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Franklin County Commissioners are asking the public and staff to be courteous to one another. To that end, Commission Chair Jeff Jacques announced a new customer service initiative and directed County Manager Derrick Turner to write a memo to staff letting them know they are supported by the Commission, and asked county staff to treat customers professionally. “One of the […]

Lavonia City Council and Mayor are looking over several lists of ideas regarding making improvements at Springview Heights Park. Last month, Council and Mayor Courtney Umbehant met with Springview Heights citizens to outline how the City plans to help residents revitalize the park and the community as a whole. Umbehant said now that upgrades to Lavonia City Park are largely […]

By Phil Hobbs, WNEG Radio, Toccoa The Eastanollee Cannery will celebrate a Grand Reopening with a special sale beginning at 8 A.M. until 6 P.M. today at their location at 582 Eastanollee School Road. Richard Johnson is the operator and manager of the cannery and says that it has been a long time coming. “We’ve been down for 13 months, […]

North Georgia Technical College (NGTC) student Bria Wells of Cleveland, Ga., and Adult Education Department instructor Dr. Kay Chitwood of Alto, Ga., represented North Georgia Technical College as the college’s student and instructor of the year at the Dinah Culbreath Wayne Exceptional Adult Georgian in Literacy Education EAGLE (EAGLE) Leadership Institute in Atlanta March 1-2, 2023. The Technical College System […]

By State Representative Alan Powell, HD 33 My colleagues and I returned to the Gold Dome on Monday, March 6, Legislative Day 28, otherwise known as Crossover Day. Crossover Day is the deadline for legislation to be passed out of its chamber of origin to remain eligible for consideration to become law this year. Last week, my House colleagues and […]