Author: MJ Kneiser

By State Representative Alan Powell, HD 32 This week was busy with committee and subcommittee meetings, and the House Appropriations Committee continues to work on their version of the amended FY22 budget (HB 910). My colleagues and I took up the following legislation and has been sent to Senate for consideration: House Bill 385: Teachers Retirement System of Georgia; employ beneficiaries; […]

A Winder company is coming to the industrial park in Carnesville and is expecting to have 150 jobs available. At the Board of Education work session last Thursday evening, Franklin Springs Mayor and Industrial Building Authority Chair Lee Moore announced that Clinical Laboratory Services in Winder is planning to relocate their corporate offices and laboratory testing facilities to the Carnesville […]

AARP Foundation Tax-Aide program opens today in Hartwell for taxpayers who are over 50 and have low to moderate incomes. The free tax help program provides in-person and virtual tax assistance to anyone, free of charge. AARP volunteers who are certified by the IRS will help fill out federal and state returns. However, there are certain tax forms they do […]

Franklin County High School has released the names of this year’s Honor Graduates. 50 high school seniors were named to the list. Franklin County Honors graduates have earned a 93% or above in their academic core and elective classes and have earned two units of the same foreign language or have passed an End of Pathway assessment. Grades were calculated […]

Franklin County commissioners are expected to hear the first reading of a new vaping ordinance when they meet for their regular meeting this evening. At their recent work session, Commission Chair Jason Macomson said the Board was approached by the School System to develop the ordinance. “We were recently contacted by school officials about the problem of vaping by students […]