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Deadline nears to lodge appeals on assessments 2024 will be final year for 3-year value freeze By BEECHER TUTTLE newsroom@appenmedia.com
AMERICAN LEGION POST 201/PROVIDED
Cambridge High School graduate John Cody Watkins and Alpharetta High School graduate Madison Elizabeth Ashe receive their scholarship certificates from Immediate Past Post Commander Tom Billings.
Alpharetta American Legion presents student scholarships ALPHARETTA, Ga. — Four area high school graduates received $1,500 scholarships from Alpharetta American Legion Post 201. Scholarships were awarded based on a student’s academic performance and a themed essay on “Patriotism and Citizenship – What America means to me.” This year’s winners also received a certificate recognizing their accomplishments. The recipients are: • Madison Elizabeth Ashe, Alpharetta High School, who will be majoring in psychology premed track at the University of North Carolina. • John Cody Watkins, Cambridge High School,
who will be majoring in industrial engineering at Mississippi State University. • Alexa Boada, Denmark High School, who will be majoring in business management and marketing at Georgia State University. • Her brother Sergei Boada, Denmark High School, who is preparing for a career in veterinary medicine at Berry College. The Alpharetta American Legion Post 201 was formed over 75 years ago to honor the contributions of our Nation’s veterans, their families and the local community. — Hannah Frazer
ATLANTA — Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp in April signed a bill to limit large annual property tax increases that have plagued homeowners in Metro Atlanta suburbs for the better part of a decade. While the legislation should help property owners in counties like Fulton, DeKalb and Forsyth, it will also quietly remove what some deem a loophole that has benefitted taxpayers who know the ins and outs of the property assessment process. The coming days and weeks will likely represent the last chance homeowners have to lock in their property values without much of a fight. Set to be enacted prior to the 2025 tax season, House Bill 581 will enable counties to limit the appreciation of property values to no more than the current rate of inflation. The new law comes on the heels of significant annual surges in taxable
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