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Barrow BOC in July will change time of second monthly meetings

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Wednesday, June 20. 2012

Starting in July, the second regular meeting of the Barrow County Board of Commissioners will begin an hour earlier. Instead of having a second voting session at 7 p.m. on the fourth Tuesday of each month, the BOC will have a 6 p.m. “work session” with no planned votes. The reason for the earlier meeting time is to allow the commissioners ... [Full Story »]

Donation boosts number of e-books available

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Sunday, June 17. 2012

Thanks to e-books, more people are reconnecting to their local public libraries, according to one official. And with the help of a nonprofit group, more books are now available for folks to read on their Kindles, Nooks and iPads. “We’ve added 60 patrons just in the past two weeks,” said Beth McIntyre, director of the Piedmont Regional ... [Full Story »]

SINN-CLARK: Service members deserve better than we are giving them

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Saturday, June 16. 2012

“In peace, sons bury their fathers. In war, fathers bury their sons.” — Herodotus I cannot shake the deep sadness I felt when I read last night that a young soldier from Winder has been seriously injured in Afghanistan. U.S. Army Private First Class Samuel Walley, a 2010 graduate of Winder-Barrow High School, lost his right leg and left ... [Full Story »]

Braselton budget foresees big jump in sales tax revenue

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Saturday, June 16. 2012

Even without knowing exactly how sales tax money will be split among cities and counties, Braselton is estimating that its share will increase dramatically in some areas in 2013. The Braselton Town Council is set to approve a $3.2 million general fund budget that anticipates big jumps in its share of the Local Option Sales Tax (LOST). A date to ... [Full Story »]

Braselton creates new office for prosecuting attorneys

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Saturday, June 16. 2012

Braselton will have a part-time prosecuting attorney’s office — although things won’t really change from what’s being done now in the town’s municipal court. The Braselton Town Council on Monday approved a resolution/ordinance creating the office, following the requirements of a new state law. The General Assembly approved a new law ... [Full Story »]

First candidate forum of 2012 elections produces no sparks

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Friday, June 15. 2012

Republican candidates seeking their party’s nominations in this year’s local races had an opportunity to size up their competition on June 13. The forum was sponsored by the Barrow County Chamber of Commerce and featured candidates in contested school board, county commission and chief magistrate races. Since the event was not a debate, ... [Full Story »]

Legal expenses exceed budgeted amount for year

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Friday, June 15. 2012

For the second year in a row, the Barrow County Board of Commissioners on Tuesday night agreed to spend $200,000 more than what it had budgeted for the year’s legal expenses. CFO Rose Kisaalita said the county exhausted its full appropriation for attorneys’ fees by the end of the seventh month of services, which was April. That leaves ... [Full Story »]

Regional JDA to market Hwy. 316 as 'Georgia's Innovation Corridor'

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Friday, June 15. 2012

At its second quarterly meeting of 2012, the Georgia Bioscience Joint Development Authority on June 13 voted to rebrand the Highway 316 corridor as “Georgia’s Innovation Corridor.” The departure from the single focus on attracting “bioscience” companies to the largely undeveloped corridor is primarily the result of Caterpillar ... [Full Story »]

Auburn transit; a solution in search of a problem

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Angela Gary

Friday, June 15. 2012

It’s not that Auburn’s plans for some kind of in-town transit system is totally nuts. There’s something to be said for having a service to transport the elderly or infirm to see a doctor, pick up a prescription or do routine shopping. But the town’s transit plan adopted by the city council appears to be a vast overreaching both ... [Full Story »]

Auburn transit; a solution in search of a problem

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Friday, June 15. 2012

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