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Justin Schneider: ACS school realignment, county council & airport board
Tuesday, Dec. 8, 2009
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Good morning.
It’s 6:30 a.m. Tuesday and the staff at The Herald Bulletin is getting down to work. We will pursue news throughout the day and will have frequent updates here on our Web site.
Today, the Anderson Community Schools board will meet and possibly vote on school realignment at 6 p.m. at the administrative building on 29th Street. The Madison County Council will meet at 4 p.m. Tuesday to discuss its budget, furloughs and problems arising from it. The Anderson Board of Aviation Commissioners will meet at 4 p.m. at Anderson Municipal Airport.
Look for those stories and more in The Herald Bulletin and online at www.theheraldbulletin.com
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— Justin Schneider, online reporter/manager
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Arrest Log: Sept. 6
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Million Meals program aims to feed the hungry in a land of plenty
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THB honors soldiers who died in Iraq
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Stimulus pumps nearly $5 million into neighborhoods
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Council to pass final budget, salary ordinances
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A great sacrifice: Families remember those lost in Iraq
ANDERSON — In the moments before Henry and Sharon White’s son was shot and killed when his convoy was ambushed along a Baghdad road, he took hold of the machine gun mounted to his Humvee and killed 18 insurgents, allowing the other members of his unit to scramble to safety.
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THB offices closed for holiday
The Herald Bulletin business offices will be closed Monday in observance of Labor Day.
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Local news briefs: Sept. 5
The following are brief news items of local interest.
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