The Voice of Wonderful NE Georgia
The Public Works Department’s Office Manager Janet Dye has released the schedule for Holiday closures for the City of Toccoa. The Toccoa City Hall will be closed Dec. 25th and 26th in observance of Christmas. Dye added that routes for garbage and recycling scheduled to be picked up Monday, Dec. 25, will be picked up on Wednesday, Dec. 27. Routes […]
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People First of Stephens County in conjunction with Allens United Methodist Church worked in tandem to pull off yet another successful Christmas party at the Peer Center in Toccoa, last Friday. Women’s group member, Lisa Bryant with Allens United Methodist Church told WNEG News about how the church’s involvement with People First contributed to the success of the annual event. […]
Read morePeople planning to travel to spend Christmas and New Years with family and friends will have plenty of company on the roadways and in the air. Triple-A is predicting more than 103 million Americans will travel for the year-end holidays, according to AAA’s Year-End Holiday Travel Forecast. That represents a 1.5 percent increase, or 1.5 million more travelers than last […]
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This past Saturday several children left Wal-Mart with smiles on their faces, an array of goodies and $100 each in Christmas presents. The annual Cops and Kids program, sponsored by The Northeast Georgia Lodge 105 Fraternal Order of Police, provided 31 children from Stephens and surrounding counties with a chance to check off many of their needed items, such as […]
Read moreToys for Tots Coordinator Don Alexander recently announced a change in pickup dates issued for Friday, Dec. 22. Approximately 50 families have received a Dec. 22 pickup date; however, Alexander is requesting that those individuals come to the Toys for Tots warehouse on Dec. 20 instead, due to the 22nd falling so close to Christmas. Toys for Tots recipients are […]
Read moreTy Cobb Museum announced Sunday that artist Ken Woodall’s “Ty Cobb Statue Unveiling” will be on display in the museum. The original folk art depicts the unveiling of the Ty Cobb statue in Royston on May 21, 2017. The statue, originally at Turner Field in Atlanta, was gifted to the City of Royston. Royston is Cobb’s hometown. Woodall included a […]
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Stephens County Commissioner and President of the Northeast Georgia Lodge 105 Fraternal Order of Police Dennis Bell recently told WNEG News about the annual Cops and Kids program scheduled for tomorrow morning at 9 a.m., held at the Toccoa Wal-mart. The annual event utilizes the funds raised throughout the year to provide needy children throughout the region with a day […]
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The local chapter of the Stephens/Franklin March of Dimes closed the book on 2017 this past Wednesday at McDonalds of Toccoa. Leon Womack of the local chapter made a check presentation. “We did a 5K run and had sponsors fund our run. The money from our sponsors helped fund the run, and we would like to make a check presentation […]
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Picture is a little dark-but that is Phil Hobbs and Ken Brady from WNEG with Hayley Knight of the Wilkinson and Clary Care Centers. WNEG delivered poinsettias to the residents as part of “Project Poinsettia” supported by 1st Franklin Financial, Stephens County Hospital, and Good’s Furniture.
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The deadlines are fast approaching to get those holiday packages in the mail and to their destinations. When it’s all said and done, the U.S. Postal Service expects to deliver more than 15 billion pieces of mail this holiday season. In the period between Thanksgiving and New Year’s Day, the Postal Service also expects to deliver 850 million packages, which […]
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