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Early voting to be held July 29-Aug. 6 for runoff election

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Angela Gary
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Wednesday, July 28. 2010
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Banks County voters can cast their ballots early for the August 10 runoff election.

Early voting will be held from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily beginning Thursday, July 29, and continuing through Friday, August 6. Early voting will take place at the voter registration office in the Banks County Courthouse Annex, Hudson Ridge, Homer. [Full Story »] 

Blue Ridge Capital purchases Tanger center

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Angela Gary
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Wednesday, July 28. 2010
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Blue Ridge Capital LLC has purchased Tanger Town Centre in Banks County and it has been renamed The Shoppes at Banks Crossing. [Full Story »] 

Cain, Maxwell headed to runoff; Reece wins BOC; Roberts takes BOE seat

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Angela Gary
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Wednesday, July 21. 2010
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Incumbent Rickey Cain and former commissioner Danny Maxwell are headed to a runoff on Aug. 10 for the Post 1 seat on the Banks County Board of Commissioners.

In other results from Tuesday’s election Sammy Reece won the Post 3 seat on the BOC and Shane Roberts won the Post 5 seat on the board of education. [Full Story »] 

Election results

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Angela Gary
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Tuesday, July 20. 2010
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Election results will be posted as they are announced at the Banks County courthouse
(Precincts that have reported so far include: Berlin, Golden Hill, Wilmonts, Washington, Homer, Bushville, Grove River, Hollingsworth, Davids, Columbia, Baldwin, Anderson, Poplar Springs)

BOC, POST 1
With 13 of the 13 precincts reporting, the total votes for each candidates are as follows:
•Rickey Cain--840
•Danny Maxwell--738
•Sam Moon--539

BOC, POST 3
•Keith Segars--871
•Sammy Reece--1221

BOE, POST 5
•Jason Hensley--712
•Shane Roberts--1267

BALDWIN RESULTS
In the Baldwin city election, Sandy Rudeseal won over Ray Holcomb in a 157-50 vote.


For full election results, see this week's issue of The Banks County News

BCHS fails to make AYP

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Tuesday, July 20. 2010
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The graduation rate led to Banks County High School failing to meet Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP). The other schools in the system met AYP, according to the state report released on Monday. [Full Story »] 

Water fees increase approved by BOC

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Angela Gary
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Wednesday, July 14. 2010
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Banks County residents will be paying more for county water as of Jan. 1. The board of commissioners unanimously agreed Tuesday night to increase the water rates by .25 cents per 1,000 gallons used. The proposal was to increase the rate by .50 cents per 1,000 gallons used but the BOC decided to go with the lower increase. [Full Story »] 

Maysville plans workshop on historic district ordinance

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Tuesday, July 13. 2010
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The Maysville City Council voted unanimously Monday night to hold a work session to discuss setting up a historic district ordinance for the city. [Full Story »] 

Baldwin election coming up July 20

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Thursday, July 8. 2010
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Two candidates are on the ballot for the special election to be held on Tuesday, July 20, in Baldwin.
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Chamber sponsors event: Candidates talk with voters at ‘meet and greet’

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Angela Gary
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Tuesday, July 6. 2010
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Candidates in the July 20 election met with voters at a “meet and greet” Thursday night at the county recreation complex sponsored by the Banks County Chamber of Commerce. [Full Story »] 

Election season kicks off with political forum

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Angela Gary
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Wednesday, June 30. 2010
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Land use, open government and public safety were topics touched on Tuesday night in the first political forum in Banks County this election season. Candidates for posts 1 and 3 on the board of commission, post 5 on the board of education and District 50 in the state senate were featured at the political forum sponsored by the Committee for Shaping Banks Future. [Full Story »] 
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