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The cost of a $51 million Clarke County Jail expansion scheduled to begin in 2011 is on par with other recently built jails, but Athens taxpayers may be getting less for their money. Comment?
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The cost of a $51 million Clarke County Jail expansion scheduled to begin in 2011 is on par with other recently built jails, but Athens taxpayers may be getting less for their money. Comment?
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Ken Justice: New jail plan can be made better
The latest proposal for an expanded Clarke County Jail certainly represents a dramatic improvement for local taxpayers from the earlier, and completely unjustifiable, $100 million proposal for complete replacement of the facility . Comment?
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Keierra Jackson: Don't cut youth club funding
It seems as if Athens-Clarke County commissioners don't have their priorities together, as they consider redirecting $1.8 million in special-purpose, local-option sales tax funds from a youth facilities initiative to a diversion center to house and rehabilitate nonviolent criminals . Comment?
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Clarke County, Georgia, Achieves 12.8% CRCT Gains in Five Weeks
Portland, ME, November 12, 2009 -- -- Clarke County, Georgia, saw a 12.8% rise in 8th grade state test results after using a new mathematics program from Walch Education this past summer. Comment?
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Around Oconee: Jessie Johnson honored
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... an infant care drive to benefit the Athens Area Homeless Shelter, Athens Battered Women's Shelter and Athens-Clarke County DFACs. Committee members are collecting infant care products such as disposable diapers, baby wipes, baby wash and baby ... Comment?
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Realtors sponsoring infant care drive
The Athens Area Association of Realtors is organizing an Infant Care Drive to benefit the Athens Area Homeless Shelter, Athens Battered Women's Shelter and Athens-Clarke County DFACs. Comment?
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... its mental health care and other programs for struggling musicians. The appeals court overturned a decision by Clarke County Superior Court Judge Lawton Stephens that Nui's Space, a rehearsal site and resource center for musicians, is exempt from ... Comment?
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Phillip Bridges: Athens' water is nothing special
I read the Banner-Herald's Tuesday story in which an Athens-Clarke County government public utilities engineer extolled the taste of Athens-Clarke's tap water . Comment?
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The Clarke County Board of Education is scheduled to discuss tonight a nonprofit's interest in buying a 6-acre site next to Stroud Elementary School in East Athens for its efforts to assist homeless people. Comment?
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Realtors seeking infant care items
... products through Nov. 13 for the Athens Area Homeless Shelter, the Athens Battered Women's Shelter and the Clarke County Department of Family and Children Services. Realtors seeking infant care items Published Members of the Athens Area Association ... Comment?
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Winterville planners won't back new class of zoning
... Commission member George Chandler recommended that Sycamore Ridge supporters look for a tract of land in Clarke County, though he recognized the need for services for developmentally disabled people. "We want to stay a single-family residential ... Comment?
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Brief Cases: New thrift shop opens
... in the Athens community. PS2 opened in early September in Suite 109, 1055 Gaines School Road, next to the Clarke County Water Business office in the Village at Cedar Shoals shopping center. PS2 has been set up as a trendy boutique, selling gently ... Comment?
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... history. Free. (706) 613-3650, ext. 350 or www.clarke.public.lib.ga.us. Beauty and the Beast 3 p.m., Athens-Clarke County Library This classic follows Belle as she learns to love the beast who holds her captive. Can't beat a talking candlestick! ... Comment?
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... Coffey, Eli Bates, Grace Johnson, Julia Bloom, Jay Lavender and Abigail Provost. Sheriff's Office Promotions: Clarke County Sheriff's Office's Grace Spence was promoted from sergeant to lieutenant assigned to the jail and David McAllister was ... Comment?
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Ken Justice: Column on SPLOST shortsighted
Once again, we see a recommendation on the Banner-Herald's opinion pages for placing a huge new $100 million county jail on the next list of special-purpose, local-option sales tax-funded projects in Clarke County . Comment?
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... Kathy Perry enjoys an afternoon of reading with kindergarten students. Ag Scholarships: President of the Clarke County Farm Bureau, Dr. Norman McGlohon, presents recent Clarke Central High School graduates Stephanie Guzman and Natalie Lett with ... Comment?
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... Ruling may nullify local bar law - The Georgia Supreme Court issued a ruling that could negate some Athens-Clarke County bar laws. The case was out of Atlanta and involved strippers, but could also apply here because the justices unanimously found ... Comment?
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Clarke BOE approves charter school board
The Clarke County Board of Education on Thursday approved the appointment of eight local business leaders and three parents to the governing board of the new Athens Community Career Academy. Comment?
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Clarke BOE approves charter school board
The Clarke County Board of Education on Thursday approved the appointment of eight local business leaders and three parents to the governing board of the new Athens Community Career Academy. Comment?
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