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Grocery store/organic food distribution center proposed

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Wednesday, November 30. 2011

Sometime in the next two years, Dr. James Bouchard proposes to build a grocery store and a medical office building on Nunn Road just off Hwy. 98 (Maysville Road). The Commerce Planning Commission voted Monday night to recommend that the city council approve Bouchard’s request to rezone three tracts comprising a total of 24 acres from AF ... [Full Story »]

Holiday events abound this weekend

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Wednesday, November 30. 2011

Commerce will kick off its Christmas season this weekend with a host of events Friday and Saturday followed by the annual Christmas parade Sunday afternoon. Friday night will feature Commerce by Candlelight from 5 to 9, with candlelit sidewalks, carolers, a live nativity scene, horse-drawn carriage rides, refreshments in Spencer Park, door ... [Full Story »]

Pedestrian 'critical' after being hit Friday

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Wednesday, November 30. 2011

A man struck by a vehicle Friday night while walking across South Elm Street near the intersection with Ila Road was taken to Athens Regional Medical Center where he was listed in critical condition with a fractured skull and other injuries. Trooper Matt Miles said Isabel Perez-Amaro, 41, of Maysville, ran across the road in front of a Ford ... [Full Story »]

Still time to enter Commerce Christmas Parade

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Friday, November 25. 2011

There is still time to get applications in for the Dec. 4 Commerce Christmas Parade. The event, organized by the Downtown Development Authority, takes place at 3 p.m. on Sunday, Dec. 4. The theme is “Winter Wonderland.” The parade wraps up the Hometown Holidays Weekend, which features a number of other events. “The Christmas parade is ... [Full Story »]

Jackson County deputies report 28 arrests

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Friday, November 25. 2011

The Jackson County Sheriff’s Office charged 28 people last week, including the following: •Thomas Earl Partlo, 51, 62 Williamson Lane, Commerce, criminal attempt to commit bestiality and cruelty to children. •Phillip Stone Johnson, 37, 75 Main Street, Hoschton, aggravated battery and aggravated assault. •Christopher Columbus Rutledge, ... [Full Story »]

Authority ponders cost of allowing fishing at reservoir

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Wednesday, November 23. 2011

Facing a deficit of $10,000 for making the Bear Creek Reservoir available for public fishing next year, the Upper Oconee Basin Group is reconsidering whether fishing should be allowed at all in the 505-acre regional reservoir. Meeting last Wednesday morning, the authority reached no conclusions, but members questioned several times whether ... [Full Story »]

Commerce Christmas events taking shape

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Wednesday, November 23. 2011

From the Hometown Holidays weekend Dec. 3-5 to the Christmas Shopping Finale Dec. 21-23, downtown holiday events are taking shape. That was the gist of a report given by Downtown Development Authority chairman Denise McKay at the DDA’s November meeting last Wednesday. “Commerce by Candlelight is working out,” McKay told the DDA. Scheduled ... [Full Story »]

Pre-holiday crime slowdown?

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Wednesday, November 23. 2011

Perhaps Commerce area residents are practicing their good behavior in preparation for Christmas, because in the past week the Commerce Police Department announced just five arrests and reported only one other incident. The most serious of those was an arrest for battery. Police charged Eric Vester Brown, 36, of 430 Williford Street, following ... [Full Story »]

Group's plan to buy LP building falls through

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Friday, November 18. 2011

One group’s long-discussed plan to buy the former Louisiana Pacific plant in Center has failed, but another group has arisen in its place. The original project, which would use the former oriented strand board (OSB) plant to make wood pellets for wood-burning stoves, apparently failed for economic reasons. “All I know is the investors they ... [Full Story »]

'Critical' shortage of foster homes in Jackson

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Friday, November 18. 2011

November is National Adoption Month in America, but the people who oversee adoptions in Jackson County say there is a critical need for foster families. And since 80 percent of adoptions are done by foster parents, the number of foster homes is directly related to how many kids will eventually be adopted. Right now, Jackson County has 13 foster ... [Full Story »]

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