News from BarrowJournal - Topics from August, 2012

County looking to cut $3 million in funding gap

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BarrowJournal
Thursday, August 2. 2012
At two meetings last week, a team of Barrow County officials inched its way toward a balanced budget for the fiscal year that begins Oct. 1. By going through every line item in the budget, staff from the county’s finance and human resources departments, along with a few members of the Barrow County Board of Commissioners, managed to trim ... [Full Story »] 

County looking to cut $3 million funding gap

Posted by
BarrowJournal
Thursday, August 2. 2012
At two meetings last week, a team of Barrow County officials inched its way toward a balanced budget for the fiscal year that begins Oct. 1. By going through every line item in the budget, staff from the county’s finance and human resources departments, along with a few members of the Barrow County Board of Commissioners, managed to trim ... [Full Story »] 

Some Barrow races razor close

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BarrowJournal
Wednesday, August 1. 2012
More than 8,000 Barrow County voters went to the polls Tuesday to cast ballots in the Republican and Democratic primaries. And in some races, every vote was critical. Kenny Shook and Steve Worley barely won their Republican nominations for district seats on the Barrow County Board of Commissioners. And Mitch Churchill, the incumbent on the ... [Full Story »] 

Water rates may skyrocket

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BarrowJournal
Wednesday, August 1. 2012
The Barrow County Water & Sewerage Authority has called a meeting for 5 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 2, to set in motion the potential doubling what local municipal water systems pay for water pulled from the Bear Creek Reservoir. With most of their wholesale water contracts with Barrow County already lapsed, municipal officials have been expecting ... [Full Story »] 
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