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Bible course resurfaces for BOE

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Monday, April 6. 2009

An impassioned plea by one Barrow County Board of Education member has brought a proposed Bible literature class back into the spotlight. Board member Larry Ballard asked that the item be placed on Tuesday’s work session agenda and then proceeded to make a passionate plea for the board to approve the class for the system’s two high schools. ... [Full Story »]

Winder couple arrested for online prostitution

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Saturday, April 4. 2009

A local couple was arrested Friday night for allegedly using the Craigslist Internet site for online prostitution. After receiving several tips on the Winder Police Department’s anonymous tip line, an undercover officer made contact with the woman, who called herself “Miss Red” online, according to a police department press release. The ... [Full Story »]

Man injured Wednesday in Winder fire

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Thursday, April 2. 2009

A man was injured April 1 while trying to extinguish a fire in an outbuilding in the 300 block of East Wright Street. Barrow County Fire and Emergency Services firefighters brought the fire under control while the department’s paramedics treated the man. He was flown to a burn unit by a Emory Life Flight helicopter, according to a press ... [Full Story »]

EDITORIAL: BOC liaison system is a bad idea

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Thursday, April 2. 2009

Let the squabbling begin. While the plan offered last week to have each member of the Barrow County Board of Commissioners act as a “liaison” with the various county departments may sound good, as a practical matter, it won’t work. The idea isn’t a new one. A lot of governments have tried similar arrangements over the years. The result? ... [Full Story »]

Youths arrested after night of auto break-ins

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Wednesday, April 1. 2009

Two Winder teens were arrested last week after breaking into cars and looking in the windows of homes in the city’s Bellingrath subdivision off Hwy. 211. The pair was caught with some stolen items, and police later discovered other items in the car they were using. Rene Landeros, 18, of 860 Kendall Park Dr., and Taylor Scott Love, 17, of 286 ... [Full Story »]

Nocera files airplane tax returns

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Wednesday, April 1. 2009

The chairman of the Barrow County Airport Authority filed two years of tax returns late Tuesday for a couple of airplanes he has kept at Northeast Georgia Regional Airport without paying taxes on them. Frank Nocera arrived at the Tax Assessors Office shortly after it closed March 31 and filled out tax returns for 2008 and 2009, according to ... [Full Story »]

Teen critical after drinking party

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Wednesday, April 1. 2009

A Bethlehem couple that held an underage drinking party for local high school students last Friday night is facing a host of criminal charges after one of the partygoers ended up in a hospital intensive care unit with alcohol poisoning. The 18-year-old girl was dropped off, unconscious, at Barrow Regional Medical Center in the early morning ... [Full Story »]

Community invited for Monday farewell to Guard unit

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Sunday, March 29. 2009

The community is invited to participate in a patriotic farewell Monday morning for the 250 Winder-based soldiers who are being deployed to Afghanistan. The soldiers will board buses at the Georgia National Guard Armory in Winder and at 9 a.m. head south on Hwy. 81 and then west on Ga. Hwy. 316. The public is invited to bring flags and posters ... [Full Story »]

EDITORIAL: Keeping an eye on the ball

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Thursday, March 26. 2009

To say that Barrow County politics is tumultuous would be an understatement. At times, it appears to be akin to a blood sport as accusations and recriminations fly back and forth. Much of this is driven by the “politics of personality” — who is friends with whom, family relationships, political paybacks and petty grievances that get ... [Full Story »]

Post resigns; Leisure Services director quits

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Thursday, March 26. 2009

Two additional Barrow County department managers have resigned. Robert Post, the chief of Barrow County Fire and Emergency Services, resigned Wednesday, one day after returning to work from a one-week suspension. In addition, Nicole Smith, the director of Leisure Services, also resigned this week. Now filling her role is athletic coordinator ... [Full Story »]

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