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Hart County has received word that their pre-application for the second part of grant funding to pay for the Northern Sewer Trunk line has been approved. Hart County Administrator Jon Caime made the announcement to the Board of Commissioners At their meeting last week. “We received notification of the first grant for about $700,000, but we just received notification that […]

Tractor Supply Company is offering a new grant program to FFA chapters nationwide. It’s called the “Grants for Growing” program and it’s designed to give local FFA chapters an opportunity to make their communities a better place to live. In partnership with the National FFA Foundation, the “Grants for Growing” program raises funds for local FFA chapter initiatives and awards minimum […]

St. Mary’s Hospice Services will hold its annual Hospice Memorial Service on Sunday, Feb. 21, at 2 p.m. at Central Presbyterian Church in Athens to commemorate the lives of loved ones who died in 2015. The Rev. Bill Hayes, St. Mary’s Hospice chaplain, will officiate. The service is open to everyone, and people from the community are welcome. Families and […]

Hours of operation at Georgia Department of Veterans Services offices will change effective March 1. The Department said that in order to keep up with ever-growing administrative time demands, Georgia Department of Veterans Services offices will open to the public one hour later each day starting on March 1. Officials said that service officers will use the hour to work […]

Turkey buzzards are bugging residents of Brookwood Drive in Lavonia – so much so, people living on that street off Jones St. came before the Lavonia City Council and Mayor Ralph Owens Monday night to demand something be done. Longtime Brookwood Drive resident Helen Morrison told the council the mess the vultures are leaving is quote, “disgraceful.” “Honest to gooodness, […]