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IDA approves $2.14 million GEFA loan, grant package

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Friday, December 31. 2010

The Industrial Development Authority voted Dec. 20 to apply for a GEFA (Georgia Environmental Finance Authority) loan in order to purchase water lines currently owned by Commerce in the Black’s Creek Church Road area in May 2011 and to expand water lines toward the Neese area. The loan, if approved, will furnish $1.4 million toward the ... [Full Story »]

Danielsville man charged with false imprisonment

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Friday, December 31. 2010

A Danielsville man was arrested recently following an altercation with his live-in girlfriend. Nicholas Pete Keyros, 19, 61 Edwards Lane, was charged with criminal trespass, false imprisonment and obstruction or hindering persons making an emergency phone call. According to the incident report, officer Shawn Rhoades was dispatched to the Golden ... [Full Story »]

Madison County Industrial Authority sets sewer rates

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Thursday, December 30. 2010

The Madison County Industrial Development and Building Authority set sewer tap fees and rates Dec. 20. IDA executive director Marvin White said the prices include no residential rates, as the system will serve only businesses in the Hull-Sanford area at this time, where a new county sewerage system is now complete. The connection fee will be ... [Full Story »]

OPINION: Gov’t rewards lazy, incompetent work

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Thursday, December 30. 2010

Have you ever been somewhere that a work project didn’t turn out as the workers hoped? One of the workers will always say “Well, it is close enough for government work.” The suggestion is that government workers are not as productive, devoted to quality or very much concerned about the quality of their work. Unfortunately, this is often ... [Full Story »]

Joiner leaves industrial authority, honored Dec. 20 with plaque

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Wednesday, December 29. 2010

Long-time Madison County Industrial Development and Building Authority member and former chairman Tom Joiner resigned his seat on the board Dec. 20, citing health issues and the travel involved from where he now resides in Tucker. Joiner joined the IDA 11 years ago, when the authority was just getting its start, he said Dec. 20. “It is ... [Full Story »]

Unemployment benefits extended

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Monday, December 27. 2010

State Labor Commissioner Michael Thurmond announced recently that the Georgia Department of Labor is processing extended benefit claims for unemployed Georgians who will qualify under the Tax Relief, Unemployment Insurance Reauthorization, and Job Creation Act of 2010 enacted Dec. 17. The new legislation expands the extended benefits claim ... [Full Story »]

OPINION: Love the term ‘Merry Christmas’

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Monday, December 27. 2010

I love this time of year, especially in the few days before Christmas when it’s common, and so enjoyable, to hear folks say “Merry Christmas” to each other. I love to say it, and I love to hear it. After all, it’s hard to be anything less than pleasant, even kindly, toward someone when you’re exchanging Merry Christmas greetings with ... [Full Story »]

OPINIONS: The melodies of Christmas

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Monday, December 27. 2010

Forget Christmas good cheer. I stood in the Kroger cheese shop on Tom Hill Boulevard in Macon, flinging pepperoni on pizzas. I was a teenager and not in a good mood. The music didn’t help. The same Christmas songs looped through the store speakers. I began to hate those songs. I felt stuck in a type of purgatory, where Paul McCartney ... [Full Story »]

Battery reported on Bud Freeman Road

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Monday, December 27. 2010

Battery and cruelty to children were reported on Bud Freeman Road recently after a woman said she was struck by her mother-in-law in the presence of her children. According to the report, the woman said she was at her mother-in-law’s house sleeping when the woman came in, woke them up and told them they had to leave. She said she was up, ... [Full Story »]

OPINION: All the armchair travels

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Friday, December 24. 2010

The world is big and there’s so much I won’t get to see in my life. So, whenever I come across a good travel show, I’ll generally stop my finger from twitching on the remote, because I enjoy a glimpse of what life is like elsewhere. Naturally, I end up watching some of Rick Steves’ shows on PBS about his travels around Europe. But, for ... [Full Story »]

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