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Carroll County School Board President Laura Davis, standing, leads a public hearing on the proposed school district budget Tuesday evening at J.Z. George High School. Seated, from left, are Lori Bell, school board attorney, and District 5 board member Rubye Miller.

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Board asks for hike in taxes, contributions
By RUTH JENSEN - For the Commonwealth

Wed,07/03/13-4:46PM , 198 Reads
NORTH CARROLLTON — For the first time in several years, the Carroll County School Board voted to ask for a 4 percent increase in ad valorem taxes plus other local contributions to the school district.
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State Sen. Lydia Chassaniol, R-Winona, talks with Carroll County supervisors about Cotesworth, the J.Z. George ancestral home, during Monday’s board meeting in Vaiden.

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Sale of George home near
By RUTH JENSEN - For the Commonwealth

Tue,06/25/13-5:46PM , 157 Reads
VAIDEN — The acquisition of Cotesworth as a cultural and heritage landmark should be complete by late fall, says state Sen. Lydia Chassaniol.
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Funding requires tax rate increase
By RUTH JENSEN - For the Commonwealth
Fri,06/07/13-5:43PM , 169 Reads
VAIDEN – The Carroll County Board of Education will ask for a funding increase for the 2013-2014 school year that, according to the school district’s business manager, will require a 2.2-mill increase in ad valorem taxes.
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Boy, 13, drowns in Carroll County lake
By RUTH JENSEN - For the Commonwealth
Sun,05/26/13-2:39AM , 178 Reads
CARROLL COUNTY – A 13-year-old boy from Grenada drowned in a Carroll County lake Thursday afternoon during a swimming party.
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