I will now be posting new blog posts (starting with yesterday’s post) at
http://douglascountynewsb.blogspot.com/
. I was able to import posts from 2007-2008 to the new blog…this one won’t be going anywhere…I just won’t be adding new posts to it.
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I’m not sure when it was changed, but you can no longer get a list of current restaurant scores on the Cobb/Douglas County Board of Health Website. The site now directs you to a “search” where you can search by restaurant name or zip code.
If you search by zip code, it does not give you the score on the list that generates–you have to click on each individual restaurant to see the score. I do like that they now include the infractions on each score–but it would be easier if there was still a list that included said score.
A lot of the sales tax revenues, I’m sure, come from restaurants…I imagine this will make it easier for restaurants with a low score to attract more customers. Even upscale restaurants can get a low or failing score.
The Douglas County government website does make a list like this, but their last list is dated February 17 – March 14.
Douglasville man hospitalized after being shot in his faceWXIA-TV - by Holly Pennebaker - 1 day ago
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City considers switching cell phone providers for police departmentdouglascountysentinel-19 hours ago |
I haven’t been on LoopNet.com in awhile…
Two buildings in the Arbor Connection strip mall will be auctioned off on February 16 at a Holiday Inn in Atlanta. It looks like the entire strip mall is being auctioned off, as the total amount of square feet is over 49,000. The starting price has not been disclosed.
The franchisee of the Douglasville Buffalo Wild Wings is selling the local franchise location. The asking price is $2.4 million. There are nine years left on the lease.
The Econo Lodge Inn & Suites located on Cherokee Blvd is for sale. The price has not been disclosed.
Anneewakee Falls subdivision is for sale for $433,000.
2.85 acres of Heavy Commercial land at the corner of Hwy 5 and Dorsett Shoals Road is up for sale for $150,000.
33 acres of land at the northwest corner of I-20 and Chapel Hilll Road is for sale. The asking price has not been disclosed. The listing says it has “outparcel and excellent big box opportunity.”
The strip mall across from Chapel Hill Middle School is for sale. The asking price is $1.6 million.
25 lots in Whitestone Subdivision on Hwy 5 are for sale. The asking price is $187,420. There are a total of 143 lots in the subdivision.
3:20pm 10-28 at a gas station.
3:22pm 10-28.
3:26PM 10-28.
3:29PM 10-28 at a gas station.
3:30pm GSP en route to an incident where juveniles have been released to parents.
3:31 Mechanical breakdown at Lee Road park & ride.
3:35pm County owned pickup truck broke down, tow truck needed.
3:45pm Person ready for pickup in another county.
5:32pm Auto accident on Bright Star Road.
5:35pm Officer needed on Campbellton Street at post office.
5:36pm Two wreckers needed for two vehicles in an accident.
5:38pm An officer has cleared the road–not sure which road.
5:39pm Officer bringing prisoner from another county to Douglas County.
5:41pm Several calls holding; no available officers.
5:42pm Officer escorting a bus of basketball players from one high school to another high school in the county.
5:49pm One on hold call being responded to.
5:51pm 10-27 & 10-29.
Douglasville Christmas Parade TonightPatch.com - 1 hour ago
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2:01pm Multiple police around K-Mart and Arbor Station.
2:04pm 10-28.
2:14pm 10-28 of several vehicles.
2:23pm Officer out with an open door.
2:27pm Suspicious vehicle in a subdivision on Chapel Hill Road.
2:31pm Officer requested to check on another officer; officer responded that he is ok.
2:35pm Person at a fast food restaurant reporting car broken into yesterday.
2:39pm Three black males took a person’s keys at a gas station. Their location is not known.
2:41pm Domestic dispute over pets reported.
2:46pm VR police needing assistance with family members of someone being arrested.
2:48pm Person has reclaimed keys.
2:50pm Burglary reported.
2:50pm 10-28.
2:51pm Cobb County requesting a police car to pick up a prisoner for transport to the DC Jail.
2:59pm Animal control being notified.
3:02pm 10-28.
3:04pm 10-28 on I-20 out of state.
Going to try and report on what I hear on the police scanner every so often.
1:30pm Mechanical breakdown on Chapel Hill north of Whistler Drive.
1:34pm Vehicle moved off road, awaiting wrecker.
1:35pm Something in the woods, officer having to go on foot in order to avoid getting patrol car stuck.
1:39pm Ramp to interstate blocked, traffic not allowed to go on interstate. Checked georgia-navigator.com, don’t see anything about this on there.
1:42pm Second officer will sit on bridge to divert traffic.
1:43pm Officer asks how long road will be shut down…dispatch says it’s being shut down to get sanded.
4:26pm Someone appears to be injured…heard a lifeflight helicopter was about to land.
4:28pm Helicopter landing on the interstate. Person possibly missing from accident.
4:30pm Sand needed on Hwy 166 near Shell Road to the county line…both ways it is a “sheet of ice” and people are getting stuck on the hill.
4:35pm Skyview Drive between Thornton Road and Nissan dealership needs sand.
4:37pm Six cars stuck off Edgeworth Subdivision.
4:39pm Broken down vehicle successfully started again.
4:40pm Stuck truck at Hwy 92 and 78.
4:41pm Officer that was supposed to be blocking traffic from getting on interstate left…20 cars got on. Officer heading over to block ramp.
4:42pm Helicopter landing in a different place.
4:46pm Car in a ditch and a SUV stuck in the middle of the road.
4:47pm Ice on a hill on Post Road, sand needed, cars backed up.
4:48pm Officer instructs another to keep the interstate shut down after helicopter takes off.
4:51pm Ice on Simon Road.
4:52pm Skyview at Crestmark to Thornton Road has ice. Put on the sand list.
4:56pm Middle lane of interstate to be open soon.
4:57pm Wreck at Cave Springs at Old Dallas w/ possible injuries.
4:58pm Stewart Mill at Mill Glen is covered in ice…officer just got several cars out of it.
4:58pm Cave Springs at Old Dallas added to sand list…”it’s bad”
5:01pm Truck stuck at Hwy 92 and Campbellton. Stuck on railroad tracks.
5:02pm Vehicle on Cave Springs hit a telephone pole, and there’s another wreck on Old Dallas Hwy. Sand needed “bad.”
5:06pm Vehicle stuck at Huey & Cambridge on ice.
5:09pm Concern for welfare call on hold.
This is from
http://services.georgia.gov/gbi/crimestats/displayReports.do
Murder: 4 (2 in 2008)
Rape: 14 (25 in 2008)
Robbery: 82 (87 in 2008)
Assault: 254 (190 in 2008)
Burglary: 826 (959 in 2008)
Larceny: 2,736 (2,936 in 2008)
Motor Vehicle Theft: 274 (396 in 2008)
