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The city of Toccoa is working on getting its proposed Fiscal Year 2016 budget ready for a first public hearing later this month. Toccoa City Commissioners met with City Manager Billy Morse and department heads one day last week for an all-day budget work session at Toccoa City Hall. Morse said the city is looking at a proposed budget of […]

The city of Toccoa is marking Georgia Cities Week this week with a host of activities. Georgia Cities Week is sponsored and organized each year by the Georgia Municipal Association. According to Toccoa Main Street Events Coordinator Sharon Crosby, the GMA hosts Georgia Cities Week each year in an effort to highlight what is going on in the state’s cities […]

The Pond Street Bridge in downtown Toccoa is open once again. Toccoa City Manager Billy Morse announced that the bridge was back open to traffic as of Friday morning. Morse said the bridge is also in the process of getting signage for its new five-ton rating. The bridge over the railroad tracks through downtown Toccoa had been closed since April […]

With a vote planned on whether or not to close Eastanollee Elementary School, the Stephens County Board of Education will hold its meeting Tuesday in a larger location. At a work session Thursday evening, the Board of Education voted unanimously to move the site of Tuesday’s regularly scheduled board meeting to the Tugaloo Center for the Performing Arts at Stephens […]

More water line work is planned in the Martin area of Stephens County today in conjunction with the Georgia Highway 17 construction project. According to the Georgia Department of Transportation, crews will be installing and getting a new water line up and running today at the intersection of Sisk Road and State Route 17. The DOT said installing that new […]

A new building supply store opens its doors to the community. Adams Building Supplies had its Toccoa-Stephens County Chamber of Commerce ribbon cutting Thursday to celebrate its grand opening. This is the fourth location for Adams Building Supplies, as there are also stores in Hartwell, Abbeville, South Carolina, and Clinton, South Carolina. Toccoa Store Manager Rick Hackney said Adams is […]

The National Technical Honor Society at North Georgia Technical College holds its induction ceremony to welcome a new class of members. At a special ceremony on the Clarkesville campus of North Georgia Technical College, 45 students were inducted into the National Technical Honor Society last month. NTHS is America’s highest award for excellence in career and technical education. The mission […]

Local leaders receive an update on the recently completed state legislative session in Atlanta. 50th District State Senator John Wilkinson and 28th District State Representative Dan Gasaway appeared before local leaders at a Post-Legislative Coffee event Wednesday at the Mitchell Allen Meeting Room at the historic train depot in Toccoa. Gasaway said the session was a very difficult one for […]

Main Street Toccoa receives its national accreditation once again. Recently, the National Main Street Center announced that it has bestowed that accreditation upon Toccoa’s downtown program. Toccoa Community Planning and Downtown Development Director Connie Tabor says that Main Street Toccoa is evaluated annually for accreditation by the Georgia Downtown Association, which works in partnership with the National Main Street Center. […]

The purchase of a piece of equipment should hopefully help Stephens County deal with its pothole problem on the roads, county officials said Tuesday. Tuesday, Stephens County Commissioners approved the purchase of a hot tack trailer for $12,500 out of SPLOST VI funds. Stephens County Public Works Director Tim Mitchem said that this purchase will allow the county to fix […]