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County recycling event is Saturday

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Wednesday, May 8. 2013
Keep Jackson County Beautiful’s spring recycling event will take place this Saturday, May 11, with an expanded list of items being accepted. “We continue to take auto oil and batteries, oil and latex paint (six free, $1 per gallon over that), E-waste (televisions are $10 apiece), household batteries, fluorescent light bulbs (six free, after ... [Full Story »] 

Commerce to slash water, sewer tap fees

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CommerceNewsTODAY
Tuesday, May 7. 2013
The Commerce City Council appears ready to trim about $5,000 off the cost of building a house or commercial building in the city. The council voiced support during its work session Monday night for a recommendation by city manager Pete Pyrzenski that the city reduce the combined cost of its basic water and sewer tap fees — currently $2,500 ... [Full Story »] 

Outdoor burning ban now in effect

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CommerceNewsTODAY
Friday, May 3. 2013
If you’ve got leaves, limbs or other yard waste to burn, you’ll have to wait until October to burn it. A ban on outdoor burning is in effect in 54 Georgia counties, primarily in the northern half of the state. The ban includes Banks, Barrow, Jackson and Madison counties and is required by the state Environmental Protection Division to ... [Full Story »] 

Linda Foster latest to leave chamber

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CommerceNewsTODAY
Friday, May 3. 2013
The Jackson County Area Chamber of Commerce is losing its most senior employee. Linda Foster, vice president for member services for the past nine years, will leave May 21 to become the executive director of Family Connections. “Linda facilitated the Leadership Jackson program for the past five years, organized and directed the annual awards ... [Full Story »] 

Nicholson Daisy Festival is this weekend

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CommerceNewsTODAY
Friday, May 3. 2013
The annual Nicholson Daisy Festival will be held this weekend with a parade, booths and entertainment planned. The festival is held on the city grounds where the community center and City Hall are located. The festival will kick off at 3 p.m. on Friday when the booths open. A cakewalk, comedian and karaoke are all on tap Friday evening. The ... [Full Story »] 

Tag reader leads to recovery of stolen vehicle

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CommerceNewsTODAY
Wednesday, May 1. 2013
The Commerce Police Department’s (relatively) new auto tag reader resulted in the recovery last week of a vehicle reported stolen in Athens-Clarke. A Commerce officer was on patrol on U.S. 441 southbound when the tag reader alerted him that a vehicle was stolen. When the officer tried to pull the vehicle over, it slowed down, but continued ... [Full Story »] 

Rabies clinics under way

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CommerceNewsTODAY
Wednesday, May 1. 2013
Jackson County will continue its spring offensive against rabies through Saturday 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 »] 

Maysville buys land for park

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CommerceNewsTODAY
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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CommerceNewsTODAY
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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CommerceNewsTODAY
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 »] 
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