Entries by Mark Beardsley

City Lights vendor deadline extended

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Wednesday, June 18. 2008

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The deadline for vendors for the June 28 City Lights Downtown Festival has been extended to 5:00 Friday afternoon.

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County residents to get watering relief

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Mark Beardsley

in Area Headline News, Top Stories

Wednesday, June 18. 2008

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Customers of the Jackson County Water and Sewerage Authority will soon be able to water their yards and wash their cars one day a week.
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Work begins on cable barrier project on I-85

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Mark Beardsley

in Area Headline News, Top Stories

Wednesday, June 18. 2008

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Work was scheduled to begin this week on the long-awaited cable barrier project on Interstate 85.

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$70,000 grant to help creat 'business development center'

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Mark Beardsley

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Wednesday, June 18. 2008

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The Department of Agriculture is giving the Commerce Downtown Development Authority $70,000 to renovate its Pine Street building.

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Trying to keep at the speed limit

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Mark Beardsley

in Opinions

Wednesday, June 18. 2008

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Driving to and from Clayton both Saturday and Sunday, I decided to experiment on driving within the speed limit. In other words, I would drive like an old person.

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City needs historic preservation ordinance

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Mark Beardsley

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Wednesday, June 18. 2008

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Another historic Commerce building fell victim to “progress” this week, when the 132-year-old Pittman House was demolished to make room for the new Walgreens Pharmacy.

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Cable barriers on I-85

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Mark Beardsley

in Opinions

Wednesday, June 18. 2008

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The Georgia Department of Transportation started this week on a line of “cable barriers” designed to prevent deadly crossover accidents on Interstate 85. The barrier is being installed in the median of I-85 from State Route 20 in Gwinnett County all the way to the Franklin County line.

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Clair Gaus: How will you be remembererd?

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Mark Beardsley

in Opinions

Wednesday, June 18. 2008

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Few of us, upon our deaths, will receive the tributes and accolades similar to those given to the noted political journalist, Tim Russert, who died last week. Few of us have achieved the level of excellent in our professions which he had. Few of us have written best-selling books as he had.
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8 thefts or attempted thefts reported

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Mark Beardsley

in Public Safety

Wednesday, June 18. 2008

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The summer stealing season has arrived.

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Atlantans find Commerce not a good place for fraud

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Mark Beardsley

in Public Safety

Wednesday, June 18. 2008

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An Atlanta couple found out that Commerce is not the best place to cash forged checks, according to the Commerce Police Department.
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