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Nancy Bentley named principal at BCMS

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Tuesday, July 24. 2012

Nancy Bentley has been named as the principal of Banks County Middle School. Bentley, who was previously the assistant principal at BCES, will assume the position immediately. Prior to becoming the assistant principal at the elementary school, Ms. Bentley was the instructional lead teacher at BCMS. She began her career with the school system in ... [Full Story »]

BOE approves $35.9 million budget for 2013

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Wednesday, July 18. 2012

In a unanimous vote at Monday’s monthly meeting, the Banks County Board of Education approved the fiscal year 2013 budget totaling $35.9 million. Finance director Mike Beasley presented the budget for approval. The approved budget reflects a total increase of 8.7 percent over the 2012 budget. Superintendent Chris Erwin said the increase is ... [Full Story »]

County-cities can’t agree on sales tax allocation

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Monday, July 9. 2012

County and city leaders failed to reach an agreement Friday on how the local option sales tax should be divided up and they are now headed to court for a ruling on the issue. County leaders met in one room of the county annex in Homer to go over their proposal, while representatives from the towns met in another room to go over their proposal. ... [Full Story »]

Degges ousted as Baldwin city administrator

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Monday, July 2. 2012

Karen Degges was ousted as the city administrator of the City of Baldwin on Friday. This action came after a failed attempt to obtain four council votes in favor of including money in the 2012-13 budgets for the city administrator’s payroll and benefits and the re-appointment of Degges as city administrator. Approximately 20 people turned out ... [Full Story »]

Parrish vetoes council action: Budget for city administrator’s position cut

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Tuesday, June 26. 2012

Funding for the Baldwin city administrator’s position was cut Monday night following veto action by Mayor Pro Tem Jeff Parrish. Following an approximately one-hour-and-45-minute closed session to discuss personnel and potential litigation, Parrish issued two letters of veto for action that was taken earlier in the council meeting on Monday. ... [Full Story »]

BCN office now in new location

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Saturday, June 23. 2012

The Banks County News office is now located in the historic old Journal building in Homer. Mainstreet Newspapers, the parent firm of the News, recently completed a transaction with the Garrison family to swap its current building with the old Journal office, which is located at 953 Historic Homer Highway, about 100 yards south of the current ... [Full Story »]

Maysville ends 2011 in the black

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Monday, June 18. 2012

The Town of Maysville ended 2011 in the black and has now accumulated over a year’s worth of reserves in its General Fund. Maysville had revenues of $800,100 last year. Of that, $261,600 came from sales taxes. The town’s largest expense was its police department at $263,200. At the end of 2011, the town had accumulated over $914,000 in ... [Full Story »]

Court rules that sheriff candidate does reside in county

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Tuesday, June 12. 2012

A Banks County couple questioned whether sheriff candidate Carlton Speed resides in the county and a court official ruled Tuesday that he is a county resident. At a hearing on Tuesday afternoon, Banks County Clerk of Courts Tim Harper ruled that based on the evidence presented that Mr. Speed is a resident of Banks County. Betty Archer Ayers and ... [Full Story »]

Slight increase in proposed Homer budget

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Monday, June 11. 2012

Homer Mayor, Doug Cheek presented the proposed 2012-2013 budget to the city council its regular work session last Tuesday. The proposed budget for the 2013 fiscal year, which begins July 1, 2012 and ends June 31, 2013, contains a total projected cost to operate the city at $388,600. This figure is balanced with a total projected revenue for the ... [Full Story »]

Tire round up planned Friday only

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Friday, June 8. 2012

The Banks County Commissioners, along with Keep Our Mountains Beautiful -Bank County, is hosting a Free Tire Roundup on Friday, June 8, from 7:30 a.m. until 3:30 p.m. at the Road Department located at 419 Otis Rucker Road, Homer. The tire round up will not be held on Saturday, as was listed in a front page article in this week’s issue. ... [Full Story »]

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