UGA trip kicks off Conyers' visits

07/16/11 Miami (Fla.) Braddock offensive tackle Robert Conyers began a short tour of schools by visiting the University...

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Conyers, Rockdale officials to hear transportation update

07/15/11 The Atlanta Regional Roundtable on Transportation will host an information session next week for city of Conyers and Rockdale County elected officials to provide an update on the regional transportation project list.

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Curbside recycling may soon be available in Ocala

07/15/11 The three top-ranked vendors selected to begin negotiations to provide curbside recycling services to the city of Ocala's residential sanitation customers are Waste Management, F.D.S. Disposal and Pratt Industries (USA) Inc.

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Stormwater Utility: Rockdale OKs new ordinance

07/14/11 The Rockdale County Board of Commissioners approved a stormwater ordinance that allows the county to work on private property projects and separates funding for private and public property projects.

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New ride: Probation office hopes car will raise awareness

07/14/11 A black Dodge Charger is the newest tool of the Rockdale County Probation Office that officials hope will raise their profile in the community.

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Charles Blackman

07/09/11 Charles Blackman, 65, of Grand Island, FL, passed away Thursday, July 7, 2011, at his residence. Born in Ft. Pierce, FL, he moved to Columbus GA where ...

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Kenya: My Experience as a U.S. Cancer Patient

07/08/11 Since I left Nairobi three weeks ago to seek further treatment for my prostate cancer in America's advanced cancer institutions, I now have more information I can give to my friends, colleagues and followers of this column. On arriving in Atlanta on June 20, I spent the first week booking appointments with Emory University Hospital Cancer Center, the Georgia Cancer Center and Radiotherapy ...

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Conyers officer arrested in Porterdale suspended without pay

07/08/11 A Conyers Police Department officer who was charged in Porterdale with DUI and subsequently pleaded guilty to reckless driving was suspended by the department for 80 hours without pay.

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2 projects cut from TSPLOST list

07/08/11 Two Rockdale County road projects were dropped from the priority list of transportation projects to be considered for funding through a regional 1 percent sales tax referendum in July 2012. The cuts were made following a work session this week by the Atlanta Regional Transportation Roundtable.

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State DOE scores for RCPS CRCT

07/06/11 School-level scores from the spring CRCT show that most grade levels and schools in Rockdale County Public Schools are in line with or above state averages in most areas, and a few have some work to do in some areas.

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Ga. DOT authorizes $69M in new roadwork

07/03/11 ATLANTA - The Georgia Department of Transportation has awarded some $69 million in 24 new construction contracts across the state, including $6.4 million for work in northeast Georgia.

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Outdoor LED Luminaires help minimize light pollution.

07/01/11 Suited for parking lots and walkways, Tersen Ratio 1.5 supports 48 LEDs that produce illumination equivalent to 175 W metal halide lamp. Unit has finned shape that serves as both heat sink and architectural statement, and luminaire achieves 50,000-hr life at 1,000 MA with 70% lumen maintenance. American Electric Lighting® AVPL(TM), featuring die-cast aluminum construction and Valiant Colonial ...

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WIC funds threatened in budget fight

06/28/11 The budget tussle on Capitol Hill has in its sights cuts to a program that provides food assistance for about a quarter-million poor pregnant women and young children in Michigan.

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USA Baseball announces 2011 18U, 16U, 14U National Team Trials rosters

06/27/11 USA Baseball announced the rosters for its 18U, 16U and 14U National Teams Trials on Monday, signaling the start of the federation's youth-level National Team programming for 2011.

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Car show brings in record number of spectators

06/25/11 The uncertainty of the weather may have driven some Goodyear Car and Tractor Show spectators away, but there were still enough cars, tractors, motorcycles, rail buggies and spectators to deem the eighth annual show a success.

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Woman killed pushing car

06/23/11 By Tom Smith, Senior Staff Writer A Jefferson County woman was killed early Wednesday morning while she was pushing a car that had run out of gas along Alabama 157. Wendy Michelle Ragsdale, 35, of Leeds, was pronounced dead at the scene by Lawrence County Coroner Micah Coffey.

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Dr. Paul W. Braunstein

06/22/11 Dr. Paul William Braunstein, 86, husband of Barbara Poppleton Braunstein and a resident of Jamesville, formerly of Bay Shore, N.Y., passed away on Saturday, June 18, 2011, at home peacefully surrounded by his loving family.

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Heavy rain forces Force to postpone homecoming

06/18/11 The Knoxville Force waited six weeks to play its second home game in the National Premier Soccer League.

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Raleigh's Rodney Purvis isn't nervous

06/18/11 Most of the players at the NBA Players Association camp had left the court for lunch Friday, but reporters were still waiting for Rodney Purvis to come talk to them. The courting of Purvis has taken on a different tone after he has pulled back on his early commitment to Louisville.

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Raleigh's Purvis trims list of finalists list to 3

06/18/11 Most of the players at the NBA Players Association camp had left for lunch Friday, but reporters were waiting for Rodney Purvis.

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