High school juniors who failed the math portion of the Georgia High School Graduation Test can take a free, two-week summer remediation program, State Superintendent John Barge announced Tuesday. Project ExPreSS (Exam Preparation for Student Success) will be offered June 13-24 at 40 high schools around the state. Info: https://www.georgiastandards.org/resources/Pages/Tools/ProjectExPreSS.aspx. On-line help: https://www.georgiastandards.org/Resources/Pages/Tools/OnlineExPreSS.aspx. NANCY BADERTSCHER
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The Georgia Department of Transportation will be working on the intersection of Ga. 54 and I- 75 from 9 p.m. Friday, until 5 a.m., Monday.There will be no access on I-75 at exit 233. The southbound and northbound exit and entry ramps will be closed. Also, one right lane of I-75 will be closed north and southbound. There will be single-lane closures in both directions on Ga. 54. Southbound detour is Exit 231 (Mt. Zion Boulevard and right on Mt. Zion Road). Northbound detour is Exit 235 (Old Dixie Highway and then right on Morrow Road). TAMMY JOYNER
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The Beacon, a weekly tabloid that covered the north Fulton cities, has ceased publication. The company filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy this month, and after a creditor refused to negotiate, Publisher John Fredericks said he had no choice but to stop printing.
Fredericks said The Beacon had a circulation of about 10,000, a mix of paid subscribers and free trials, but never recovered from the recession. He said he will keep updating the subscription-only Web site, retaining as many employees as he can, for as long as the court will allow. JOHNNY EDWARDS
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