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April 22, 2015 | miltonherald.com | 75,000 circulation Revue & News, Johns Creek Herald, Milton Herald & Forsyth Herald combined | 50¢ | Volume 10, No. 17
Appen Media named ‘Best of the Best’ at AFCP 2nd year in a row Appen named best overall community papers publishers 1
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1: Our editorial staff from left Jonathan Copsey, Kathleen Sturgeon, Hatcher Hurd and Shannon Weaver. 2: Sales team members Mike Dorman and Wendy Goddard. 3: From left production team members David Brown, A.J. McNaughton and general manager Hans Appen. 4: Sales team members Abby Breaux, Regan Schoch and Paige Roman.
By HATCHER HURD Hatcher@appenmediagroup.com SAVANNAH, Ga. – For the second year in a row, Appen Media Group returned from its annual Association of Free Community Papers (AFCP) Conference April 8-11 laden with awards including “Best of the Best” for highest number of individual awards. This year’s conference at Savannah’s Marriott Riverfront saw staff winning honors for writing/commentary, design, photography and ad design. There were 72 national award categories in all with 1,250 submissions to the judges. Appen Media took home 28 awards, including Best of the Best and 12 first place awards. That was almost 17 percent of all firsts awarded. “The quality of the graphics and editorial content in our member publications continues to raise the bar every year as indicated in our Best of the Best Awards Competition,” said AFCP Executive Director Loren Colburn. “Appen Media continues to lead the
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Milton extends moratorium on land disturbance permits Affects all residential zones for 90 days By SHANNON WEAVER shannon@appenmediagroup.com MILTON, Ga. — The Milton City Council approved to extend a moratorium on land disturbance permits for all residential areas at their meeting April 13. The moratorium is in effect for 90 days, starting April 20. The moratorium will hold the status quo as the city drafts its conservation subdivision ordinance. As it becomes clear which zones the ordinance will affect, the council can remove restrictions at any open meeting.
“We should ensure that the moratorium is as narrowly tailored or focused as it can be and doesn’t affect zoning designations that are not going to be ultimately impacted by the ordinance,” said City Attorney Ken Jarrard. The vote created a lapse after the previous moratorium expired April 15, which allowed completed applications to be submitted until 5 p.m. on Monday, April 20. Resident Corliss Hicks said she had been days from selling her family’s property when she found out about the previous moratorium. “We have a mentally disabled younger sister who we’re trying to provide for the rest of her life,” Hicks said. “We were four days from finalizing a deal with –
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There is nothing wrong with slowing the development process down to take the necessary time to put these conservation measures in place before the land disappears.” JOAN BORZILLERI Preserve Rural Milton
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