Stephens Co. Schools to Start Back this Week

Stephens County Schools start back this Thursday, August 3. Orientation days are August 1 and 2 and differ depending on school. Big A Elementary orientation is August 1 from 12:30-5:30; Liberty Elementary, August 2 from 12:30-5:30 and Toccoa Elementary, August 1 from 1-6 p.m. Stephens County 5th Grade Academy and Middle School orientation days are August 1 and 2. 5th and 6th graders […]

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NGTC Club Hosting School Supplies Drive

North Georgia Technical College’s Phi Beta Lambda club is having a school supplies drive at the Clarkesville and Currahee campuses. According to the PBL adviser Tim Green, the club does a community service project every year. The school supplies drive is going on through August 31 and the supplies will be given to 1st and 2nd graders in Stephens County. […]

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Stephens Co. Hospital’s 80th Anniversary Celebration this Weekend

Stephens County Hospital’s 80th anniversary celebration is this weekend. On Sunday, July 30, the hospital is hosting an outdoor event, themed “celebrating our past and reaffirming our future.” Anderson said the beginning of the event will be outside, with David Fry from the symphony playing music and then an invocation by Brian Shelton. “We’re going to have an invocation by […]

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School System Prayer Motorcade taking place Saturday

The Stephens County School system prayer motorcade is taking place this Saturday, July 29. Geraldine Hayes, a bus monitor in the school system, helps put this event together and said that the motorcade was started by a previous middle school principal and it has continued for several years now. “We just feel like it’s so important that the community come […]

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Streetscape Phase VI Temporarily on Hold

The Streetscape Phase VI Project in downtown Toccoa is temporarily on hold after old utility lines were discovered. City Manager Billy Morse said they are in the process of getting a new price from the contractors for the paved surface area. “The elevation of the utilities is the problem,” said Morse. “To lower the utilities is really cost prohibiting, we […]

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County Commission Amending Zoning Ordinance in Agriculture Intensive District

The Stephens County Commission is working on amending the language in the current zoning ordinance for the agriculture intensive district. The first public hearing for the amended zoning language was Tuesday night. County Attorney Brian Ranck said these changes involve district requirements in the agriculture intensive district that involve poultry operations. “The county is currently under a moratorium right now […]

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