Author: Robert Preston

At Tuesday morning’s regular meeting of the Board of Elections and Registration, board member Ernestine Thomas-Clark made a motion to accept a resolution presented to the board seeking an internal investigation, which would be conducted by independent legal counsel, to investigate the alleged breaches of the Coffee County elections system that took place in January of 2021. Retired local attorney Jim Hudson wrote the resolution and sent it to each board member electronically before the meeting. Thomas-Clark’s motion did not pass due to a lack of a second. However, board members then voted to table the motion for…

At Tuesday morning’s regular meeting of the Board of Elections and Registration, board member Ernestine Thomas-Clark made a motion to accept a resolution presented to the board seeking an internal investigation, which would be conducted by independent legal counsel, to investigate the alleged breaches of the Coffee County elections system that took place in January of 2021. Retired local attorney Jim Hudson wrote the resolution and sent it to each board member electronically before the meeting. Thomas-Clark’s motion did not pass due to a lack of a second. However, board members then voted to table the motion for…

At Tuesday morning’s regular meeting of the Board of Elections and Registration, board member Ernestine Thomas-Clark made a motion to accept a resolution presented to the board seeking an internal investigation, which would be conducted by independent legal counsel, to investigate the alleged breaches of the Coffee County elections system that took place in January of 2021. Retired local attorney Jim Hudson wrote the resolution and sent it to each board member electronically before the meeting. Thomas-Clark’s motion did not pass due to a lack of a second. However, board members then voted to table the motion for…

“The Soldiers in foreign lands; the Sailors on foreign Seas; the Marines in hand to hand; the Airmen in lofty skies; the men and women who stayed to watch our coasting guard our shores, these brave men and women we remember and honor” read the program at Monday’s Memorial Day service at the Coffee County Courthouse. Each Memorial Day at noon, American Legion Post 515 hosts a ceremony to remember the 87 Coffee County servicemen and first responders who have been killed in the line of duty. It’s time to pause, reflect, and honor those who laid down…

“The Soldiers in foreign lands; the Sailors on foreign Seas; the Marines in hand to hand; the Airmen in lofty skies; the men and women who stayed to watch our coasting guard our shores, these brave men and women we remember and honor” read the program at Monday’s Memorial Day service at the Coffee County Courthouse. Each Memorial Day at noon, American Legion Post 515 hosts a ceremony to remember the 87 Coffee County servicemen and first responders who have been killed in the line of duty. It’s time to pause, reflect, and honor those who laid down…

“The Soldiers in foreign lands; the Sailors on foreign Seas; the Marines in hand to hand; the Airmen in lofty skies; the men and women who stayed to watch our coasting guard our shores, these brave men and women we remember and honor” read the program at Monday’s Memorial Day service at the Coffee County Courthouse. Each Memorial Day at noon, American Legion Post 515 hosts a ceremony to remember the 87 Coffee County servicemen and first responders who have been killed in the line of duty. It’s time to pause, reflect, and honor those who laid down…

At Monday’s regular city commission meeting, commissioners agreed to grant a special exception variance with an 80 percent maximum impervious surface coverage to the Foresite Group of Peachtree Corners in order to develop the ALDI grocery store along with three other as-yet unnamed national retailers. The site of the development is the north side of the intersection of Bowens Mill Road and South Gaskin Avenue. The Unified Land Development Code states that the coverage amount won’t exceed 50 percent. Commissioners approved the request “to encourage future development.” Representatives from the Foresite Group were at the commission meeting and…

At Monday’s regular city commission meeting, commissioners agreed to grant a special exception variance with an 80 percent maximum impervious surface coverage to the Foresite Group of Peachtree Corners in order to develop the ALDI grocery store along with three other as-yet unnamed national retailers. The site of the development is the north side of the intersection of Bowens Mill Road and South Gaskin Avenue. The Unified Land Development Code states that the coverage amount won’t exceed 50 percent. Commissioners approved the request “to encourage future development.” Representatives from the Foresite Group were at the commission meeting and…

Two interminable and unresolvable debates eternally follow Van Halen: 1) Were they a hair band?; and 2) Which version was better, the one with David Lee Roth or Sammy Hagar? The guys from Completely Unchained, a Van Halen tribute band playing the Martin Centre Saturday, quickly answer the first one with a resounding “No.” The second questions is equally easy: It’s the David Lee Roth version, no doubt about it. The quartet — made up of lead singer Gene Henriksen, guitarist Jake Miller, bassist Clint Ettore, and drummer Zoltan Chaney — firmly believe that Van Halen’s best years…

Two interminable and unresolvable debates eternally follow Van Halen: 1) Were they a hair band?; and 2) Which version was better, the one with David Lee Roth or Sammy Hagar? The guys from Completely Unchained, a Van Halen tribute band playing the Martin Centre Saturday, quickly answer the first one with a resounding “No.” The second questions is equally easy: It’s the David Lee Roth version, no doubt about it. The quartet — made up of lead singer Gene Henriksen, guitarist Jake Miller, bassist Clint Ettore, and drummer Zoltan Chaney — firmly believe that Van Halen’s best years…