Commerce seeks Banks County's help in protecting reservoir

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CommerceNewsTODAY
Wednesday, June 4. 2008
The city of Commerce will ask the Banks County Board of Commissioners for help in protecting its water supply from an industrial plant under construction near Gillsville. The mayor and city council signed a letter at Monday night's work session asking Banks County BOC Chairman Gene Hart to enforce the watershed protection plan it approved in ... [Full Story »] 

DDA pushes council to improve parking

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CommerceNewsTODAY
Wednesday, June 4. 2008
With two new restaurants open on South Broad Street, the Downtown Development Authority is talking about parking again. In particular, the DDA would like to see the parking lot behind Stonewall's BBQ and Vaughn's Wing Slingers Grill restaurants improved. City workers did re-stripe the parking lot last week after the DDA meeting May 28, but ... [Full Story »] 

It really is time to address parking in Commerce

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CommerceNewsTODAY
Wednesday, June 4. 2008
Parking is one of those perennial issues in downtown Commerce. Ever since the automobile replaced the horse and buggy, folks have been complaining about the lack of parking. For the past couple of decades at least, the primary problem with downtown parking has been merchants or employees who parked their vehicles in front of their stores — or ... [Full Story »] 

First year ends well for East Jackson High

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CommerceNewsTODAY
Wednesday, June 4. 2008
East Jackson Comprehensive High School closed out its first year just the way it started it - with strong support from the community. School officials were pleasantly surprised at the school's first commencement ceremony May 23 to find the stadium stands nearly full on the home side. With only 109 diplomas to present, the expectations were for ... [Full Story »] 

Yet another Beardsley takes up journalism

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CommerceNewsTODAY
Wednesday, June 4. 2008

Something's lost and something's gained

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CommerceNewsTODAY
Wednesday, June 4. 2008
By Susan Harper In church last Sunday, I was so moved by one of the hymns that I started to cry and then found it difficult to stop, and I realized that I felt weighed-down by sorrow over all that we'd lost, here in Commerce, in a single week. The passing of longtime city councilman Riley Harris was a blow. A dignified and disciplined man with ... [Full Story »] 

When is it time to have kids?

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CommerceNewsTODAY
Wednesday, June 4. 2008
By Hasco Craver Last month I tried to use this space to invoke a sense of historic preservation ethic. Remember the May 7 column I wrote about the history of the built environment in downtown Commerce? Don't worry, neither does anyone else. For some reason, I receive more comments about the columns I write that cover my personal life. Maybe ... [Full Story »] 

Rooftop stay in Hamilton Mill raising money for children’s hospital

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BraseltonNewsTODAY
Tuesday, June 3. 2008
Chris McClay climbed a ladder last Thursday and vowed not to come down from his spot on the roof of Wal-Mart in Hamilton Mill – at least not until $15,000 was raised for a group of children’s hospitals. And as of Tuesday, McClay and the 384 employees at the Wal-Mart on Sardis Church Road had raised more than $7,000 for Children’s Miracle ... [Full Story »] 

Rooftop stay in Hamilton Mill raising money for children’s hospital

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BraseltonNewsTODAY
Tuesday, June 3. 2008
Chris McClay climbed a ladder last Thursday and vowed not to come down from his spot on the roof of Wal-Mart in Hamilton Mill – at least not until $15,000 was raised for a group of children’s hospitals. And as of Tuesday, McClay and the 384 employees at the Wal-Mart on Sardis Church Road had raised more than $7,000 for ... [Full Story »] 

Hoschton to ask businesses again to fund sewer line

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BraseltonNewsTODAY
Tuesday, June 3. 2008
It’ll be another round of Hoschton leaders asking some of its businesses to fund a new sewer line to the city’s industrial area. Monday night, the Hoschton City Council agreed to ask businesses that would benefit from a new sewer line along Ga. Hwy. 53 from Jopena Blvd. to Nancy Industrial to help fund the project. It’s a ... [Full Story »] 
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