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Holiday Festival coming up this weekend

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Angela Gary
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Tuesday, August 31. 2010
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The 38th annual Banks County Holiday Festival will be held Saturday-Sunday, Sept. 4-5, in downtown Homer. Among the plans for the two-day festival are arts and crafts booths, entertainment, activities for children and food concessions. [Full Story »] 

DOT projects unveiled: Bridge repairs, landscaping among plans

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Angela Gary
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Tuesday, August 24. 2010
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The Georgia Department of Transportation has more than $3 million in road improvement projects planned in Banks County over the next four years with a bike path, bridge repair and streetscape improvements among the plans.

The DOT held a meeting in Jefferson last week to present the State Transportation Improvement Program (STIP), which is a four-year plan detailing federally-funded projects. The plan presented is for 2011-2014. [Full Story »] 

Annexation from Lula car dealer withdrawn

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Wednesday, August 18. 2010
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A controversial annexation request in Lula died Monday night as car dealer Rick Autry submitted a written request to withdraw his annexation application. [Full Story »] 

Election results

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Angela Gary
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Tuesday, August 10. 2010
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Banks County Board of Commissioners, POST 1

•Rickey Cain--879

•Danny Maxwell--1,211

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

BOC set to approve $12.6 million budget

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Angela Gary
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Wednesday, August 4. 2010
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Only two citizens had questions about the budget at a hearing held Tuesday night by the Banks County Board of Commissioners. The BOC is set to approve the proposed $12.6 million budget when it meets at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday at the Annex Building. [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

Chamber political forum held

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Justin Poole
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Friday, July 16. 2010
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Polls open on Tuesday, July 20, for the primary election for the Banks County Board of Commissioners Post 1 and Post 3, Board of Education Post 5, Baldwin city council and State Senate District 50, as well as other races. In the last political forum before voting, the Banks County Chamber of Commerce hosted a question and answer session on Thursday at the county annex building. Attending the forum were candidates for BOC and BOE posts. Each candidate was asked questions by Tara Fulcher, Chamber of Commerce director, then the floor was opened to questions from the public.

The BOC candidates all said they want to pull in business to the county and are for more open meetings with more community involvement. [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 »] 
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