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Election for town’s CID ahead Monday

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Friday, January 21. 2011

An election to decide who will serve on Braselton’s first Community Improvement District — also called a CID — will be held on Monday, Jan. 24. The district will include 24 parcels along Ga. Hwy. 211 — from the Shops at Chateau Elan and Mulberry Centre retail complexes to the Liberty Village commercial development, next to Liberty ... [Full Story »]

School systems announce snow make-up days

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Thursday, January 20. 2011

The Jackson County and Jefferson City school systems have selected their inclement weather days — after both districts cancelled classes for five days last week due to a winter storm. \ The Jackson County School System will not touch its Spring Break vacation days in April, when the district had initially earmarked those days as potential ... [Full Story »]

Jefferson make-up days announced

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Thursday, January 20. 2011

The City of Jefferson School System will make up four of the missed snow days by attending classes on the following dates: February 17 & 18 April 1 May 5 & 6 The Jackson County School System is scheduled to decide its make-up days at a meeting tonight (Thursday.)

Benton proposes new legislative measures

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Thursday, January 20. 2011

As the Georgia General Assembly gets into full swing next week, Rep. Tommy Benton is working to get two pieces of legislation from last year made into law. Benton (R-Jefferson) represents House District 31, which includes most of Jackson County. One is his House Bill 40, which would require the addition of bitter tasting chemical denatonium ... [Full Story »]

OPINION: The first victim

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Wednesday, January 19. 2011

The tragedy in Arizona has haunted this nation for two weeks. A man takes a gun and goes into a crowd where a U.S. Representative is meeting with her constituents. He shoots her and many others, leaving six dead. There were a lot of victims from that event, but there is one nobody dares talk about — the shooter himself. Jared Loughner, the ... [Full Story »]

Jefferson woman says couple tries to break into her home

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Wednesday, January 19. 2011

A HWY. 82 South, Jefferson, woman said a man and woman attempted to break into her home last week. The victim told a deputy she heard the couple trying to get inside the home and she yelled at them to stop or she would shoot them. She said she called 911 and then went outside and saw them running from the home.

BOC chairman Bicknell pitches case for regional road sales tax

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Wednesday, January 19. 2011

Jackson County voters will have another tax decision to make in August 2012. Will they vote to approve a 10-year one-cent sales tax to fund transportation needs and to access state transportation dollars, or will they reject the tax and see state funding for local transportation projects fall? Jackson County Board of Commissioners chairman ... [Full Story »]

First Georgia Bank to close Commerce office

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Tuesday, January 18. 2011

First Georgia Bank will close its Commerce office, located on South Elm Street, the company announced last week. The projected date — which is subject to change — is April 15. It is also closing an office in Villa Rica as part of what it calls “an internal reorganization designed to improve operating efficiencies by reducing expenses.” ... [Full Story »]

County schools to be closed Friday

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Thursday, January 13. 2011

The Jackson County School System will be closed again on Friday due to the condition of some roads. The Jefferson City School System has not announced yet whether school will be held Friday.

OPINION: Time to rebalance Jefferson city-school taxing equity

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Thursday, January 13. 2011

There has always been something of a unique and close relationship in Jefferson between its city government and its city school system. At one time, it was virtually impossible to distinguish between the two as the same small group of people ran both. On paper there may have been a distinction, but in reality both governments operated as one ... [Full Story »]