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Truby: Projects ahead of schedule

At the Jan. 8 Family Connections Collaborative meeting, superintendent Dr. Bill Truby explained the different ‘pots’ of money being used for school building programs, including Special Purpose Local Option Sales Tax, a Quality Zone Academy…

GA. unemployment surging at alarming rate

The Georgia Department of Labor says unemployment insurance claims shot up 174 percent last month compared to December 2007.Thurmond says 128,625 laid-off workers filed first-time claims in December.His department also processed 19,160 first-time claims for…

Assessors handle unusual appeal

The Lamar County tax assessors board ran up on an unusual appeal at its Jan. 6 meeting ‘“ for a vehicle. Records indicate it is the first such appeal the board has handled.Automobile appeals are…

Notification sent regarding suspected CUVA breaches

Lamar County tax assessors addressed several Conserva-tion Use Valuation Assess-ments at its Jan. 6, meeting, releasing two families due to death and illness, tabling another and agreeing to send letters to numerous owners suspected of…

Patterson, Idol appointed to IDA

County administrator Wayne Patterson and citizen Cheryl Idol were appointed to the Barnesville-Lamar County Industrial Development Authority by the county commission January 13.The new appointees replace former commissioner Gene Hardwick and Bruce Akins on the…

Deer destroyed by wild dogs

Animal Control was called to the home of Bob Taylor on Murphey Ave. in Barnesville this morning to pick up a stiff, dead deer that had been attacked at some point during the night.The body…

Sheriff: No real threat at Rock Springs

The school facility at the mammoth Rock Springs Congregational Methodist Church in northeast Lamar County was secured January 13 after a man showed up there threatening to take his own life.Sheriff Larry Waller reported the…

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