Christmas Tree Recycling Drop Off Points and Dates Announced

‘Tis the season for Christmas tree recycling at the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Hartwell Lake.  From Dec. 26 through Feb. 15, the Corps will collect used, natural Christmas trees (no artificial trees) for use as fish attractors throughout Hartwell Lake. The trees will be tied in bundles, weighted with concrete anchors, and submerged in various locations marked with fish attractor buoys. Christmas trees can […]

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EUC Benefits to End on Saturday

Emergency Unemployment Compensation (EUC) benefits for the nation’s long-term unemployed workers is set to end Saturday, Dec. 28, impacting 39,559 workers in Georgia. EUC is a federally funded benefit for long-term unemployed workers who have exhausted regular state unemployment insurance (UI) benefits. The maximum weekly benefit is $330, while the most recent average weekly benefit is $253. Extension programs are enacted […]

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