Tweet Louie Thomas Troglin, age 86 of Mableton, passed away Jan. 24. He was a member of Fortified Hills Baptist Church and was retired from the City of Atlanta Department of Parks Recreation. He loved playing the spoons and could do anything with carpentry. He is survived by his son, Philip Troglin of Lithia Springs; [...]
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Tweet Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich faced off in Florida Tuesday, and less than a minute after the last polling place closed, CNN and AP called the race for Romney. The Gingrich campaign office in Buckhead spent time Tuesday working the phones to get supporters to the polls in Florida’s primary for the presidential nomination. [...]
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Tweet Whitefield Academy senior Ben McNally of Atlanta was recently recognized as a Good Citizen by the Fort Peachtree Chapter of the National Society Daughters of the American Revolution. Son of Peter and Charlotte McNally, Ben is one of three students to receive the award. Each year one senior class member is selected within an [...]
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Tweet By Doug Gillett – UGA Contributor Tweet Georgia appears to have locked downArticle source: http://atlanta.sbnation.com/georgia-bulldogs/2012/1/31/2759447/uga-football-recruiting-signing-day-2011-preview
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Tweet The owners of Hickory Flat Highway Automotive, Tim and Renee Keeton, recently bought Clean Save America to distributed NViroClean products. They are looking to hire 20 route sales people from the following counties, most of which already have established customers: Barrow, Butts, Carroll, Cherokee, Clayton, Cobb, Coweta, DeKalb, Douglas, Fayette, Forsyth, Fulton (south), Fulton [...]
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Tweet Tucker High School‘s Girls Varsity Soccer Head Coach Jamie Owen has released the players’ names and schedules for the 2012 season: 2012 THS Varsity Girls Soccer*Returning Varsity 2012 *Zena Daole 2012 *Claire Lippy, Capt. 2012 *Kristen Moore, Capt. 2012 *Kiara Robinson 2012 *Rebecca Winn, Capt. 2013 Maren Armoneit [...]
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Tweet Yesterday, our state Senate passed SB 223, the Georgia Government Accountability Act, sponsored by Senators William Ligon (R-Waverly), Chip Rogers, Judson Hill, Frank Ginn, and John Albers. The act creates a Joint Legislative Sunset Advisory Committee that includes seven members of the House appointed by the Speaker of the House and seven members of [...]
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Tweet By a 48-5 vote, the Georgia Senate passed SB 301, sponsored by Sen. John Bulloch (R-Ochlocknee), to allow hunters to used silencers. The bill does not change federal laws regulating the ownership or transfer of silencers, which are legal in Georgia; it simply allows hunters to use them while hunting. It also doesn’t change [...]
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Tweet 2:59 pm January 31, 2012, by jgalloway Some of you might remember Charlie Smith, a Democrat and House member from St. Marys, who served as Gov. Roy Barnes’ floor leader a number of years back. We miss him, and fear for his health. Clearly infected by Mitt Romney, Smith has recently succumbed to venture [...]
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Tweet 4:03 pm January 31, 2012, by jgalloway Juiced by super PACs, this year’s presidential contest has seen a 1600 percent increase in interest-group sponsored ads over 2008, according to a study by the Wesleyan Media Project of Middletown, Conn. At 8:00:01 EST, Fox News and CNN both will race to declare Florida for Mitt [...]
Continue Reading On Florida TV, Newt Gingrich was outgunned 65 to 1
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