The Voice of Wonderful NE Georgia
The North Georgia Technical College Foundation is the recipient of one of the highest honors bestowed on a technical college foundation. At the Technical College System of Georgia’s annual Fall Leadership Conference held earlier this month in Savannah, the North Georgia Tech Foundation was awarded the prestigious Technical College Foundation Association Role Model Foundation Board Certification. This marks the second […]
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The Stephens County Recreation Department will look to move its youth football and cheerleading programs to the North Georgia Youth Football Association next year. Recreation Director Richard Adams made a presentation at the end of Tuesday’s Stephens County Commission meeting regarding what he has found out about the league. At the last Stephens County Commission meeting on October 11, Efrem […]
Read moreA Stephens County resident wants the county to take over a private road in the county. Bobby Dean appeared before Stephens County Commissioners on Tuesday regarding having the county to take over Infantry Private Drive. That is a gravel road that is located off of Davis Road. Dean lives on the road and said that the residents on Infantry Private […]
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Authorities have said charges are pending in Tuesday’s two-car accident on the Toccoa By-pass in Stephens County. It happened Tuesday afternoon during the 2 p.m. hour on the By-pass, or Georgia Highway 17, at its intersection with Currahee Lane. The Toccoa post of the Georgia State Patrol said that a 2005 Ford DRW Super Duty was traveling north on Highway […]
Read moreThe annual winners of a community award in Lavonia are announced. Earlier this month, Randy and Gwen Moore were named as the recipients of the thirteenth annual Margaret Ayers Award for Civic Health in Lavonia. The award is presented by the Lavonia Clinic and the Northeast Georgia Regional Medical Associates. It honors a community member for volunteerism, exceptional character, dignified […]
Read moreA northeast Georgia industry announces a new scholarship for Franklin County students in conjunction with North Georgia Tech. The North Georgia Technical College Foundation has announced that Stovall Machine Products has established a scholarship for the CNC and Tool and Die Programs at the college. The first scholarship will be awarded for spring semester 2017, and a student may receive […]
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Stephens County Commissioners sign off on a new work detail agreement with the Stephens County Sheriff’s Office. Commissioners approved it by a unanimous vote at their meeting on Tuesday. This is the agreement that provides inmates from the county jail for duties like litter pickup in the county. Stephens County Administrator Phyllis Ayers said that the original agreement expired June […]
Read moreStephens County approves changes to its timber harvesting ordinance. On Tuesday, county commissioners approved the proposed amendments to the timber harvesting ordinance following a second reading and public hearing. Nobody spoke either for or against the changes to the timber harvesting ordinance at Tuesday’s meeting. According to Stephens County Attorney Brian Ranck, no changes were made to the ordinance amendments […]
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A resident in a Lake Hartwell subdivision is asking the city of Toccoa for a water line to be installed to serve about 10 homes in need of a better water supply. Buddy Trexler spoke to Toccoa City Commissioners at their meeting on Monday. He lives in the Lake Harbor Shores subdivision and says that some of the homes in […]
Read moreAt the center of controversy over its service for months, Windstream Communications said it is upgrading its system in parts of north Georgia to allow for higher-speed Internet. This week, Windstream announced it was already working to upgrade its network in north Georgia to provide more than 67,000 households access to 100 megabits per second Internet. The upgrade will affect […]
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