Entries from March 2012

BCA Knights ranked No. 1 in GISA Class A

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MainStreetNewsSPORTS
Thursday, March 29. 2012
The Bethlehem Christian Academy baseball team is now the No. 1 team in the Georgia Independent Schools Association Class A ranking. The Knights, who entered this week at 8-1 overall and 4-0 in region play, are No. 1 followed by Westwood, Crisp Academy, Thomas Jefferson and David Emanuel. BCA defeated Thomas Jefferson 4-0 Friday. Ramon Rivera ... [Full Story »] 

ROLLASON: Go West: The Peyton Manning frenzy

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MainStreetNewsSPORTS
Thursday, March 29. 2012
How much would you be willing to spend for a 36-year old quarterback coming off an injury? How about five years for $96 million? The former Indianapolis Colts quarterback Peyton Manning recently signed a huge deal with the Denver Broncos. This coming after the Colts released their long time quarterback as they prepare for a rebuilding process. ... [Full Story »] 

DOT announces low clearance signs on order for SR 211 in Statham

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BarrowJournal
Thursday, March 29. 2012
The Georgia Department of Transportation announced an alternate route and new signage to redirect low clearance vehicles to the Eighth Street Railroad Crossing instead of the State Route 211 Railroad Crossing in Statham. According to a recent DOT release, 15 signs including low clearance symbol signs will be installed to redirect low clearance ... [Full Story »] 

GDOT takes safety action regarding Statham RR crossing

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BarrowJournal
Thursday, March 29. 2012
In unusually swift action to avert a potential rail catastrophe, the Georgia Department of Transportation on Wednesday announced it is redirecting low-clearance vehicles away from Statham’s newly reworked CSX railroad crossing on Jefferson Street. Two car haulers loaded down with vehicles got stuck last week on the crossing due to its newly ... [Full Story »] 

Trapped trucks on RR crossings an issue; Three car haulers get stuck last week

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BarrowJournal
Thursday, March 29. 2012
Frustration over CSX Transportation, Inc.’s lengthy closings of railroad crossings in Barrow County has given way to new concerns about the safety of some of the crossings that have reopened. Three times last week, big car haulers got hung up on repaved crossings: two just three days apart at Jefferson Street in downtown Statham and a third ... [Full Story »] 

Baseball: Panthers rout East Jackson with fifth-inning flurry

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MainStreetNewsSPORTS
Wednesday, March 28. 2012
JACKSON County plated nine runs in the bottom of the fifth Wednesday to turn a close game into a blowout in a 12-2 win over cross-county rival East Jackson. The Panthers (7-6, 3-4) brought 13 batters to the plate in the pivotal inning, pounding out nine hits and ending the game with an RBI single from Trey Sorrells to bring the 10-run mercy ... [Full Story »] 

Commerce farmers' market begins Saturday

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CommerceNewsTODAY
Wednesday, March 28. 2012
The Commerce Farmers’ Market will begin its 2012 season Saturday at a new and more convenient location. Local producers will display plants, baked goods, home-crafted items, fruit and vegetables from 8 a.m. to noon every Saturday in Spencer Park in downtown Commerce. Since its inception, the event has been held in the track-side parking lot ... [Full Story »] 

Nicholson leaders feuding over art on water tank

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CommerceNewsTODAY
Wednesday, March 28. 2012
Not everything is coming up daisies in Nicholson. The city council is threatening to withhold SPLOST revenue unless the Nicholson Water Authority allows the city to put a logo featuring a daisy on the new NWA water tank. The water authority voted last week to rescind a previous offer to let the city paint the logo on the tank. At its March 5 ... [Full Story »] 

Coach keeps Tigers on course and upbeat

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MainStreetNewsSPORTS
Wednesday, March 28. 2012
If there is a philosophy attached to Josh Shoemaker’s golf coaching, it centers on the word “fun.” It’s a word he uses liberally during matches that pit his Commerce High School boys and girls golfers against themselves more than any opponent. That’s the nature of the pressure-driven game, the coach said. So keeping the atmosphere ... [Full Story »] 

Police drug dog, officer help at EJMS

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CommerceNewsTODAY
Wednesday, March 28. 2012
The Commerce Police Department’s drug dog and handler helped with a drug investigation at East Jackson Middle School last week. According to the Commerce police incident report, the officer went to EJMS on Friday with Roscoe to search for drugs. The report said that Roscoe found no drugs, but did alert on a locker in which police found a ... [Full Story »] 
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