Author: MJ Kneiser

Lavonia City council members will hear the second reading tonight of an amendment to their nuisance ordinance that changes what kind of debris the city will and will not pick up. The amendment to the city’s nuisance ordinance will ban the dumping of debris at the curbside.  City manager Gary Fesperman  said debris left at the curb is clogging up […]

Officials with the Georgia Office of Adult Education and the state’s 46 GED® testing centers are urging students to finish the current version of the GED test before it expires at the end of 2013. The version used now will be replaced nationally with a new GED test on January 2, 2014.  Those who have taken the current GED test, […]

The City of Franklin Springs is setting up a new fund to pay for upgrades to their computer equipment in municipal court and in the police station. At their meeting last week, the council voted to set up a 70 Mutual Fund for technology related costs. City clerk Jackie Yearwood said the revenue for the fund would come from police […]

By David Stephens, WSGC Radio, Elberton In Elbert County, the Elberton City Council is exploring multiple options regarding what to do with old Samuel Elbert Hotel on the downtown square. The city purchased the building nearly a year ago, and ever since has been trying to come up with a good use for it. One option would be to relinquish […]

By Charlie Bauder, WNEG Radio, Toccoa The Georgia Environmental Protection Division appears to be giving a Toccoa biofuel company more time to comply with one facet of a consent order. EPD Assistant Director Jim Ussery says the agency granted Wilbros LLC an extension from the March 16th deadline for installation of a cover for a wastewater treatment pond. “It has […]