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Barrow students still in middle tier of all school systems on CRCT

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Thursday, June 30. 2011

Barrow County 3rd and 5th Graders showed overall improvement in this year’s CRCT results, but even with that progress, the system remained in the middle tier of school systems in the state. The system’s biggest improvement was in 8th Grade Science where the failure rate dropped from 35 percent last year to 29.8 percent this year. But Barrow ... [Full Story »]

Body found at Little Mulberry Park has been identified

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Wednesday, June 29. 2011

A deceased body found on a trail by a man hiking in Little Mulberry Park in Auburn on Sunday has been identified, authorities said Tuesday night. The body was that of Aaron R. Bregenzer, a 29-year-old white male. There is no evidence of foul play in the case, authorities said, and the cause of death will not be confirmed until toxicology ... [Full Story »]

BOE approves FY2011-12 budget

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Wednesday, June 29. 2011

After months of number crunching and meetings, the Barrow County Board of Education unanimously approved its proposed FY2011-12 budget Tuesday night. The budget does not call for a tax increase. School leaders asked the board to formally adopt the budget, which includes six furlough days for staff and four furlough days for students. For the ... [Full Story »]

BOC votes for new structure; board approves moving to a county manager government in historic 5-0 decision

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Wednesday, June 29. 2011

In a historic vote Tuesday night, the Barrow County Board of Commissioners agreed to seek fundamental changes to the county’s form of government. The board voted 5-0, with Commissioner Larry Joe Wilburn absent, to approve a resolution asking the local legislative delegation to introduce at the August legislative session a bill to call a Nov. ... [Full Story »]

Body found in Little Mulberry Park is an adult male

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Tuesday, June 28. 2011

Gwinnett County Police Department spokesman Corporal Jake Smith said today an update on the bound found in Little Mulberry Park in Auburn on Sunday evening will be released sometime this afternoon. Smith did release that the intact body discovered on a hiking trail at the park off Fence Road in Auburn was an adult male. "We are waiting on ... [Full Story »]

BOE to discuss school childcare programs

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Monday, June 27. 2011

The Barrow County Board of Education will discuss before-and-after-school childcare programs at its regular work meeting Tuesday at 6 p.m. at 179 W. Athens St. in Winder. Other new business to be discussed by the board includes: • a $15,000 bid for interactive board technology for the Barrow County College and Career Preparatory Academy ... [Full Story »]

Body found in Auburn park

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Monday, June 27. 2011

An unidentified body was found in Little Mulberry Park off Fence Road in Auburn Sunday night, Gwinnett County Police Department reported. Officers were dispatched to the unincorporated area of Gwinnett County in Auburn just after 6 p.m. when a man who was hiking in the park with his son discovered the body in the area of a trail within the ... [Full Story »]

Firefighters union president stricken at fire scene

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Sunday, June 26. 2011

The president of the Barrow County Professional Firefighters Association had a heart attack at the scene of a residential fire in the county on Saturday. Rob Aldred, 42, was stricken after he and a handful of other Barrow County Emergency Services personnel were cleaning up the aftermath of the fire at 518 Duke Road, which is south of Highway ... [Full Story »]

Another Georgia bank fails

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Sunday, June 26. 2011

For the 14th time this year, a Georgia bank has failed. The Georgia Department of Banking and Finance on Friday closed Mountain Heritage Bank in Clayton, which is the county seat of Rabun County. First American Bank and Trust Co. of Athens entered into an agreement with the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. to take over all of the failed bank’s ... [Full Story »]

First American buys failed bank

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Sunday, June 26. 2011

For the 14th time this year, a Georgia bank has failed. The Georgia Department of Banking and Finance on Friday closed Mountain Heritage Bank in Clayton, which is the county seat of Rabun County. First American Bank and Trust Co. of Athens which has a branch in Winder entered into an agreement with the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. to take ... [Full Story »]

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