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Effingham County commissioners agreed to go ahead with an intergovernmental agreement for an energy efficiency and conservation block agreement.
June 14, 2010
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By Patrick Donahue
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Local
Effingham County Superintendent of Schools Rand Shearouse took the gavel from outgoing president Alice DeForest, beginning his tenure as president of the Effingham Chamber of Commerce at the Chamber's annual meeting Thursday night.
June 14, 2010
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Staff Report
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Local
With early voting already under way, and barely a month before the general primaries are conducted, local voters will have their first opportunity to hear from candidates for Georgia's U.S House 12th District seat Friday night.
June 14, 2010
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By Patrick Donahue
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Local
Members of Savannah's Harley Owners Group (HOG) chapter will ride in the 16th annual Black-n-Blue Ball at the Mighty 8th Air Force Museum decked out in denim and leather Saturday night to raise money for local children to attend MDA Summer Camp.
Tickets are $25. A live band will perform from 7 p.m.-midnight and there also will be live and silent auctions. MDA camper families have been invited and proceeds will help 17 children with neuromuscular diseases from the Lowcountry and Coastal Empire attend camp at no charge.
The local chapter of the Muscular Dystrophy Association is ...
June 14, 2010
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Staff Report
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Local
Springfield City Council members took a look at their alcohol ordinances for potential charges but they were nearly in accordance on one thing that shouldn't be altered - the prohibition on Sunday sales.
June 10, 2010
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By Patrick Donahue
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Local
Guyton could be preparing for an onslaught of volunteers.
June 10, 2010
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By Patrick Donahue
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Local
Liberty Mutual has launched the "Bring Back the Fourth" program, with grants of $10,000 going to 10 winning communities. The grants will help communities that have cut or curtailed their Independence Day celebrations in light of the economic downturn.
June 07, 2010
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Staff Report
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Local
For the first time since the end of their deployment to Afghanistan, the men of the 1/118 Field Artillery Battalion's Alpha Battery gathered at Baker Park.
June 07, 2010
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By Patrick Donahue
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Local
Effingham County commissioners are preparing to adopt their fiscal year 2011 budget, a spending plan that represents a 5.2 percent cut in spending from a year ago.
June 07, 2010
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By Patrick Donahue
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Local
Though they don't expect to make their target of July 1 to start the four-day work week, Effingham County commissioners will forge ahead with plans for a four-day work week.
June 07, 2010
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By Patrick Donahue
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Local
With the strains of the Effingham Community Orchestra as a backdrop, Effingham residents paid tribute to soldiers who fell in battle in far-flung places during Monday's Memorial Day ceremony.
June 03, 2010
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By Patrick Donahue
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Local
Effingham County commissioners may be trying to find ways to restore funding they have proposed to cut from the county's two libraries.
June 03, 2010
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By Patrick Donahue
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Local
The case of the state vs. Craig Heidt could be on hold again.
May 31, 2010
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Staff Report
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Local
An afternoon by the river was a day of work for a team of researchers at Tuckasee King on Thursday.
May 31, 2010
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By Patrick Donahue
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Local
A new tool in their hands will allow Rincon Police Department officers to stay out on the roads longer.
May 31, 2010
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By Patrick Donahue
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Local
