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Dawson County News

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Sunday | The Times

State program offers work skills training

Be Work Ready To register, contact Royce Glenn or Laura Westbrooks at 770-531-6358. Read more at www.begaworkready.org or www.laniertech.edu . By Carolyn Crist ccrist@gainesvilletimes.com 770-718-3407 Unemployed Georgians seeking jobs now have a new resource: the Be Work Ready program.

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Wed Jun 24, 2009

WDUN-AM Gainesville

Dawson Co. business receiving OneGeorgia Award

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.

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Related Topix: Dawsonville, GA

Tue Jun 23, 2009

WDUN-AM Gainesville

Plans move ahead for motorsports park

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.

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Sat Jun 20, 2009

The Times

Lawsuit challenges motorsports park

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

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Related Topix: Home Listing, Home, Dawsonville, GA

Thu Jun 18, 2009

RISMedia

Getaways - Youa ll Have a Ga day at the Kangaroo Conservation Center ina Georgia?

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.

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Related Topix: Georgia, Dahlonega, GA, Deliverance, Drama Movies, Biography Movies, Thriller, Adventure, Dawsonville, GA

Wed Jun 17, 2009

What's Up Daybook

Community Invited to Attend Dawson Day Thunder in the Sky Fireworks...

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.

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Related Topix: Dawsonville, GA, Kids, Family

Fri Jun 05, 2009

WDUN-AM Gainesville

Father and son among three arrested for string of Dawson

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

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Wed Jun 03, 2009

Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Feds rest terror case vs. ex-Tech student

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.

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Related Topix: Georgia Tech, Terrorism, Prison

Tue Jun 02, 2009

The Times

Morris on the mend from injuries

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.

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Related Topix: Gainesville, GA, Criminal Defense Law, Law

Sat May 30, 2009

WDUN-AM Gainesville

Dawson County suspends impact fees

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.

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Mon May 18, 2009

WDUN-AM Gainesville

The number of farms in NE Ga. still declining

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.

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Related Topix: Forsyth, GA, Agriculture, Science, Jackson, GA

Mon May 11, 2009

MyFoxAtlanta

Motorcyclist Dies in Dawson County Wreck

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

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Athens Banner-Herald

Motorcycle rider dies in Dawson County wreck

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

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Related Topix: Athens, GA, Athens Metro

The Times

Indigent defense 'stiffed by state,' local attorneys say

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.

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Related Topix: Georgia, Hall County, GA, Gainesville, GA

Fri May 08, 2009

The Times

Fundraiser celebrates 20 years of CASA helping kids

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.

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Related Topix: Kids, Family

Wed May 06, 2009

The Times

Dawsonville in hunt for police car plant

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

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Related Topix: Dawsonville, GA, Atlanta Metro, Braselton, GA, Pooler, GA

Sun May 03, 2009

The Times

Rain can't wash out Dawsonville's Spring Fling Festival

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

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Related Topix: Dawsonville, GA, Lumpkin County, GA

Mon Apr 27, 2009

WDUN-AM Gainesville

Smoke detector saved life in Dawson Co. blaze

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

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Related Topix: Fire

Thu Apr 23, 2009

WDUN-AM Gainesville

Forsyth's Silver Lining

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.

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Related Topix: Forsyth County, GA, Cumming, GA

Sat Apr 18, 2009

Athens Banner-Herald

Joining the mob at Georgia kangaroo center

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

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Related Topix: Nelson, GA, Ellijay, GA, Dahlonega, GA, Dawsonville, GA, Home Gardening, Home

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