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News from Barrow News-Journal - Topics from November, 2010

Two women victimized while attending funeral last week

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Thursday, November 11. 2010

Two women became crime victims while attending a funeral last week. The women were inside Smith Funeral Home for a mid-morning service when their vehicles were forcibly entered. The first victim said nothing was taken out of her vehicle, but her front passenger side window was shattered. The victim estimated it would cost approximately $300 to ... [Full Story »]

Deputies help apprehend prospective criminal

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Thursday, November 11. 2010

Barrow County Sheriff’s deputies assisted Walton and Monroe authorities in apprehending a man who claimed he only intended to commit fraud - not “anything violent ” – after he and his accomplice fled in an attempt to avoid capture. After being advised that Monroe Police and Walton County deputies were pursuing armed suspects on Hwy. 11, ... [Full Story »]

A Snip In Time

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Thursday, November 11. 2010

It’s probably ironic that Ed Price has been doing something for five decades that he didn’t really want to do in the first place. Yet 50 years later, Price is still working at his craft as an old-fashioned barber and is believed to be one of the few left in Barrow County. “Of course, I didn’t think that far ahead back then,” Price ... [Full Story »]

A snip In time: Price a long-time master at barbering

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Thursday, November 11. 2010

Questions surround fire donations

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Thursday, November 11. 2010

Over the past decade Barrow County firefighters have stood on local street corners with boots in hand to ask the public to donate money for the state’s burn victims and for local charities. Local residents and businesses have responded by donating more than $200,000 during 14 boot drives since 2000. However, the money has flowed in and out of ... [Full Story »]

Utility profits fill Winder’s FY2010 operating gap

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Thursday, November 11. 2010

Winder’s city government weathered the second year of the national recession with its finances intact. But the annual financial report released to the public Monday night shows it was not an easy achievement. For fiscal year 2010, which ended June 30, the city’s general operating revenues were stable, dropping by only $93,000, and spending ... [Full Story »]

Fiscal restraint salvages county’s FY2010 bottom line

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Thursday, November 11. 2010

Though the county’s audit for FY2010 has not been completed, preliminary numbers provided Tuesday night by Barrow County chief financial officer Rose Kisaalita indicate that the government ended its fiscal year on Sept. 30 in significantly better shape than originally expected. The government collected about $1.5 million less than budgeted, ... [Full Story »]

Rocky Creek Basin land suitable for construction

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Wednesday, November 10. 2010

Although a preliminary report suggests a dam could be built in the Rocky Creek Basin, some members of the Barrow County Water and Sewer Authority were reluctant to fund a design and engineering proposal. The project would create a 308-acre reservoir and have 2.5 billion gallons of water. The authority heard the second of two reports generated ... [Full Story »]

COLUMN: Remember the Alamo!

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Wednesday, November 10. 2010

THE ALAMO, SAN ANTONIO, TX – Legend tends to make an icon out of a place, so much so that the legend takes on a life of its own. The Siege of The Alamo happened over a thirteen-day period ending March 6, 1836, costing about 250 Texians and Tejanos their lives in the battle for the independence of the region we now know as the State of Texas. ... [Full Story »]

Sentences issued in Superior Court Oct. 21-27

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Wednesday, November 10. 2010

The Barrow County Superior Court recently sentenced the following people. Those charged and their sentences are listed below. Charges listed as nolle prosequi are those in which the prosecutor or plaintiff indicated they would not proceed with the case. In criminal cases, a disposition of nolle prosequi may be entered when evidence proves ... [Full Story »]