The Barrow County School System had three schools recognized as top performing Title I schools by the Georgia Department of Education recently.
The Winder City Council, during its Tuesday, Dec. 3 meeting, approved raising the city’s wastewater rates for the remainder of its fiscal year as it attempts to close an operating deficit in the city’s sewer fund.
Barrow County Emergency Services is “facing a crisis” in its staffing levels, according to its chief, and the department has requested that the county board of commissioners approve a retention incentive payment for nearly three dozen of its employees.
The Winder City Council approved annexation and rezoning requests Tuesday, Dec. 3, that will allow for the development of an apartment complex, which advocates for the project say will provide much-needed workforce housing inside the city.
Continuing with this edition, past newspaper front pages will highlight local news and history in Winder and Barrow County. This front page is from the Dec. 3, 1969 edition of The Winder News.
Barrow County students will start school in early August for the next two years and have the breaks to which they have become accustomed. In addition, traffic around schools should slow down a bit or end up with speeding tickets.
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The Statham police chief, Allan Johnston, resigned his position Sunday, Dec. 1.
Braselton leaders will hold a hearing in December on a development request previously rejected by the town council.
The City of Auburn plans to use funding from the state to widen and resurface Heritage Way, the entrance to the Heritage Park neighborhood.
A wedding venue company based in Texas and Oklahoma plans to purchase property in Winder and build “one of the most desirable wedding/reception venues in the entire state of Georgia,” according to its application to Barrow County planning staff.
The Boys and Girls Club of Winder-Barrow County will celebrate “Giving Tuesday,” the largest global giving day of the year, on Dec. 3.
Continuing with this edition, past newspaper front pages will highlight local news and history in Winder and Barrow County. This front page is from the Nov. 26, 1969 edition of The Winder News.
Barrow County and the City of Winder have yet to resolve two outstanding service-delivery issues, and a court-ordered mediation session earlier this month did not yield any agreements, leaving both parties uncertain about when the issue will be put to rest and when an updated service-deliver…
The City of Winder is eyeing an increase to its wastewater rates for the remainder of the current fiscal year and additional increases over the coming fiscal years as it attempts to chip away at an operating deficit in its sewer fund.
The Barrow Book Partnership, along with the Barrow Community Foundation, received a $2,500 Walmart Community Grant from the Winder store. The Winder Walmart's management team includes several former Barrow County School System students and graduates. The grant will provide age-appropriate bo…
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Steffanie Sorrells has been named Businesswoman of the Year for 2019 by the Barrow County Chamber of Commerce.
Georgia voters will have plenty to sort out during 2020 as both of our U.S. Senate seats will be on the ballot.
Barrow County is in the running to be the next home to an undisclosed manufacturing business that would bring in 200 jobs to the community, according to the county’s director of economic development.
The Barrow County School System has had its most difficult year recently in seeking bus drivers, and it will remain short until training is completed for a new group of drivers.
Continuing with this edition, past newspaper front pages will highlight local news and history in Winder and Barrow County. This front page is from the Nov. 19, 1969 edition of The Winder News.
Students in Barrow County will continue to start school near the beginning of August for the next two years if the Barrow Board of Education accepts the recommendation made Tuesday, Nov. 19, at its work session.
The Barrow County School System will probably have traffic studies done at each school and speed enforcement cameras placed at those schools that have a large number of speeders.
Barrow County is expected to pay about $2.6 million toward the Upper Oconee Basin Water Authority's 2020 budget.
G.P.’s Enterprises, Inc., of Auburn, recently celebrated its 35th anniversary with a company-wide picnic.
The Winder City Council has altered its meeting schedule for the remainder of the year, and the change is likely to take effect through next year as well.
Two Winder-Barrow High School students were arrested Tuesday, Nov. 19, for possession of a firearm on school property.
The Auburn City Council, during its Thursday, Nov. 7 voting session, approved lower rental rates at the Perry Rainey Center in an attempt to draw more people to use the venue.
The Statham Ethics Committee dismissed its first complaint Wednesday, Nov. 6, on a unanimous 3-0 vote.
