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The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Hartwell Project Office and Lake Hartwell Association will kick off the annual Lake Hartwell Clean Up Green Up initiative in conjunction with Earth Day from April 16 to April 23. Organizers said the cleanup campaign allows those who care about Hartwell Lake to show their appreciation by helping to keep it pristine. Volunteers are […]
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The initial proposed Fiscal Year 2017 budget that Toccoa City Commissioners will look at during a budget work session next week calls for no change in the property tax millage rate or utility rates and user fees for the city. Toccoa City Manager Billy Morse presented commissioners with his initial proposed budget this week. That budget is proposed to be […]
Read moreA Toccoa woman faces a charge of Homicide by Vehicle in the First Degree after she was indicted this week by a Stephens County grand jury. This week, the Stephens County grand jury indicted Kimberly Heather Bachelor of Madden Drive in Toccoa on charges of Homicide by Vehicle in the First Degree, Driving Under the Influence, and Failure to Maintain […]
Read moreStephens County Commissioners say they want to meet with a citizens’ committee that has been looking at the possibility of a sign ordinance for the county. On Tuesday, the county commission again discussed the sign ordinance. Commissioners were presented with more information and research regarding the sign ordinance from neighboring counties and the University of Georgia’s Carl Vinson Institute. They […]
Read morePart of the Stephens County Recreation Department appears to be headed to the dogs. On Tuesday, the Stephens County Commission unanimously approved a motion to provide a dog park at the Recreation Department on Rose Lane and approved a fencing bid for the park by Toccoa Winsupply in the amount of $6,225. Stephens County Administrator Phyllis Ayers said this is […]
Read moreThe first of two political town hall meetings featuring candidates in local races takes place tonight in Stephens County. AM 630 WNEG and the Toccoa-Stephens County Chamber of Commerce are hosting the town hall meeting starting at 6 p.m. tonight at the Schaefer Center in downtown Toccoa. Doors will open at 5:30 p.m. for the event. Tonight’s town hall will […]
Read moreBy MJ Kneiser, WLHR Radio, Lavonia The Franklin County School Board’s search for a new school superintendent sends them far and wide only to bring them back home to a local candidate. On Tuesday evening in a special called meeting, Franklin County School Board Chair Joe Greene asked for a motion to announced the Board’s finalist. That choice, by a […]
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Stephens County Commissioners approve a variance and conditional use request to add more solar panels to land on Turner Road in Eastanollee. On Tuesday, the county commission approved the requests from United Renewable Energy to give them the go-ahead to add the solar panels on the back side of the current Turner Road solar panel farm. United Renewable Energy Director […]
Read moreStephens County Commissioners vote to make more changes to the county’s nuisance ordinance. On Tuesday, the county commission approved the proposed changes. County Administrator Phyllis Ayers said that Stephens County is getting rid of some county guidelines from the current ordinance in the agricultural area. “We have removed the grid that discussed specific animals per acreage and then we have […]
Read moreStephens County lifts a road acceptance moratorium, for now at least, to accept one road into the county maintenance system that used to be maintained by the county. On Tuesday, commissioners approved a motion to take the 620 foot road in front of a parcel near the Jeanette Jamieson Intersection into the county road system, name the road, place a […]
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