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Bureau Veritas provides municipal services to Greensboro

Bureau Veritas provides municipal services to Greensboro

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Bureau Veritas provides municipal services to Greensboro

Maureen Stratton
Thursday, August 17, 2023
Contracted services from companies offering city services are sometimes utilized in what is often intended as a cost savings measure. The city of Greensboro employs Bureau Veritas to perform services that the city currently does not offer, such as zoning, permits, inspections, and more.
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Juvenile vandals confess, sent to confinement

T. Michael Stone
Thursday, August 17, 2023
Two juveniles who went on a vandalism spree Aug. 3-4 are headed to the Wilkes County Regional Youth Detention Center as a result of their actions. According to police reports, the first vandalism was reported at the Madison-Morgan Food Pantry.
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Human trafficking arrests made in Greene County

T. Michael Stone
Thursday, August 17, 2023
A popular motion picture dealing with the subject of human trafficking has been playing at the Parkside 8 theater for nearly two months, but the reality of such an appalling crime has made its way to Greene County.
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Damon Foley/Mugshot

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Concerned motorist’s call results in drug arrest

T. Michael Stone
Thursday, August 17, 2023
A man driving eastbound on I-20 wound up in the Greene County jail on Aug. 5, after a concerned citizen phoned in a report of a vehicle being driven recklessly on the interstate. Damon Keon Foley, 47, of Grovetown now faces multiple charges, including trafficking cocaine.
This small dog was found abandoned inside a crate on the roadside of Industrial Blvd. Sunday. CONTRIBUTED/EPD

This small dog was found abandoned inside a crate on the roadside of Industrial Blvd. Sunday. CONTRIBUTED/EPD

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Authorities seek public’s help for dog abandoned in heat

Lynn Hobbs
Thursday, August 17, 2023
A small dog was found in a crate on the side of the road Sunday, and authorities are seeking the public’s help finding the person who left him. “They just abandoned it on the side of the road in 100-degree temperatures,” Eatonton Police Chief Howell Cardwell said.
Terry Kay’s youngest daughter, Heather (right), shares a moment with Susan Smyth as they look over the artifacts of Kay’s life displayed in a new exhibit opening this Thursday at the Georgia Writers Museum in Eatonton.

Terry Kay’s youngest daughter, Heather (right), shares a moment with Susan Smyth as they look over the artifacts of Kay’s life displayed in a new exhibit opening this Thursday at the Georgia Writers Museum in Eatonton.

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GWM debuts Terry Kay exhibit

Ian Tocher
Wednesday, August 9, 2023
The Georgia Writers Museum in downtown Eatonton welcomed more than 60 lovers of the written word Saturday afternoon for the reveal of its newest exhibit featuring Terry Kay, who passed away nearly three years ago. The Kay exhibit officially opens to the public this Thursday.
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Morgan County government bodies establish millage rates

T. Michael Stone
Wednesday, August 9, 2023
The property tax picture in Morgan County is becoming clear as government entities adopt millage rates. The City of Madison adopted a millage rate of 5.424 citywide, which will obligate a Madison resident to pay for $217 in property taxes for each $100,000 of property owned.
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Greensboro names finance specialist; citizens share courthouse concern

Maureen Stratton
Wednesday, August 9, 2023
A new finance specialist hire, complaints about city aesthetics and concerns for the courthouse moving were among the agenda items and discussions at Monday evening’s Greensboro City Council meeting. Kierra Cunningham was brought on as a finance specialist effective Aug.
Greene County deputies found a firearm, marijuana and what was described as a controlled substance following a traffic stop. CONTRIBUTED

Greene County deputies found a firearm, marijuana and what was described as a controlled substance following a traffic stop. CONTRIBUTED

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Two arrested on marijuana with intent to distribute charges

T. Michael Stone
Wednesday, August 9, 2023
A South Carolina man was arrested on several charges and the woman he was riding with also faces charges following a traffic stop on I-20 Aug. 2. Darrell DeCarlos Grate, Jr., 38, of, Columbia, S.C.
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