The Voice of Wonderful NE Georgia
The Toccoa Clinic will honor paralympian McKenzie Coan next week as she competes in the Paralympic Games in Rio de Janeiro and invites citizens of the region to join the celebration. On Tuesday, August 23, the Clinic will launch a “memory book relay” throughout the northeast Georgia area celebrating Coan’s competition in the games, slated to begin September 7 in […]
Read moreThe U.S. Small Business Administration says that federal Economic Injury Disaster Loans are available to small businesses, small agricultural cooperatives, small businesses engaged in agriculture and private non-profit organizations in parts of Georgia as a result of the drought this summer. This disaster declaration includes Habersham County, as well as Dawson, Fannin, Hall, Lumpkin, Towns, Union, and White counties. Under […]
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50th District State Senator John Wilkinson is a member of one of Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump’s advisory committees. In a press release Tuesday, Trump named Wilkinson as one of the 65 men and women on the Agricultural Advisory Committee. The Toccoa native currently serves as the Chairman of the Agriculture and Consumer Affairs Committee in the Georgia State Senate. […]
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The state of South Carolina is advising people to limit how many spotted bass they eat from Lake Hartwell. South Carolina’s Department of Health and Environmental Control this week released the annual state fish consumption advisory. In it, South Carolina health officials said that the consumption recommendation for spotted bass from Lake Hartwell is no more than one meal per […]
Read moreThe Stephens County Hospital Authority approves a budget for Fiscal Year 2017. Hospital Authority members unanimously approved a new budget at their meeting on Monday. According to Stephens County Hospital Administrator Lynne Anderson, the budget does include a rate increase that is around three percent on average, but varies from area to area. Anderson said, however, that does not directly […]
Read moreThe Stephens County school system approves bringing in state assistance to help set up a new five-year local facilities plan. Tuesday, the Board of Education unanimously voted to approve a resolution requesting the Georgia Department of Education’s assistance in developing the local facilities plan. Stephens County School Superintendent Bryan Dorsey said the resolution will open up more options and avenues […]
Read moreAuthorities have released information on an accident that injured a Toccoa man last week. It occurred on Friday at 5:07 p.m. on Defoor Road, just south of Whispering Pines Road. According to the Toccoa post of the Georgia State Patrol, a 2003 Chevy Trailblazer driven by 19-year-old Megan Ashley Rose Squires of Eastanollee was traveling north on Defoor Road when […]
Read moreA Habersham County resident will continue to serve on a state board. Recently, Georgia Governor Nathan Deal re-appointed Kerry Smith of Clarkesville to the State Board of Nursing Home Administrators. Smith is the director of long term care at Northeast Georgia Medical Center. Also, he sits on the board of directors for the Georgia Healthcare Association. Smith earned a bachelor’s […]
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The Toccoa Police Department says it is continuing to investigate a series of counterfeit bills turning up throughout the city. According to Toccoa Police Chief Tim Jarrell, the incidents have happened at various locations throughout the city over the past two to three weeks. “Roughly about $600 in counterfeit money has been passed at various businesses around the city,” said […]
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Authorities said that a fatal motor vehicle accident Monday in Habersham County took the life of a Toccoa man. According to the Toccoa post of the Georgia State Patrol, 64-year-old Paul Jonathan Tubbs of Toccoa was killed in the accident on Georgia Highway 365 South Monday morning. It occurred at about 6:08 a.m. on Monday, about one-tenth of a mile north […]
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