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Wheeler named new chairperson of school board

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Friday, January 28. 2011

For the first time in 12 years, the Jackson County Board of Education will have a new chairperson and vice chairperson. Lynn Wheeler was named chairperson of the board on Thursday and Tim Brooks was selected as vice chairperson. The board didn’t nominate other members for the positions and the recommendations were quickly approved. Wheeler ... [Full Story »]

Braselton News PDF Edition January 26, 2011

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Friday, January 28. 2011

Couple disputes high water bill to authority

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Friday, January 28. 2011

Michael and Christi Brownlow of Jefferson probably should have capped a water line leading to an unoccupied trailer when they moved out nearly a decade ago. It might have saved them $2,500. The Brownlows appeared before the Jackson County Water and Sewerage Authority on Jan. 13 to contest a settlement offer on a $4,563 bill in November alleging ... [Full Story »]

Group names inaugural members for town’s CID

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Wednesday, January 26. 2011

For one Braselton restaurant, the recent winter storm wasn’t a bust for business but a boom — thanks to those folks who walked to the neighborhood eatery. When the snow and ice on roadways made it too dangerous for motorists to drive, Jeffrey’s Sports Bar and Grill — located in the Mulberry Walk shopping center, off Ga. Hwy. 211 ... [Full Story »]

Man assaults three women, officers

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Wednesday, January 26. 2011

A man is facing multiple charges after hitting several woman and assaulting a Braselton officer who was trying to arrest him, according to an incident report. On Thursday, Braselton officers were called to a Ga. Hwy. 53 residence, where an 18-year-old woman showed one of them her bloody lip. The woman said her grandmother asked Charles Douglas ... [Full Story »]

School systems decide on snow make-up days

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Wednesday, January 26. 2011

The Jackson County and Jefferson City school systems have selected their inclement weather days — after both districts cancelled classes for five days two weeks ago due to a winter storm. The Jackson County School System will not touch its Spring Break vacation days in April, when the district had initially earmarked those days as potential ... [Full Story »]

JCCHS basketball player released from hospital after concussion

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Sunday, January 23. 2011

Jackson County senior guard Ashley Skelton was released from the hospital this morning after suffering a concussion during the Lady Panthers’ contest with East Jackson Saturday night. Jackson County coach John Hawley said x-rays and cat scan were both “good.” Skelton, the Lady Panthers’ leading scorer, was taken away in an ambulance ... [Full Story »]

More parking, batting cages OK’d for West Jackson Park

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Sunday, January 23. 2011

A plan to add 216 parking spaces and batting cages at the West Jackson Park was approved by the Jackson County Board of Commissioners at Thursday night’s meeting at the courthouse. During a discussion prior to approval of the plan, commissioner Dwain Smith said, “My understanding was we were going to do the grading. There is a figure here ... [Full Story »]

Damage reported at local cell phone tower

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Sunday, January 23. 2011

An employee for a cell phone provider said someone cut a chain-link fence around a cell phone tower in Hoschton, according to an incident report from the Jackson County Sheriff’s Office. The employee said a door to a building inside of the fence on McNeal Road had also been pried open. Inside the building, several wires were cut and stolen, ... [Full Story »]

Old barn to become a children’s garden

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Sunday, January 23. 2011

It was once a place of ruin in the center of downtown Braselton — but a proposal will literally bring new life to a late mayor’s decades-old barn. Hall County Master Gardener Dave Rusk wants to transform the former barn on Henry Edward Braselton’s property on Ga. Hwy. 124, near the intersection of Ga. Hwy. 53, into a demonstration garden ... [Full Story »]

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