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WARNER ROBINS — The Houston County school board approved a tentative millage rate increase of .87 mills Thursday for fiscal 2010. With the millage rate increase, the owner of a $100,000 home will see a $34.80 increase in their property taxes; the owner of a $150,000 home will see an increase of $57.20.
FORT VALLEY — Lawrence Statham has lived near the Woolfolk chemical site for nearly 25 years. Statham is a member of the Woolfolk Citizens Response Group, which has worked as part of a group to remediate and revitalize the site. He and dozens of other community members were acknowledged during a Thursday ceremony when the city received the Region 4 Excellence in Site Reuse Award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.