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By allowing ads to appear on this site, you support the local businesses who, in turn, support great journalism. Commissioner: Board holding east Newton fire station funding hostage Democrat members seek action on long-delayed projects in their districts
COVINGTON, Ga. The county’s new Public Facilities Authority indicated it may not allow a financing plan for a new east Newton fire station to move forward until projects Democratic members favored also were funded.
Authority members on Tuesday, Jan. 19, voted 3-2 to delay action for 30 days on recommending the only funding source available for the planned Station No. 4 for Newton County Fire Services.
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By allowing ads to appear on this site, you support the local businesses who, in turn, support great journalism. Former Newton EMA Director Steve Biggers dies at 77 Carried Olympic torch for Covington in 1996, served hometown community for lifetime Lifelong Newton County resident Steve Biggers died Saturday, Jan. 2. He was 77.
COVINGTON, Ga. Former Newton County Emergency Management Agency Director Steve Biggers died Saturday, Jan. 2.
Biggers was recently hospitalized with COVID-19, according to family. After more than four weeks of battling the novel virus and spending time on a ventilator, Biggers died at the age of 77.
Biggers, a lifelong resident of Covington, was an accomplished man who loved nothing more than to serve others.