POLICE REPORT
      A car was broken into on Gardner Street on Dec. 30. According to the Gaffney Police Department, someone smashed a front window with a brick on a vehicle parked in the 600 block. The thief or thieves stole a Dual-brand CD player from the car and also vandalized the paint with a key-like object. Theft and damage losses are estimated at about $900.
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     CONTRIBUTION — Patti Bloomer, Director of the Cherokee Pregnancy Center, accepts a contribution of $3,500 from Nancy Littlejohn, Vice President of First Piedmont Federal Savings & Loan Association, who made the presentation on behalf of First Piedmont.
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Local merchants pleased with Christmas sales figures
By LARRY HILLIARD Ledger Staff Writer larry@gaffneyledger.com
      Going into this holiday shopping season, retailers' anxiety meters were turned up to 11. Although most retail analysts predicted light crowds, dismal sales and a sharp tumble in profits for retailers,
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Environmental tests reveal no 'red flags' for county's plan to buy 'Big Mill' site
By LARRY HILLIARD Ledger Staff Writer larry@gaffneyledger.com
      The latest round of environmental tests apparently turned up no red flags to cause the county to re-think its plans to acquire the 17.4- acre "Big Mill" site from Milliken. Cherokee County Assistant Administrator Holland Belue said the test results have been sent to the state Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC) for a final review.
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Patterson joins bank
      American Community Bancshares Inc. (NASDAQ Stock Market:ACBA) holding company of American Community Bank headquarters in Monroe, N.C., has announced that J. Rick Patterson will join the bank as its Upstate Carolina Executive.
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GHS graduate completes basic
      Army Pfc. James E. Taylor has graduated from Basic Combat training at Fort Sill, Lawton, Okla. During the nine weeks of training, the soldier studied the Army mission and received instruction and training exercises in drill and ceremonies, Army history, core values and traditions, military courtesy, military justice, physical fitness, first aid, rifle marksmanship,
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Unofficial data indicates sharpest decline in traffic fatalities in past decade
By TIM GULLA Ledger Staff Writer tim@gaffneyledger.com
      While official numbers have not yet been compiled, 2008 appears to have ended with the least amount of traffic deaths on South Carolina roadways in the past decade. According to unofficial numbers provided by the South Carolina Highway Patrol, 897 people were killed on South Carolina's Highways in 2008 through Dec.
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