Barrow Journal Named County Legal Organ for 2012 and 2013

Legal notices — those required by state or federal law to be published in a local newspaper, including public hearings, notices of tax rates, foreclosures, and other information — will be printed in the in 2012 and 2013.

Accoridng to an online article posted by the newspaper, which has been publishing in Barrow County for the past three years, the Barrow Journal has been named the county legal organ for the next two years.

After 2013, public notices will rotate on a two-year cycle between the Barrow Journal and the .

"We appreciate the opportunity to serve as Barrow's legal organ," Scott Buffington, co-publisher of the Barrow Journal, said in the article. "We will strive to do a high quality job for the citizens in Barrow County in taking care of the local public notice advertising."

Residents can e-mail Buffington at Scott@mainstreetnews.com for more information.