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Yesterday | Athens Banner-Herald

Around Oconee: Remember the champs

The Mothers Huddle is making plans for a 10-year reunion of the 1999 Oconee County High Warriors State Championship team, scheduled for 4 p.m. Dec.

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Related Topix: Watkinsville, GA, Athens, GA, Athens Metro, Bogart, GA

Wed Dec 02, 2009

Athens Banner-Herald

Oconee County police blotter

The Oconee County Sheriff's Office reported the following incidents: Oconee County police blotter Published The Oconee County Sheriff's Office reported the following incidents: Burglary: On Nov.

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Related Topix: Bishop, GA, Comer, GA, Bogart, GA

Tue Dec 01, 2009

Athens Banner-Herald

With water, will growth flow here?

When Atlanta gets cut off from its main source of drinking water in 2012, new businesses and residents could come pouring over to Northeast Georgia.

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Related Topix: Atlanta, GA

Sun Nov 29, 2009

www.oconeecountyobservations.blogspot... | Lee Becker

Citizen Committee Gives Report on Courthouse, Mitigation to Oconee BOC

The Oconee County Board of Commissioners received a report last Tuesday from its Land Use and Transportation Planning Committee that included a summary of committee discussions on the future of the courthouse and the committee's recommendation regarding a resolution on stream and wetland mitigation, but it took no action in response to the report.

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Related Topix: Opinion

Sat Nov 28, 2009

Athens Banner-Herald

'Grease' is the word at Oconee Youth Playhouse in January

With a cast of more than 100 of the area's most talented young people, the award-winning Broadway musical "Grease" will kick of the 2010 performance season of the Oconee Youth Playhouse.

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Related Topix: Comedy Movies, Grease, Musical Movies, Watkinsville, GA

Athens Banner-Herald

Georgia Club gets higher visibility

The Georgia Club, a large, upscale mixed-use subdivision that straddles Barrow and Oconee counties, plans to become more visible to drivers along Georgia Highway 316.

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Related Topix: Barrow County, GA

Thu Nov 26, 2009

Athens Banner-Herald

Around Oconee: Cars give a boost

A car show has been organized to benefit the Oconee County Soccer Booster Club. The show will be held from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday in the Oconee County Middle School parking lot at Butler's Crossing.

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Related Topix: Events, Life, Hobbies, Genealogy, Watkinsville, GA

Wed Nov 25, 2009

Athens Banner-Herald

Police raid two stores over gambling arrests

The owner of two Athens convenience stores and four of his employees face gambling charges after they made cash payouts to undercover officers who played video slot machines in the stores, Athens-Clarke police said.

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Related Topix: Athens, GA, Athens Metro

Tue Nov 24, 2009

Augusta Chronicle

Heisted ATM found in truck

A man was looking for poachers on his land just over the Oconee County line when he found an ATM that a team of thieves stole four months ago from a bank off Atlanta Highway in Western Clarke County, officials said.

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Related Topix: Athens, GA

Sun Nov 22, 2009

tiny.cc | Lee Becker

Oconee BOC to Get Report from Land Use Committee

The Citizen Advisory Committee for Land Use and Transportation Planning is scheduled to make a report Tuesday night to the Oconee County Board of Commissioners on its work over the last year, including its review of a resolution on stream and wetland mitigation and its consideration of options for expansion of the courthouse.

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Related Topix: Watkinsville, GA, Opinion

Athens Banner-Herald

Poverty tightens grip on Clarke

Twice as many Clarke County residents lived in poverty last year than in 2000, according to Census Bureau estimates released this week.

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Related Topix: Athens, GA, Athens Metro, University of Georgia

Fri Nov 20, 2009

Oconee Politics

Wanted: MORE Democratic candidates for public office in Oconee County ...

Thursday, November 19, 2009 Wanted: MORE Democratic candidates for public office in Oconee County and the 10th District of Georgia The Oconee County Democratic Committee met once again this evening, and it is basically the same set of folks lamenting our lack of candidates for the same set of offices time and time again.

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Related Topix: Representative Paul Broun, US Politics, US News, Republican, US House of Representatives, Home Gardening, Home, Watkinsville, GA, North High Shoals, GA, Life, Holidays, Christmas

Athens Banner-Herald

North High Shoals mayor steps down, feeling he's unneeded

Jeff Thomas' 18-year stint as mayor of North High Shoals ended with a resignation letter.

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Related Topix: North High Shoals, GA

Wed Nov 18, 2009

Athens Banner-Herald

Oconee County police blotter

The Oconee County Sheriff's Office reported the following incidents: Oconee County police blotter Published Wednesday, November 18, 2009 The Oconee County Sheriff's Office reported the following incidents: Burglary: On Nov.

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Related Topix: Bogart, GA, Athens, GA, Athens Metro, Watkinsville, GA

Tue Nov 17, 2009

tiny.cc | Lee Becker

Oconee QuikTrip To Include 19 Willow Oaks and 7 Red Maples

Sometime in the next three to six months, drivers using the Mars Hill road/Daniells Bridge road/Oconee Connector intersection will have a chance to stop for a coffee/toilet/snack break mid-junction at the new QuikTrip, officially to be QuikTrip Store No. 819.

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Related Topix: Watkinsville, GA, Opinion

Mon Nov 16, 2009

www.oconeecountyobservations.blogspot... | Lee Becker

Oconee Citizen Committee Hears About Space Options for Courthouse

Watkinsville Mayor Jim Luken told the Oconee County Citizen Advisory Committee for Land Use and Transportation Planning at its meeting last week that he believes the county administrative offices should remain at the present courthouse while the court functions could be moved close to the jail.

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Related Topix: Watkinsville, GA, Winder, GA, Opinion

Sat Nov 14, 2009

Athens Banner-Herald

Thompson: Deflating Smith's trial balloon no fun

To answer the question you'll have in just a second: Yes, it was fun to leave a politician speechless for a change, although not as much fun as you might suppose.

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Related Topix: Watkinsville, GA, Opinion

Thu Nov 12, 2009

The Oconee Leader

County pays tribute to veterans

Sunday afternoon to commemorate the nation's armed forces past and present, living and deceased it was impossible not to feel a sense of togetherness.

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Related Topix: US Military, US Army, Fort Hood, Atlanta, GA, University of Georgia, Life, Veteran Affairs

Wed Nov 11, 2009

www.oconeecountyobservations.blogspot... | Lee Becker

Oconee County Citizen Committee Says No to Mitigation Resolution

The Oconee County Citizen Advisory Committee on Land Use and Transportation Planning voted overwhelmingly last night not to recommend that the Board of Commissioners pass a resolution before it stating the county's preference for mitigation of damage to stream and wetlands in the county with restoration in the county.

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Related Topix: Georgia, Science, Ecology, University of Georgia, Opinion

WDUN-AM Gainesville

WHHS named a School of Excellence

"These schools are getting great results from all students in many different areas," state Schools Superintendent Kathy Cox said.

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Related Topix: Atlanta, GA, Atlanta Metro, Georgia, Best of 2007, Forsyth County, GA

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