 12:30 to 5:30. The festival is sponsored by the Tumbling Waters Society. A wide variety of food, including barbecue, hamburgers, bratwurst, fried pies, funnel cakes and boiled peanuts — will be ... [Full Story »] 

Eleven retail stores and three restaurants will hold a sidewalk sale Saturday in downtown Commerce. The event, sponsored by the Downtown Development Authority, starts at 9 a.m. Participants include Little Italy, Subway and Vaughn’s Wing Slingers restaurants, plus Cherished Treasures, Christian Thrift Shop, Commerce Drug Co., Dan’s Computer ... [Full Story »]