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Outgoing Winder Mayor Chip Thompson seeks to slap at Journal

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Saturday, December 3. 2011

Outgoing Winder Mayor Chip Thompson apparently plans to use his last public meetings with the city council to try and get a resolution that would slap at the Barrow Journal, which he blames for his recent election defeat. On Monday night’s council agenda is an item called “Barrow County News/Barrow Journal Ads.” Thompson is reportedly ... [Full Story »]

Barrow School receives $2.6 million grant

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Friday, December 2. 2011

The Barrow County School System was chosen to receive a $2.6 million College & Career Academy Grant. The money will be used, in conjunction with SPLOST funds, to implement the College & Career Academy, which is slated to begin offering classes in August 2014. Barrow, in partnership with Lanier Technical College, is one of four ... [Full Story »]

Those who blame the victims are wrong

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Friday, December 2. 2011

Sometimes, I really wonder about human nature. I like to think that most people are kind and compassionate the majority of the time and those who are mean and vile are the exception. But some of the blog comments posted to a recent Barrow Journal story about mentally ill patients being abused in unlicensed homes makes me wonder if people really ... [Full Story »]

Adulterous couple caught “playing out fantasy” on private property

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Thursday, December 1. 2011

A property owner said she would not file charges against a 44-year-old Barrow County woman and 64-year-old Oconee County man who were reportedly cheating on their spouses and “living out their fantasy” on a private wooded lot off Ernest Elder Road in Winder. The couple was found after someone called 911 to report a locked and empty vehicle ... [Full Story »]

Entries from December 2011