The Toccoa City Commission will take more time to look over a proposed yard sale ordinance. City commissioners discussed the yard sale ordinance Monday at their meeting. The proposed ordinance would limit a city resident to four yard sales in a calendar year and would require a city resident to obtain a free permit...
9th District U.S. Representative Doug Collins says the United States needs to lead when it comes to taking action in Syria. He spoke on that and a number of other issues in an interview Friday. Recently, the White House said it had information that the Syrian government had used chemical weapons against its own...
A Nicholson, Georgia man will face a charge of first-degree vehicular homicide and related charges in an accident that killed a Toccoa man in Madison County last week. Roy O’Barr, 25, of Toccoa was killed in the two-car accident Friday morning on Friendship Church Road near Danielsville. According to a Georgia State Patrol spokesperson,...
SPLOST VI discussions between Stephens County and the county’s municipalities will continue at a meeting this morning. All sides are set to meet for another joint SPLOST VI meeting at 9 a.m. today in the second-floor courtroom of the historic Stephens County Courthouse in downtown Toccoa. County government officials, along with officials from Toccoa,...
Work is still ongoing today to get the Doyle Street Pool open. Toccoa-Stephens County YMCA CEO Robin Dake said Tuesday that they are still attempting to properly balance the chemicals in the pool in order to be able to open it for the summer. She said that information surrounding the opening of the pool...
Two ordinances highlight the agenda for today’s Toccoa City Commission meeting. Today, city commissioners are expected to consider a yard sale ordinance, as well as amendments to the sign ordinance. Commissioners first discussed both ordinances at their meeting last Monday. Under the proposed yard sale ordinance, a city resident would have to obtain a...
Even though water levels are back up due to recent rains, 9th District U.S. Representative Doug Collins said Friday that work continues on improving management of the upper Savannah River. In an interview Friday with AM 630 WNEG, Collins provided an update on that work. Back in March, Collins announced he was the chair...
Work continues to get the Doyle Street Pool in Toccoa open for the summer. According to Toccoa-Stephens County YMCA CEO Robin Dake, they are still working to balance the chemicals in the pool. For that reason, as well as the weather forecast, Dake said the YMCA does not believe the pool will open today...
The community welcomes a new retail store to Currahee Street. Friday, the Toccoa-Stephens County Chamber of Commerce held a ribbon-cutting ceremony to celebrate the grand opening of Tinkerbell’s Flea Market on West Currahee Street in Toccoa. Owner Janelle Hart said Tinkerbell’s has lots of different items for people to look at and buy. “(I...
An event this week will satisfy sweet tooths while also helping a good cause. The “Sugar Rush” gourmet challenge takes place Thursday from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. at the Currahee Campus of North Georgia Technical College. During the “Sugar Rush,” local chefs will craft their finest desserts and paid ticket holders will vote for...
