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News from BarrowJournal - Topics from July, 2011

Community & Southern Bank named Auburn's Business of the Year

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Saturday, July 9. 2011

Representatives with the Community and Southern Bank were recognized by the Auburn Downtown Development Authority for being the city's Business of The Year on Thursday. The Auburn City Council unanimously approved the recognition prior to the presentation. In other business, the council heard June reports from its head of staff, and Mayor Linda ... [Full Story »]

Armed robbery reported in Bethlehem

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Saturday, July 9. 2011

Barrow County Sheriff’s officials received a report of an armed robbery at a residence on Tanner Bridge Circle in Bethlehem on the night of July 4. Authorities received the call at about 10 p.m. from a resident who said two young men with guns in their hands assaulted him and took off with his belongings. The victim told police that he was ... [Full Story »]

Committee votes to cut sizes of new homes in Barrow County

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Saturday, July 9. 2011

A citizens committee that was appointed a few months ago by the Barrow County Board of Commissioners to review the county’s zoning regulations voted July 7 to recommend that the minimum sizes of new houses be reduced by hundreds of square feet. The Unified Development Code since 2005 has required that all new homes built in Barrow County have ... [Full Story »]

Yearwood cancels contract with Moreland Altobelli

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Friday, July 8. 2011

More than three weeks after the Barrow County Board of Commissioners voted to terminate a $1.6 million engineering contract with Moreland Altobelli Associates Inc., Barrow County commission chairman Danny Yearwood signed the required written notice of the cancellation. The letter was signed July 7 and was to be sent by certified mail July 8 to ... [Full Story »]

Winder water taps picking up

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Friday, July 8. 2011

The director of Winder’s Water Distribution Department told a city council committee Thursday there may be a light at the end of the city’s three-year economic tunnel. Roger Wilhelm said there has been a steady increase in applications for water taps over the past six to eight months. Last week, the government received from the developer of ... [Full Story »]

Moreland contract not yet cancelled

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Friday, July 8. 2011

Three weeks after the Barrow County Board of Commissioners canceled a contract with Moreland Altobelli Associates Inc. for work on the future West Winder Bypass, sources say BOC chairman Danny Yearwood has not sent the company the required written notification of the cancellation of the 2005 contract. At stake is more than $1.6 million in ... [Full Story »]

Barrow should learn from Athens’ development problems

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Friday, July 8. 2011

With the proposal by Stan Coley to create a research park on Hwy. 316, economic development is back on the table for discussion in Barrow County. But as the community thinks about economic development issues, Barrow Countians should also pay attention to Athens-Clarke County’s development problems and learn from that community’s mistakes. ... [Full Story »]

Water Committee meeting at 2 p.m.

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Thursday, July 7. 2011

The Water Committee of the Winder City Council will meet at 2 p.m. Thursday, July 7, to discuss three topics: billing and late notices, water projects, and storm water reports and projects. Some council members in recent weeks have talked publicly about instituting a more customer-friendly process for dealing with people who are late paying ... [Full Story »]

YES, HMMS lead local school CRCT results

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Thursday, July 7. 2011

Yargo Elementary School and Haymon-Morris Middle School led local school results in 5th and 8th Grade CRCT testing this year. Winder-Barrow Middle School also posted strong results in the 8th Grade testing except for Math where the school had a very high failure rate. The worst Barrow County results were at Holsenbeck Elementary School and ... [Full Story »]

Auburn to award its “Business of the Year” on Thursday

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Wednesday, July 6. 2011

A presentation of the City of Auburn's “Business of the Year” will take place at the business meeting of the Auburn City Council Thursday evening. The council is set to hear citizen comments on the following items. The mayor and council will meet at 7 p.m. in the city council chambers. The council is expected to vote on: • a change to the ... [Full Story »]

Entries from July 2011