Entries from July 2011

Sheriff's deputies arrest 39

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CommerceNewsTODAY
Friday, July 8. 2011
The Jackson County Sheriff’s Office charged 39 people last week, including the following: •Harlen Joe Davis, 3451 Davan Lane, Monroe, failure to appear. •Carl Gene Evans, 1520 Mountain Creek Church Road, Pendergrass, simple assault. •David Wayne Hembree, 953 Berea Road, Commerce, violation of probation. •Charles Douglas Jones, 7299 ... [Full Story »] 

Sarah Marie Thomas (7-5-11)

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MainStreetNewsOBITS
Friday, July 8. 2011
PENDERGRASS - Sarah Marie Nix Thomas, 78, died on Thursday, July 7, 2011. Born in Gainesville, she was the daughter of the late Andrew Jackson and Luna Owens Nix. Mrs. Thomas was retired from USF Gypsum, where she was an office manager, and was a member of the Mt. Creek Baptist Church. She was preceded in death by her husbands, Paul Maurice ... [Full Story »] 

Yearwood cancels contract with Moreland Altobelli

Posted by
BarrowJournal
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 »] 

ROLLASON: Brian McCann — the best around?

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MainStreetNewsSPORTS
Friday, July 8. 2011
When you think of all-time great catchers, who comes to mind? For me the names Yogi Berra, Mike Piazza, Carlton Fisk and Ivan Rodriguez have to be mentioned. So would you put Brian McCann in the same boat as catchers like that? Well, not yet, but I do feel one day he will be among that select group. For a Braves fan it is a no brainer that ... [Full Story »] 

Winder water taps picking up

Posted by
BarrowJournal
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 »] 

Woman charged in construction site theft

Posted by
BraseltonNewsTODAY
Friday, July 8. 2011
A Braselton woman was arrested for taking signs and metal pipes from a downtown construction site, according to police. Lisa Diane Fischel, 46, was charged with theft by taking after another woman reported seeing Fischel loading three road construction sign holders and metal pipes into her vehicle. The woman who reported the incident is ... [Full Story »] 

Moreland contract not yet cancelled

Posted by
BarrowJournal
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

Posted by
BarrowJournal
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 »] 

Sandra Dowdy (7-6-11)

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MainStreetNewsOBITS
Thursday, July 7. 2011
JEFFERSON - Sandra Storey Dowdy, 69, died Wednesday, July 6, 2011. Born in Athens she was the daughter of the late Harry T. and Hazel Langford Storey. Mrs. Dowdy graduated from Athens High School and from Johnson Business School and was member of the Young Harris United Methodist Church in Athens. Mrs. Dowdy was a homemaker and was preceded in ... [Full Story »] 

Alex Dockery (7-1-11)

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MainStreetNewsOBITS
Thursday, July 7. 2011
MAYSVILLE – Alex Matthew Dockery, 27, died Friday, July 1, 2011. He was the son of James T. Dockery of Danielsville and Judith Ann Melean of Hoschton. He worked HVAC all of his life and was employed by Halloran Masonry. He had a passion for racing, loved movies and his family. Alex was a member of Pond Fork Baptist Church. Survivors in ... [Full Story »] 
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