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Election results to be posted tonight

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Tuesday, November 3. 2009

As election results in the Braselton and Hoschton races become available, The Braselton News will post them online tonight. No election results were available at 8 p.m. — an hour after the polls closed at 7 p.m. Braselton officials said Monday that they expected poll results to be available no sooner than 9 p.m. Tuesday. Braselton Those ... [Full Story »]

Denney wins Hoschton mayoral race

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Tuesday, November 3. 2009

Hoschton's next mayor will be Erma Denney, according to election results available on Tuesday night. Denney won with 65.5 percent of the votes, followed by Robbie Bettis with 29.6 percent and Jim Keinard with 4.9 percent. As election results in the Braselton and Hoschton races become available, The Braselton News will post them online tonight. ... [Full Story »]

Denney, Orr win mayoral races

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Tuesday, November 3. 2009

Hoschton's next mayor will be Erma Denney, while Braselton will have Bill Orr as its next mayor, according to election results available on Tuesday night. Denney won with 65.5 percent of the votes, followed by Robbie Bettis with 29.6 percent and Jim Keinard with 4.9 percent. Orr got 573 votes, while Ralph Richardson Jr. got 218 votes in ... [Full Story »]

Fire chief resigns a few days after deputy chief also resigns

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Sunday, November 1. 2009

The chief of Barrow County Emergency Services resigned last week after only four months in his new position. Mark Melvin turned in his resignation Friday, six days after the departure of the department’s deputy chief, Russell Wise. John Skinner, the battalion chief who had been appointed to fill Wise’s position for 30 days now has been ... [Full Story »]

Road project delayed a week

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Sunday, November 1. 2009

The Georgia Department of Transportation has announced that resurfacing of S.R. 82/Athens Highway will begin on Thursday, Oct. 29. The project’s contractor, Pittman Construction, delayed the start of work for one week. The project — which is funded through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) — will resurface the existing ... [Full Story »]

Bills for taxes mailed out

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Friday, October 30. 2009

Jackson Countians should have received a tax bill in the mail in the past week. Taxes are due on Dec. 20. Tax commissioner Don Elrod said that the state Homestead tax relief grant was not funded this year, which made an increase in taxes for properties that had previously received the grant. The increase is approximately $225 to $240 per house. ... [Full Story »]

Candidates talk about political career, conflicts of interest

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Friday, October 30. 2009

The candidates at Thursday’s political forum in Braselton were also allowed to ask their opponent one question. The responding candidate then had two minutes to answer the question. Council District 2 candidates Bill Greene and Peggy Slappey each asked their opponent one question of their choice. Since mayoral candidate Ralph Richardson Jr. ... [Full Story »]

EDITORIAL: Changes ahead in Hoschton, Braselton

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Friday, October 30. 2009

Although they are only a few feet apart geographically, the towns of Hoschton and Braselton are miles apart politically. Next week’s city council elections bring into sharp relief the different roads the towns have taken over the last few years, one toward prosperity, the other toward disaster. Now the question is, what will new leadership in ... [Full Story »]

Vehicle rolls out of garage, hits car

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Friday, October 30. 2009

A Braselton man’s vehicle rolled out of his garage, across the street and hit a neighbor’s parked vehicle, according to police. The man parked his vehicle halfway in the garage at his Rushmore Circle residence and went inside, he told Braselton police. He later heard a loud noise and went outside to investigate — where he found that his ... [Full Story »]

COLUMN: Waging war against the press

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Friday, October 30. 2009

“And if all others accepted the lie which the Party imposed - if all records told the same tale - then the lie passed into history and became truth.” - George Orwell, 1984, Book 1, Chapter 3. Like countless other students, I had to read 1984 in high school. Never did I imagine how frighteningly relevant the book could be. In the past ... [Full Story »]

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