Entries by Mike Buffington

The City of Statham Police Department is conducting a series of neighborhood watch meetings for residents. The first meeting was held Jan.19 and referenced prescription drug abuse. The next meeting will be held Feb. 16 at the Statham Police Department located at 338 Jefferson Street at 7 p.m.
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Public – and even political – intervention has not stopped Georgia’s state parks director from moving forward with a new fee for the use of the mountain bike trails at Fort Yargo State Park. Becky Kelley, director of the State Parks & Historic Sites Division of the Georgia Department of Natural Resources, announced her decision in a Jan. 25 press release. [Full Story »] 

Four months before candidates can even qualify to run in Barrow County’s 2012 elections, a contest for the District 1 seat on the Barrow County Board of Commissioners already has taken shape. [Full Story »] 

Controversial Winder City Clerk Sabrina Wall was removed from her job this week by the Winder City Council. In a called session Tuesday night, the council voted unanimously to appoint Gloria Andrews as the new city clerk. Andrews has been the assistant city clerk since October 2007.

The move comes four months after the council learned that Wall had taken action to challenge the voting rights of nearly 40 percent of the city’s voters. The subsequent fallout helped unseat former Mayor Chip Thompson and was reportedly one of the reasons Wall wasn’t retained as clerk for the new city administration.
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