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AHS, WBHS improve, but still low on grad test

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Friday, June 10. 2011

Individual school results on the 2011 high school graduation test were released this week and show that while both local schools improved from the year before, they were still in the bottom half of Georgia results. As reported last week, the overall Barrow County School System results showed that only 71.1 percent of 11th Graders who took the ... [Full Story »]

Nine sentenced in Superior Court last week

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Friday, June 10. 2011

Nine sentences were handed down in Barrow County Superior Court last week. Sentenced were: • Erica Micki Sprague, driving while license suspended: 12 months to serve, 7 days credit for time served and a $500 charge. • Erica Micki Sprague, theft by taking: 10 years probation, no contact with victim(s) and more than $4,000 in fines. • ... [Full Story »]

Senior housing coming to Winder

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Friday, June 10. 2011

Winder’s older residents may have a new affordable-housing option on the horizon. The Winder City Council on Tuesday night approved a rezoning application to pave the way for the development of 64 rental units for residents who are at least 62 years of age and who have limited incomes. The council rezoned from B-1 (Neighborhood Commercial ... [Full Story »]

Barrow airport on list of possible new sites

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Friday, June 10. 2011

Although the Barrow County Airport made the list of eight top potential sites for a second Atlanta airport, a study release last month concluded that for now, none of the sites is cost feasible. Barrow was on the list of potential sites along with Dobbins AFB, Gwinnett County Airport, Dawson/Forsyth, Cherokee County, Cobb County, Paulding ... [Full Story »]

BCSO arrests another online sex predator

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Thursday, June 9. 2011

The Barrow County Sheriff's Office and Statham Police Department have arrested another online sex predator in a Barrow sting operation. James Christopher Redman, 50, Marietta, was charged in Barrow County after he had an online conversation with what he thought was an underage female. He was arrested in Barrow County after he came here to meet ... [Full Story »]

Auburn in the black so far this year

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Thursday, June 9. 2011

For the first six months of its fiscal year, the City of Auburn has kept its spending less than its revenues. City officials hope that trend continues for the next six months as the town struggles to end the year in the black after three years of dipping into reserves to balance its budget. So far in FY2011, Auburn has taken in $1.87 million ... [Full Story »]

Barrow sex offender list

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Thursday, June 9. 2011

A recently released registered sex offender list includes the following Barrow County residents: Kenneth Wayne Able, 1289 Wentworth Cover Court, Winder James Kyle Baker, 1218 St. Andrews Drive, Auburn Shannon Miles Banks, 987 Manning Gin Road, Winder Christopher Bell, 278 Winslow Way, Bethlehem Cecil Hostetter Blanton, 776 Baskins Circle, ... [Full Story »]

Winder Oks new ward map

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Thursday, June 9. 2011

The Winder City Council voted Tuesday night 4-2, with Bob Dixon and Sonny Morris against, to approve a 2011 redistricting map that raised questions last week about whether one of the lines had been drawn to keep Troy Hensley from being eligible to run for the Ward 4 seat being vacated at the end of this year by Frank Dunagan. Consultant Ernie ... [Full Story »]

Suit alleges BCSO officers beat suspect

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Thursday, June 9. 2011

A Gainesville attorney representing a 23-year-old Winder man filed a civil suit last week alleging that Barrow County Sheriff’s Office deputies responding to a suspicious activity call beat the man unnecessarily. The suit alleged that officers beat Christopher Jordan McDaniel to a black-out state in the front yard of his parents’ house and ... [Full Story »]

Barrow BOE approves tentative budget

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Thursday, June 9. 2011

The Barrow County Board of Education approved a tentative FY2012 budget Tuesday night that calls for six furlough days for teachers and that will also dig into about half of the system’s reserve funds to make ends meet. The BOE will take final action on the budget June 28 at 6 p.m. in the Professional Development Center. The budget does not ... [Full Story »]

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