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Those new cameras mounted above traffic lights in Commerce are not really a case of Big Brother watching you. Well, sort of. Big DOT Brother is photographing your presence at each of the three intersections (Washington Street and North Elm, Jefferson Road and Broad and Elm streets, and Central Ave. at Broad and Elm streets). But he’s not ... [Full Story »] 

Commerce High School students outperformed their peers in Georgia on the 2010 ACT and have improved their composite scores over the past five years. Their composite ACT score was 21.5 this year — compared to 20.7 for the state. Nineteen students at Commerce High School completed the test this year. Fifty-two students at Jefferson High School ... [Full Story »] 

The Jackson County Sheriff’s Office arrested 32 people during the past week, including the following: •Angela Robyn Burdette, 37, 116 Ashford Drive, Winder, failure to appear. •Rahn Michael Caesar, 32, 1026 Brentwood Way, Atlanta, violation of probation. •Heather Elaine Coile, 23, 179 LBJ Road, Nicholson, cruelty to children and simple ... [Full Story »] 

Commerce taxpayers will pay $22,116 more in property taxes this year to operate their city government and independent school system. The Commerce City Council will set its tax rate Monday night, Sept. 13, at 6:30 p.m. at the Commerce Civic Center. The council is poised to increase its tax rate by .79 mills to 2.29 mills, which will generate ... [Full Story »] 

The Commerce Friends of the Library invite all readers and library supporters to the annual book sale at the Commerce Public Library this Friday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Saturday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. “This year the book sale has a special goal,” says Friends president Erika Jantzen, “and that is to help push our fund-raising train to ... [Full Story »] 

Two local men are no longer welcome at Ingles after an altercation in which a shotgun was brandished in the store’s parking lot. According to the Commerce Police Department report, a man and woman arranged to meet there to exchange children under a child custody agreement. The exchange went without incident and the woman drove off. But ... [Full Story »]