Dawson County News

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BRUNSWICK a ' Governor Sonny Perdue and members of the OneGeorgia Authority Board met today at the College of Coastal Georgia in Brunswick and approved grants and loans from the OneGeorgia Authoritya TMs portfolio of financing programs.

The people behind the proposed motorsports park in Dawson County are forging ahead with their plans despite a suit that has been filed, attempting to stop the project.

The attorney for a couple attempting to block the construction of a motorsports country club in western Dawson County vows a lengthy legal battle.

RISMEDIA, June 19, 2009- -The North Georgia Mountains are well-known for a number of things, especially their incredible beauty A with walls of splashily vibrant rhododendron, towering forests, and innumerable rushing waterfalls.

Make plans now to attend the first annual Dawson Day Thunder in the Sky Fireworks Extravaganza Independence Day celebration on Friday, July 3 at Rock Creek Park in Dawsonville.

" A trio has been arrested for stealing items from vacant and vacation homes in Dawson County to furnish a personal home they were building.

Federal prosecutors rested their case Wednesday against Syed Haris Ahmed, a former Georgia Tech student on trial for conspiring to support terrorism here and overseas.

Family, friends and colleagues of Northeastern Circuit Public Defender Brad Morris hope he'll be able to come back to Gainesville soon after spending two weeks in critical but stable condition at an Atlanta hospital following a devastating crash on his motorized scooter.

No more impact fees for new construction in Dawson County...at least for now...as county officials look for ways to kick-start new development.

Gwinnett and Forsyth, each show a 42 percent decline in the number of farms between 2002-2007. The report also shows that Dawson County lost six percent of its farms during the period; Hall, four percent; and, Jackson, three percent.

The Georgia State Patrol says a collision between a motorcycle and a car in Dawson County left one man dead.

The Georgia State Patrol says a collision between a motorcycle and a car in Dawson County left one man dead.

A tightening of funding for lawyers appointed to represent some poor people in court has resulted in public defender offices in Georgia representing clients with the potential for conflicts of interest.

Over the last 20 years, trained volunteers have appeared in juvenile court to advocate more than 3,000 abused or neglected children in Dawson and Hall counties.

Dawsonville is in the running for an assembly plant that would build a specialized, high-performance police car.

Weather wasn't particularly kind to Dawsonville's Spring Fling festival this weekend, but it didn't put a damper on enthusiasm.

The lone occupant of a house in Dawson County escaped an early morning fire Monday unharmed.

Times may be tough but the economy in Forsyth County continues to enjoy a climate that is better than most north Georgia communities, according to the Cumming-Forsyth County Chamber of Commerce.

In 2000, after many years of supplying animals to zoos, Debbie and Roger Nelson opened the Kangaroo Conservation Center to the public.