Economic development is “going in the right direction,” Georgia Chamber of Commerce President Chris Clark told the Barrow County Chamber of Commerce on Nov. 5, but he warned the majority of jobs in the future “don’t exist right now.”
Continuing with this edition, past newspaper front pages will highlight local news and history in Winder and Barrow County. This front page is from the Nov. 12, 1969 edition of The Winder News.
Members of Cumming Chapter 1030 of the Vietnam Veterans of America have come to the aid of the Veterans residing at the Northeast Georgia Homeless Shelter in Winder.
The local Amvets Post 12 recently handed out its Americanism Essay and drawing awards to the students and teacher that won at the state convention. John Sliman and Tina Watkins of the post handed out the awards. Sliman is pictured above handing out the first-place student award to Samantha T…
Barrow County will be submitting a funding application to the state for just over $1 million in road resurfacing work.
Veterans salute the flag during the national anthem Monday, Nov. 11, at a Veterans Day ceremony hosted by the local Amvets Post 12 at the Winder Community Center.
Members of the Winder-Barrow High School JROTC retire American flags during a Veterans Day ceremony hosted by the Winder-based Sunbury Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution on Saturday, Nov. 9, at Watson Hall.
The Barrow County Historical Society held its fall membership dinner inside the Perry-Rainey Center in Auburn on Oct. 21.
The City of Auburn has been selected by the Georgia Municipal Association (GMA) to receive one of the Employee Health and Wellbeing Incentive Grants awarded statewide to promote worksite programs designed to enhance the health and wellbeing of city employees and family members.
The Winder City Council, during a short meeting Tuesday, Nov. 5, approved a wholesale water agreement with the City of Statham.
The Barrow County Board of Education voted 7-2 Nov. 5 to increase its members' pay for the first time since 1988.
Continuing with this edition, past newspaper front pages will highlight local news and history in Winder and Barrow County. This front page is from the Nov. 5, 1969 edition of The Winder News.
More than 100 teenagers created the “cardboard city,” to demonstrate the effects of poverty and homelessness at the St. Matthew Catholic Church in Winder.
The noise is loud in the gym, partly because of the space and partly because of the youngsters involved. The kids are young and students from high school service clubs help out.
After some uncertainty, Joe Piper was declared the winner of the Statham mayoral race, while Tammy Crawley was declared the winner of the special city council election Wednesday morning, Nov. 6.
There will be two new faces and a new dynamic on the Winder City Council come January as the two women running for seats won their elections Tuesday, Nov. 5.
The Barrow County Board of Education will vote Tuesday, Nov. 5, on increasing its members pay from $50 per meeting to $200 per month and $300 for the chairman.
A proposed walking trail extending from city-owned property near downtown Winder to Fort Yargo State Park would be largely funded through a new state grant program if the City of Winder’s application is approved — though the city will likely still wind up kicking in more than $330,000 on top…
Continuing with this edition, past newspaper front pages will highlight local news and history in Winder and Barrow County. This front page is from the Oct. 29, 1969 edition of The Winder News.
Barrow County’s performance on Georgia’s CCRPI – college and career readiness performance index – was mixed for 2019. The state released its CCRPI scores Friday.
Three administrative positions in the Barrow County School System were filled at a called board of education meeting Tuesday, Oct. 22.
The Barrow County School System may return to a past practice of doing two years of school calendars at once.
First-place in the Technology Student Association for the second time in two years.
“It’s one of the best things we do,” superintendent Chris McMichael said Wednesday, Oct. 23, about four Barrow County eighth-grade students and parents signing REACH contracts as their selection for the program was officially announced.
The City of Winder held its annual Halloween Spooktacular festival Friday, Oct. 25, at Jug Tavern Park. Visitors were treated to candy, food and craft vendors and numerous children's activities.
The six candidates running for three Winder City Council seats generally agreed the city needs to upgrade its roads and infrastructure to accommodate growth and attract more economic development, but offered varying approaches to the issue during a forum Wednesday, Oct. 23.
The City of Auburn has had several inquiries from the public about its newly-renovated Perry Rainey Center, but has not yet rented the place out for events.
Continuing with this edition, past newspaper front pages will highlight local news and history in Winder and Barrow County. This front page is from the Oct. 22, 1969 edition of The Winder News.
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