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Big downtown event Halloween night

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Monday, October 29. 2012

The Winder Downtown Development Authority, in cooperation with downtown merchants and local clubs, is sponsoring a big Halloween night event from 5-8 p.m. More than 30 businesses and organizations in the downtown district will hand out free sweet treats. And at the downtown gazebo park on the corner of North Broad and Candler will be free ... [Full Story »]

Tree limb strikes toddler at Winder daycare center

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Monday, October 29. 2012

A 2-year-old child playing outside a newly opened daycare center in Winder was knocked unconscious by a falling tree limb this morning and has been flown by helicopter to an Atlanta hospital, according to the Winder Police Department. "Apparently, while playing outside a tree limb broke and fell hitting the child in the head and neck region ... [Full Story »]

SINN-CLARK: The ghost stories of Winder

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Saturday, October 27. 2012

Halloween is upon us which means ghosts and a fascination with all things ghostly. I have never encountered a ghost, but I’ve always been interested in them. Who are these good spirits and bad, inhabiting our world for reasons we cannot know, some to protect and warn, others to share the misery they suffered during their mortal lives? Winder ... [Full Story »]

VICTORY: Winder-Barrow defeats Cedar Shoals

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Friday, October 26. 2012

The streak is over. The Winder-Barrow High School football team no longer has the longest losing streak in Northeast Georgia. The Bulldoggs shocked visiting Cedar Shoals 31-21 at W. Clair Harris Stadium during homecoming in convincing fashion. WBHS (1-7 overall, 1-5 in Region 8-AAAAA) took control of the game from the start and never trailed. ... [Full Story »]

Cormier brothers to be extradited to Florida to face murder charges

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Friday, October 26. 2012

The twin brothers behind bars in Barrow and Jackson counties for allegedly murdering a former Pensacola journalist are now facing new charges in Florida, where they will be extradited to stand trial. According to a press release Thursday from the Pensacola Police Department, the suspects killed 30-year-old Sean Dugas after robbing him of a ... [Full Story »]

Animal Control expands shelter hours

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Friday, October 26. 2012

Effective Saturday, Oct. 27, Barrow County Animal Control will expand shelter and animal visitation hours to include Saturdays, 9 a.m.-12 p.m. and Wednesdays, 1 p.m.-5 p.m. Previously the shelter was closed during those times. Animals will not be accepted for surrender during these hours. The adoption fee for all animals is $100 and can be paid ... [Full Story »]

Statham’s problem isn’t higher tax rate, it’s higher spending

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Friday, October 26. 2012

When is tax rate hike not a tax increase? That was the question last week in an online debate at barrowjournal.com after the City of Statham announced it would be raising its millage rate by 11 percent. But was that move a tax hike? There are several ways to look at that question. From the city’s perspective, simply raising the millage rate ... [Full Story »]

BOE seeks ways to improve system’s weaknesses

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Thursday, October 25. 2012

The Barrow Board of Education took part in a three-hour training session Oct. 23 that focused on how to improve four weak areas in the school system. Officials are seeking to improve the system’s graduation rate, its math curriculum, its special education programs and the number of students who seek post-high school education. GRADUATION RATE ... [Full Story »]

Controversial investment firm seeks Statham rezoning

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Wednesday, October 24. 2012

Statham city officials are poised to consider a controversial land investment company’s request to annex and rezone 360 acres off Highway 316 as a planned unit development called “One University Parkway.” But that proposed project appears to be another move by the firm, Walton International, to have large tracts of land rezoned as part of ... [Full Story »]

Varsity restaurant coming to Barrow

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Wednesday, October 24. 2012

One of the developers of the Gateway at University Parkway of Highway 316 announced this week that the Varsity restaurant company has purchased a parcel in front of the new movie theater off Highway 316 in Barrow County and plans to open a Varsity Jr. by late spring of 2013. Wayne Bartlett said the company closed on the deal Monday. For the ...

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