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New jail ahead of schedule despite rain |
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Written by Joel Addington
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Thursday, 24 July 2008 |
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What was once just a plan to get a new sheriff’s office complex and jail just north of Macclenny is becoming a reality. Walls are being placed using a technique known as “tilt-wall construction,” where cement walls are poured at the site and then stood up to form the building’s exterior. The first of the modular cells for the new jail are set to arrive next month. And despite recent rain delays, Baker Correctional Development Corporation (BCDC) officials said during their meeting July 16 that Ajax Building Corp., the project’s builder, is still ahead of schedule.
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Jury convicts Glen man of sexual battery |
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Written by Jim McGauley
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Thursday, 24 July 2008 |
 Joe Trtreault Six member juries convicted two defendants in circuit court last week following one-day trials. Sentencing in both cases will be next month. A jury of one male and five females took less than two hours to return guilty verdicts against Joseph E. Tetreault of Glen St. Mary on two counts each of sexual battery and lewd and lascivious molestation on a victim between 12-16 years of age. Included among witnesses who testified against Mr. Tetreault was the victim, who said he began molesting and having sex with her about July, 2001 and it continued until last year before his arrest in July. She said he plied her with money and gifts in return for her silence, and at times threatened her and her family if she told.
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Growing local swim team is back in the water 20 years |
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Written by Kelley Lannigan
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Thursday, 24 July 2008 |
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The Baker Bullets are back! After more than 20 years, Baker County again has a swim team and they are already making waves at local swim meets. Co-coaches Andy Johnston and Alice Oswald and their volunteer helpers Bryan Ray and Deborah Clark couldn’t be more pleased at the level of interest and commitment from the community. The team started in May of 2007 with 12 members and now, in only its second season, has increased to 36. “Baker County had a very active swim team many years ago,” said Mr. Johnston, a former competitive swimmer and the owner of Badcock Furniture Store in Macclenny. “We kept the name ‘Baker Bullets’ in honor of the original team.”
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