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Supervisors out to help lower residents’ fire insurance rates
By RUTH JENSEN - For the Commonwealth
Tue,09/29/15-5:53PM , 176 Reads
CARROLLTON — Supervisors have found a way to help Carroll County’s citizens get lower fire insurance rates, a longtime problem for residents of rural areas.
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Festival to showcase N. Carrollton
By RUTH JENSEN - For the Commonwealth

Sun,09/27/15-6:00AM , 170 Reads
NORTH CARROLLTON — North Carrollton will host the Big Sand Creek Festival on Saturday. The event will coincide with the Carrollton Pilgrimage and Pioneer Day.
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Carroll County Sheriff-elect Clint Walker, right, talks with Beat 5 Supervisor Rickie Corley after a special called meeting Wednesday to amend the projected budget for the regional jail.

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Jail budget cut by 20%
By RUTH JENSEN - For the Commonwealth
Thu,09/24/15-6:01PM , 158 Reads
CARROLLTON — Cuts in the number of inmates being sent to the Carroll Montgomery Regional Correctional Facility have created a crisis in funding for the jail.
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Vaiden Mayor Melvin Hawthorne stands beside a poster that shows awards the town has won in its participation in the "Let's Move" program, an initiative of first lady Michelle Obama to help people get healthier.

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Vaiden gets moving with healthy lifestyle program
By RUTH JENSEN - For the Commonwealth

Wed,09/23/15-6:02PM , 188 Reads
VAIDEN — Mayor Melvin Hawthorne wants people who live in Vaiden to be healthy, with access to nutritious food and places that make it easier to exercise.

To help carry out those goals, Hawthorne and town officials joined with First Lady Michelle Obama’s “Let’s Move” program in June.
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