The Voice of Wonderful NE Georgia
Residents of Habersham County now have another place to earn their GED and prepare for college or the workforce. North Georgia Technical College has teamed up with Goodwill to offer afternoon GED Preparation classes at the new state of the art Goodwill Career Center in Cornelia. Students will have the opportunity to go to class Monday through Thursday from 12:00 […]
Read moreNumbers from the Stephens County school system show that most of the average class sizes are near where they were last year in grades Pre-K through 5. School Superintendent Bryan Dorsey provided that information to the Stephens County Board of Education at Thursday’s work session. According to those figures, all but two of the grades from Pre-K through 5 that […]
Read moreA Toccoa church receives a grant to assist in a sabbatical for its pastor. St. Matthias Episcopal Church has received a grant of $45,600 to enable its minister, the Very Rev. Mary R.H. Demmler, to participate in the 2015 National Clergy Renewal Program. The Lilly Endowment, Inc. funds the grant and it is administered by the Christian Theological Seminary in […]
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The Toccoa Clinic and the Northeast Georgia Medical Associates chooses former First Lady of Georgia Betty Vandiver as their 2015 recipient of the Margaret Ayers Award for Civic Health. The Margaret Ayers Award for Civic Health is in its 12th year and is named for Margaret Ayers, longtime civic activist, former first lady of Lavonia, and career banker. The award […]
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A Georgia Department of Transportation employee once involved on a Stephens County road project is the winner of an award from the agency. Georgia DOT Commissioner Russell McMurry recently announced that Natasha Davis was honored at this year’s District Employee Appreciation Day with the 2015 State Community Service Award for her personal dedication to improve her community and the engineering […]
Read moreThe Stephens County school system is still on track to move its central offices in the coming weeks. Stephens County School Superintendent Bryan Dorsey updated the Stephens County Board of Education on the move plans at its work session and called meeting on Thursday. Dorsey said that they are on schedule for moving to the old Big A School Building […]
Read moreFamily Connection of Stephens County Executive Director Allyson Warren said the organization is excited about a new program it will be offering with a state grant. This week, the organization announced that it had received a state grant to provide the First Steps Georgia program in Stephens County. Only 19 agencies in Georgia received the grant. First Steps Georgia is […]
Read moreBy MJ Kneiser, WLHR Radio, Lavonia A wreck in Franklin County leads to a manhunt and an arrest. It happened early Wednesday morning on State Route 51 when, according to Georgia State Patrol Hartwell Post Assistant Commander Matt Baxley, a witness who saw the wreck tried to help the driver. Baxley said the witness who tried to help that driver […]
Read moreGeorgia drivers should be on the lookout even more as the state moves into the main time of the year when deer are most likely to be on the move. That’s according to University of Georgia researchers who have completed a county-by-county analysis of when motorists should be more aware of possibly hitting a deer. The university says researchers looked […]
Read moreReaction is coming in about the announcement regarding Holiday Inn Express in Toccoa. This week, the parent company for the chain said that Toccoa was approved for a Holiday Inn Express. Compnay officials said the hotel will be located on South Big A Road. A sign marks the location as the site of the former Host Inn. The old Host […]
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