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On the ballot:
Amendment 1
Page 15
Night of Cider & Lights
December 13a, (MO to /:OOpm
Page 7
Opinion & Commentary
Prissi Sullivan
“Bill Chappell: a larger than
life asset to Carroll County”
Page 29
Restaurant inspections
see how public schools scored
Page 41
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City manager: Villa Rica
is “just weeks away
from being out of water”
by Prissi Sullivan
“The city is just weeks away from being out of water,”
said Villa Rica City Manager David Milliron at the
mayor/council meeting held Tuesday, November 1, 2016.
See WATER IN SHORT SUPPLY page 42
45 graduate with GEDs from
WGTC Adult Education Program
2016 total GED graduates now at 340
from press release
More than 45 students from West Georgia Technical
College’s Adult Education Program gathered at the
Newnan Center for Performing Arts to receive their GED
diploma during a graduation ceremony on September 29,
See GED GRADUATION page 6
Carroll County
millages rates:
county, school
systems, cities
by Prissi Sullivan
The tax digest in Carroll County
has changed due to a re-appraisal of
all properties, as required by the state
of Georgia to be done every three
years.
Legislation that became effective
on January 1, 2000, established the
“Taxpayer Bill of Rights” which pre
vented indirect property tax increases
resulting from increases to existing
property values in a county due to
See MILLAGE RATES page 6
General Election is Tuesday, November 8, 2016
The United States General Election will be held Tuesday, November 8, 2016. In
addition to the choices for president, local ballots will include choices for Carroll
County Sheriff, Villa Rica City Mayor and others. Photo by Sunny Kirby
21,980 ballots cast
early in Carroll
County for Nov. 8
General Election
More than half a million
ballots cast statewide
21,980 ballots were cast early in
Carroll County as of Tuesday, Nov. 1st
for the Tuesday, November 8, 2016,
General Election. More than half a
million ballots had been cast statewide.
Carroll County has 30 precincts that
See GENERAL ELECTION page 42
WGTC closed
Haralson County
campus to conserve
water due to drought
from press release
West Georgia Technical College’s
Thomas B. Murphy Campus in Waco
was closed for Friday, October 21st due
to the drought status in Haralson
County in an effort to conserve water.
See CONSERVE WATER page 6
Community Market
Day: Sat., Nov. 19th
from press release
Vendors are being solicited for
Carrollton Junior High School’s first
Community Market Day to be held
Saturday, Nov. 19, from 8 a.m. to 1
p.m. at the junior high school, 510 Ben
Scott Blvd., Carrollton, off the bypass.
See MARKET DAY page 43
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