TCC removes Entertainment District Ordinance from agenda

The Toccoa City Commission removed the consideration of an Entertainment District Ordinance from the agenda during its meeting on Monday. The Entertainment District Ordinance would have allowed citizens to consume alcoholic beverages on city sidewalks in the downtown area in the designated Entertainment District. Commissioner Terry Carter made an initial motion to table the reading; however, Vice Mayor Jeanette Jamieson […]

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Latest Area Covid Report Shows No Additional Deaths

The Georgia Department of Public Health is still reporting 71 COVID-related deaths in Stephens County with 2,874 residents testing positive for the virus, since the beginning of the global pandemic. The latest report was released Monday afternoon and showed an addition of 14 positive cases in the area and no additional deaths. The latest report still has Habersham County with […]

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Multiple Fire Departments respond to weekend fire at Applegate Insulation

The Eastanollee Fire Department responded to Applegate Insulation Company in the Meadowbrook Industrial Park on Saturday. According to Eastanollee Fire Chief Jamie Gettys, they were called to the scene after the alarm company reported one of the fire-sprinklers were going off. Gettys says at this time, they are still working to determine what caused the fire. Eastanollee, Carnes Creek, New […]

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DPH reports 3 new cases of COVID-19 in Stephens County

The Georgia Department of Public Health is still reporting 71 COVID-related deaths in Stephens County with 2,873 residents testing positive for the virus, since the beginning of the global pandemic. The latest report was released Sunday afternoon. The latest report has Habersham County with 139 deaths and now 4,530 positive cases of the virus. In other neighboring counties, Franklin County […]

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TCC will hold 2nd reading of Entertainment District Ordinance during today’s meeting

The Toccoa City Commission will hold the second reading of the proposed Entertainment District Ordinance today during its regular scheduled meeting at 5:00 p.m. Today’s meeting will be conducted by teleconference. Anyone wishing to attend today’s meeting can dial in at 706-898-5160. After dialing in, you’ll be prompted to input the code 790453. As WNEG News reported recently, the City […]

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5 counties added for Mass COVID-19 Vaccination sites

More counties have been added to the state’s new mass COVID-19 vaccination sites. Five new counties were added in Chatham, Ware, Washington, Bartow, and Muscogee counties. Those sites will open on March 17. With the addition of these sites, the state’s mass vaccination program will have the capacity to administer 45,000 doses weekly between nine sites throughout the state. Over […]

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Positive Case Number Down Again Across Area

The latest DPH Report for the six county area of Stephens, Habersham, Franklin, Hart, Rabun, and Banks is showing an increase of only 5 positive cases of Covid-19, but one death. This is the second straight day that the number of positive cases in the area totaled less than 10. The Georgia Department of Public Health is still reporting a […]

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Main Street Toccoa receives grant for Alleyway Restoration Project

Main Street Toccoa is the recipient of a Tourism Product Development Grant. On March 2, Explore Georgia, the Tourism Division within the Georgia Department of Economic Development, announced that it had awarded $5,000 in tourism product development grants to Main Street Toccoa for an Alleyway Restoration Project, to be completed by July 2021. According to Main Street Manager Christian Hamilton, […]

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