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Maysville buys land for park

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Wednesday, May 1. 2013
The Maysville City Council spent half an hour behind closed doors Monday before reconvening to announce the purchase of 46.423 acres to be used for a city park. The council adopted a resolution approving the purchase of the property at 48 Homer Street from sisters Daune Turner Davis and Katherine Turner Rushton, at a cost of $170,000. Mayor ... [Full Story »] 

Two face cocaine possession charges

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Friday, April 26. 2013
Two Spring Street residents face cocaine possession charges after Commerce police allegedly found plastic bags of the substance in each man’s pants pocket following a traffic stop last week on Williford Street at South Elm. Jermaine Lee Burnes, 37, and Richard Dee Burnes, 44, both of 164 Spring Street, were passengers in a vehicle pulled over ... [Full Story »] 

Rabies clinics on tap next week

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Friday, April 26. 2013
Jackson County will embark on its spring offensive against rabies May 1-4 in a series of 18 rabies vaccination clinics held at 14 locations throughout the county. The incidence of rabies, which is always fatal, has increased in Jackson and surrounding counties over the years, and health officials stress that the first line of defense in ... [Full Story »] 

Chamber continues search for new CEO

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Friday, April 26. 2013
The Jackson County Area Chamber of Commerce has “four or five good resumes” for the position of chamber president and has engaged a search firm to find others, chairman Mark Valentine told his board of directors last Friday. “It looks promising,” he said. “I’m kind of psyched up about it.” The chamber has been without a president ... [Full Story »] 

Mac McCoy taking job with AL school system

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Thursday, April 25. 2013
The Commerce School System will lose its superintendent on June 30 as James E. “Mac” McCoy is taking a job as superintendent of the Lee County, AL, school system. McCoy said finances are at the heart of the decision. “Obviously, I’ve got 30-plus years in the state of Georgia,” he said. “I had the opportunity to retire from one state ... [Full Story »] 

Bruglars hit Advance Auto

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Wednesday, April 24. 2013
The Commerce Police Department is investigating the burglary April 18 of Advance Auto Parts, South Elm Street. Police were summoned shortly before 7 a.m. by the store manager, who arrived at work to find the front door forced open and the lock broken. Officers cleared the building, during which time they noted that the back door was also forced ... [Full Story »] 

Burglars hit Advance Auto

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Wednesday, April 24. 2013
The Commerce Police Department is investigating the burglary April 18 of Advance Auto Parts, South Elm Street. Police were summoned shortly before 7 a.m. by the store manager, who arrived at work to find the front door forced open and the lock broken. Officers cleared the building, during which time they noted that the back door was also forced ... [Full Story »] 

IDA ponders incentives for prospects

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Wednesday, April 24. 2013
Jackson County officials met last Friday morning to determine what kind of tax incentives to offer to potential industries looking at local sites, including two on the east side of the county. The Industrial Development Authority went into a closed session last Friday morning to discuss “acquisition of property” related to three inquiries. ... [Full Story »] 

Images from Commerce downtown cleanup April 19

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Wednesday, April 24. 2013

Images from Commerce downtown cleanup April 20

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Wednesday, April 24. 2013
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