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District Two Public Health has a new director. Georgia Department of Public Health Commissioner Dr. Brenda Fitzgerald announced Tuesday that she has appointed Dr. Pamela Logan as the new District Health Director for District 2. She will replace the retiring director, Dr. David Westfall. According to state officials, Dr. Logan will begin her new role as District Health Director today […]
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A Northeast Georgia agriculture teacher says there is no better time to be in agriculture. That was the message of Kalie Hall, the featured speaker at Monday night’s Toccoa-Stephens County Farm City Week Banquet at First Baptist Church in Toccoa. Hall is a former FFA National Officer and now teaches agriculture at Madison County High School. She said that there […]
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A local cattleman and farmer is the latest entry in to the Stephens County Farm Bureau Hall of Fame. At Monday night’s Farm City Week Banquet, the Farm Bureau inducted David Herron into the Hall of Fame. The Hall of Fame award is just one of several awards that are handed out at the Farm City Week Banquet. Other award […]
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Toccoa City Commissioners approve changes to the city’s ordinance on erosion and sedimentation control to match state law. On Monday, city commissioners unanimously approved an ordinance amendment to the Georgia Erosion and Sedimentation Act following a second reading and public hearing on the proposal. Nobody from the public spoke on the proposed changes during the public hearing. Toccoa City Manager […]
Read moreOne Toccoa City Commissioner is calling on the city to re-visit whether to have city offices be open on Veterans Day. Commissioner Jeanette Jamieson brought the issue up at Monday’s Toccoa City Commission meeting. Jamieson said she wants the city to consider making that a city holiday moving forward. “During our next work session, I would very much appreciate it […]
Read moreTwo local organizations are teaming up for a run and food drive to help those in need locally. The Toccoa Rotary Club and Campfire Georgia are partnering to host the 4th annual Stuff the Bus 5k and 10k run/walk this Saturday. Toccoa Rotary Club President Tammy Riddle said the goal of “Stuff the Bus” is to collect food to distribute […]
Read moreMain Street Toccoa starts up a new series of historic plaque dedications in the downtown area. Last Thursday, the first historic plaque in the 2016-2017 series was unveiled at the Department of Driver Services building on Doyle Street in downtown Toccoa. City officials said the building was originally constructed in 1900 and may best be known for its vast, open […]
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After months of waiting, the Stephens County school system has its Fiscal Year 2014 audit. The school system received the audit for the period from July 1, 2013 to June 30, 2014 late last week. Stephens County School Superintendent Bryan Dorsey said that there were no surprises in the audit, but it does confirm how severe of a situation that […]
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Stephens County marks Veterans Day. The annual observance took place on Friday morning at the new pavilion at Camp Toccoa at Currahee Mountain. This year’s guest speaker for the event was retired United States Marine Corps Major Ed Gerstner, who organizers say was on the last helicopter out of Saigon just before the Vietnamese captured the city. Gerstner talked about […]
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Toccoa Police are investigating a weekend armed robbery at a city convenience store According to Chief Tim Jarrell, the Toccoa Police Department responded to the Valero station on Big A Road on Sunday morning after receiving a phone call. “At approximately 7:44 a.m. (Sunday), the police department received a call that an unknown male subject had entered the business wearing […]
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