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Newton chairman: Industrial development, county leadership were 2020 positives
Good working relationship with state health leaders helped county deal with pandemic, Banes says
Marcello Banes speaks at bicentennial kickoff
Newton County Board of Commissioners Chairman Marcello Banes speaks before raising the county’s bicentennial flag outside the Historic Courthouse in Covington on Dec. 5. - photo by Taylor Beck
COVINGTON, Ga. — Despite a year in which a pandemic led the county government to close its doors to the public for months and the community lost some longtime leaders, the county chairman says he saw numerous positive things that came out of 2020.