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Kuykendall wins close race
By RUTH JENSEN - For the Commonwealth

Thu,11/04/10-1:00PM , 368 Reads
VAIDEN — Beat 2 incumbent Marcus Kuykendall came out on top in a narrow race for the Carroll County School Board after affidavit votes from Tuesday’s election were certified Wednesday.

The affidavit votes added 23 votes to county races but didn’t change any outcomes.
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Carroll Montgomery Regional Correctional Facility consultant Ed Hargett of Corrections Management Services Inc., left, meets with Carroll County supervisors Monday to ask for a new contract with the county, which he says he was promised. Talking with Hargett are, from lower left, James Cobbins, Stanley "Sugar" Mullins, Alan Devoe Lancaster, Sheriff Jerry Carver and board president "Honey" Ashmore.

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Firm protests loss of Carroll jail contract
By RUTH JENSEN - For the Commonwealth

Tue,11/02/10-1:00PM , 234 Reads
CARROLLTON — A representative of Corrections Management Services Inc. came to Monday’s meeting of the Carroll County Board of Supervisors to protest the loss of the company’s consulting contract for Carroll Montgomery Regional Correctional Facility.
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Festival set Sat. at N. Carrollton park
By RUTH JENSEN - For the Commonwealth

Fri,10/29/10-1:00PM , 75 Reads
NORTH CARROLLTON — The Carroll County Recreation Park Board will host a fundraising festival at the park in North Carrollton Saturday from 4 p.m. until 10 p.m.

The board wants to raise enough money to light the fourth baseball field.
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Christopher Givens, Beat 1 candidate for Carroll County School Board, talks with audience members at a "Meet the Candidates" forum offered by the Parent Teacher Organization of J.Z. George High School Monday night. Givens was the only candidate of four running who attended the forum. He is running against incumbent board member Kenneth Deloach. From left are Baron Williams of McCarley, Givens, Jesse Holmes of Carrollton and Martha Cain of Carrollton.

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Givens only candidate at Carroll forum
By RUTH JENSEN - For the Commonwealth

Tue,10/19/10-1:00PM , 335 Reads
NORTH CARROLLTON — Only one of four candidates for Carroll County School Board showed up for a “Meet the Candidates” forum at J.Z. George High School gymnasium Monday evening.
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