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News from BarrowJournal - Topics from October, 2012

BOE seeks to improve communication; Self-assessment focus is on relationship with superintendent, community

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Wednesday, October 24. 2012

The Barrow County Board of Education plans to change how it evaluates its superintendent’s performance, according to documents released last week. Responding to an open records request by the Barrow Journal, the BOE released a copy of its self-evaluation, which had been done at a recent board meeting behind closed doors. Although the document ... [Full Story »]

Controversial cop off the WPD force

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Wednesday, October 24. 2012

Five months after receiving public accolades for his role in reducing the number of drunk drivers on the city’s streets, Winder police officer Brent Davis is off the force. Chief Dennis Dorsey said the eight-year veteran of the Winder Police Department was allowed to resign Sept. 18 in lieu of termination following an internal investigation ... [Full Story »]

Early voting strong in Barrow County

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Wednesday, October 24. 2012

In only the first seven days of advance voting preceding next month’s elections, thousands of Barrow County voters cast ballots. As of 5 p.m. Tuesday, 3,855 local residents had cast ballots in person at the advance polling location on the second floor of the county government’s administration building at 233 E. Broad St. For the full story, ...

Changes made in Scout leadership protocols

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Wednesday, October 24. 2012

The release last week of files from the national Boy Scouts of America that showed years of allegations of abuse of boys by some leaders had gone unreported to law enforcement has created a stir across the nation. One of the reports included in the files was of a former Winder scout leader who in the early 1960s was alleged to have sexually ... [Full Story »]

Auburn looking for water source

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Wednesday, October 24. 2012

The Auburn City Council is moving forward with plans to find a new water source. During its meeting Oct. 18, the council voted unanimously to proceed with closing on a $546,000 loan through the Georgia Environmental Finance Authority. The money will be used to fund state and federal permits for the construction of a new reservoir as well as the ... [Full Story »]

Cities to meet with BOC over proposed rate hike; BOC also meets tonight at 6

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Tuesday, October 23. 2012

Municipal officials have requested a meeting with the Barrow County Board of Commissioners to present the cities’ perspective on a proposed 77-percent hike in the county’s wholesale water rate. The meeting, which is open to the public, starts at 6 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 24, in the Winder Community Center. The BOC’s second regular meeting of ... [Full Story »]

Winder catches county finance problem

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Monday, October 22. 2012

Winder’s internal auditor in late August caught an accounting oversight by Barrow County’s Finance Department that nearly cost the local municipalities more than $324,000 in sales tax proceeds. But after Jennifer Houston raised the issue, the county ran its own internal audit and in September sent the municipalities checks amounting to ... [Full Story »]

BRIDGES: Choice always important at election time

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Saturday, October 20. 2012

Choice is a good thing, especially at the voting booth. Barrow County voters will have some choices to make when they vote in the Nov. 6 general election. (Early voting began Monday so the election is officially here.) There will be a choice on the ballot for sheriff between incumbent Jud Smith and challenger James Scott. Some political ... [Full Story »]

Schools need reform, but Amendment 1 isn’t the answer

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Friday, October 19. 2012

Public education could be better than it is. That’s true across the nation and in Georgia. While many of the problems in public schools are a reflection of dysfunction in society at-large, some students are still getting less than they deserve from a structure that has become rigid from internal sclerosis. It’s that reality that has many ... [Full Story »]

Bond denied in murder case

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Thursday, October 18. 2012

Bond was denied for one of the brothers accused of killing a Pensacola newspaper reporter whose body police found last week buried and encased in concrete outside a Winder home. William Joseph Cormier III appeared in shackles in Barrow County Superior Court, where Judge T. Penn McWhorter denied bond after a 30-minute hearing. He said Cormier ... [Full Story »]

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