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Blechinger receives international hero award

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Friday, February 3. 2012

Auburn's Mayor Linda Blechinger received international recognition Thursday at The World Chamber of Commerce International Hero Awards and Networking event held at the Woodruff Arts Center in Atlanta. Other recipients of the award this year are the President of Colombia Alvaro Uribe, Mayor of the City of Atlanta Kasim Reed, U.N. Ambassador ... [Full Story »]

Man tries to interview for job, but makes threats

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Friday, February 3. 2012

A man that tried to interview for a job instead left his potential employer feeling threatened, according to an incident report from the Braselton Police Department. A woman conducting interviews at Country Inn and Suites on Ga. Hwy. 124 for a company said she had scheduled an interview at the hotel with a Sandy Springs man. However, the man ... [Full Story »]

Yargo bike fees going up despite protest

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Friday, February 3. 2012

Public – and even political – intervention has not stopped Georgia’s state parks director from moving forward with a new fee for the use of the mountain bike trails at Fort Yargo State Park. Becky Kelley, director of the State Parks & Historic Sites Division of the Georgia Department of Natural Resources, announced her decision in a ... [Full Story »]

PERSON: Punxsutawney or Bust!

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Thursday, February 2. 2012

A few months back, Mr. Fix-It and I took a little tour of the eastern seaboard of these great United States. It was one of those working vacation things — a couple of vacation days tacked onto each end of a work event. I used to love working vacations when I was in sales. When the togetherness got to be a bit much, there was always a customer ... [Full Story »]

Winder committees to start meeting Thursday

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Thursday, February 2. 2012

Mayor David Maynard’s vision of better balancing the power between Winder’s mayor and city council will start taking shape Thursday night with the first of four weekly meetings of new council committees. Meeting Thursday will be the Planning & Development Committee. Maynard last month appointed four “standing committees” comprised ... [Full Story »]

BOC to discuss partnership for defective bus engines

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Thursday, February 2. 2012

The Barrow County Board of Education received a request at its Tuesday night meeting to possibly partner with a third party trucking company to deal with 16 defective 2007-model bus engines it bought from International Corporation Nalley Motorworks. School leaders said they began an actual warranty procurement process for the 16 warranties in ... [Full Story »]

BOE to discuss partnership for defective bus engines

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Thursday, February 2. 2012

Project with stores, apartments clears first hurdle

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Thursday, February 2. 2012

A mixed-use project that will bring stores and close to 300 apartments to Braselton may be too large for the area, according to two residents who spoke in opposition to the proposal. However, the Braselton Planning Commission recommended approval of a rezoning request for the project — which now heads to the Braselton Town Council for a ... [Full Story »]

Lampp, Goodman look run for District 1 BOC seat

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Thursday, February 2. 2012

Four months before candidates can even qualify to run in Barrow County’s 2012 elections, a contest for the District 1 seat on the Barrow County Board of Commissioners already has taken shape. In the wake of Commissioner Larry Joe Wilburn’s official announcement that he intends to give up the seat, two candidates have emerged. Jerry Lampp, ... [Full Story »]

Lampp, Goodman look at runs for District 1 BOC seat

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Thursday, February 2. 2012

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