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Barrow County’s planning commission last week threw its support behind a master-planned residential subdivision with more than 170 single-family homes off Highway 211 near the terminus of the future West Winder Bypass.
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A diabetes education class to be in Spanish will be held Aug. 27 at 10 a.m. at the Medlink Rehab Center on West Athens St. in Winder.
Winder city councilwoman Holly Sheats is resigning, effectively immediately, in a move she said is due to her frustration with the city’s administration and the process in which the city’s fis…
Mainstreet Newspapers' co-publisher Mike Buffington was named president of the International Society of Weekly Newspaper Editors during the group's conference July 17.
With just over a month left in its fiscal year, Auburn’s city council is holding weekly budget workshops to discuss and finalize its FY2022 proposed budget, which is set to receive final appro…
Officials with the various municipalities in Barrow County were expected to be presented this week by county officials with a draft agreement on how collections from a would-be new 1-cent spec…
DANIELSVILLE - Cynthia "Cindy" Alexander Courtney, 61, Daniels…
DULUTH - Mary Ellen Loner, 82, Duluth, passed away Saturday, J…
STATHAM - Doris Mayrelle Dunahoo Watkins, 82, Statham, passed …
NICHOLSON — George Weyman Brown, 70, Nicholson, passed away Fr…
COMMERCE — Julia Ann Williams, 80, Commerce, passed away on Tu…
HOSCHTON - Barbara Cowart Lee, 80, Hoschton, a beloved mother,…
Caleb Heady is in full control of the Lanier Speedway INEX Legends Series pro division standings after round two Wednesday night.
Walking around Lanier Raceplex this month, you'll see lot of familiar faces from the track's rich history.
Piedmont Athens Regional Medical Center recently recognized Bethlehem Christian Academy baseball and football player Caleb Craft as its last Athlete of the Month, a program that recognizes one…
BRASELTON – The Lanier Speedway INEX Racing Series kicked off its four-race season Thursday with a night featuring eight races featuring bandolero cars and US Legends Cars. Caleb Heady won the…
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- Spanish language diabetes class to be held
- Winder council member Sheats resigns, citing frustrations with city leadership
- BUFFINGTON: Way back, it was conservatives who called for gun control
- YMCA opens enrollment for early learning program
- Buffington named president of ISWNE
- Auburn continues budget work for FY2022
- Date for BOC SPLOST referendum call pushed back to late August
- Analysis: CFIT campus project has broad support, but needs fine-tuning
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- Off-duty Auburn police officer one of two killed in crash
- Proposed train route would go through Barrow, Jackson and Madison counties
- Law enforcement agencies around county report recent arrests
- Winder council approves FY22 budget with projected tax increase; millage rate hearings kick off next week
- County planning commission backs rezoning for new subdivision near West Winder Bypass
- Sheriff’s office, police departments report recent arrests around county
- Pair of teens arrested after spray-painting vacant city-owned building in Winder
- Analysis: CFIT campus project has broad support, but needs fine-tuning
- The Varsity plans new location in Barrow County
- Auburn council heads toward approval of Fowler Farms annexation, rezoning
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The Barrow County Sheriff’s Office and the Auburn, Braselton, Statham and Winder police departments reported the following arrests around the county July 12-18.
The following incidents July 8-14 were among those that the Winder Police Department responded to.
The following arrests around the county July 5-11 were reported by the Barrow County Sheriff’s Office and the Auburn, Statham and Winder police departments.
The following incidents July 1-7 were among those that the Winder Police Department responded to.
The following incidents were among those that the Auburn Police Department responded to last week.
One of the pillars of modern American politics revolves around the Second Amendment, the right to bear arms.
From the moment that George Elliott stopped in for a bite at the Dawsonville Pool Room in the mid-1970s and told the joint’s owner, Gordon Pirkle, that the Elliott family was going to take a r…
It will likely take years to unpack the final days of the Trump presidency and understand the full weight of the Jan. 6 insurgency on the U.S. Capitol that sought to thwart our democratic proc…
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The dedication of the Barrow County Senior Citizens Center in 2002 opened opportunities for Barrow County resident seniors to be bused to and from the center for lunch and activities.
The YMCA of Metro Atlanta announced recently early learning enrollment is open at 11 Y Early Learning Program locations for the 2021-2022 school year. That includes the Barrow County site, located at 55 Maynard St., Winder.
The Piedmont Regional Library System now offers ABCMouse.com, an online early-learning tool aimed at boosting child reading scores, for free for every library card holder within the system
Following its recent “Best of Winder” selection, Covenant Life Sanctuary, 115 Patrick Mill Rd. SW, has launched a 24/7 internet radio station called “Covenant Life Radio.”
The Statham Public Library is now fully open for business in its newly-renovated and expanded space at 1928 Railroad St., leaders have announced.
Winder-Barrow Community Theatre concluded its second round of its summer Drama Camp the week of June 21-25. Two sessions were held each day with children ages 5-9 attending in the morning and …
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The Barrow County Board of Education on Tuesday, July 13, approved an architect for the future middle school at the school district’s Austin Road property in Winder.
The following orientations for high school equivalency classes through Lanier Technical College for those looking to earn their GED have been scheduled at the Wimberly Center for Community Dev…
The following local students were among those who graduated from Valdosta State University this spring.
The following local students have earned the distinction of Dean's List at the Georgia Institute of Technology for the spring 2021 semester after obtaining a grade-point average of 3.0 or higher:
Union Baptist Church, 534 Rockwell Church Rd. NE, Winder, has the following weekly services:
Calvary Baptist Church, 1086 Atlanta Hwy., Auburn, has announced new service times has the church begins its return toward normal operations amid the coronavirus pandemic.
Here is a running list of church service modifications and other event cancellations or modifications in Barrow County in response to the coronavirus pandemic. It will be updated frequently as…
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