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Porterdale balks rail resolution
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Once again the Porterdale City Council did not approve a resolution that would have encouraged the Newton County Commission to purchase the rights of way of the Norfolk Southern rail lines that traverse the county.At the council’s May meeting, Councilmember Lowell Chambers presented a resolution that, if signed, would have supported the county’s proposal to purchase the rail lines for the purpose of creating a countywide walking and biking trail.Councilmembers stated at that meeting they did not want to support a trail system because they had heard resounding negative feedback from their