Category: News

A second Lavonia Clean-Up Day is set for Saturday, November 6 at the City Shop on the corner of Bear Creek and Allen Farm Roads. Lavonia Mayor Courtney Umbehant and the City Council came up with the idea of an annual clean-up day last year as an incentive to get property owners to clean up debris from dilapidated and blighted […]

Hart County High School Senior Ethan McDowell has been named a Commended Student in the 2022 National Merit Scholarship Program for having one of the top scores in the PSAT test last year as a Junior. Principal Kevin Gaines said the entire school is proud of Ethan. “We’re really proud of Ethan. Anytime you have a student who scores that […]

The Georgia Mountains saw an increase in the labor force from July to August. “Although we are seeing fewer unemployed individuals now than before the pandemic started, we are also still seeing a decreased total number of people in the workforce when compared to numbers recorded prior to the pandemic,” said Commissioner Mark Butler. “This will continue to cause a […]

The North Georgia Technical College horticulture program is hosting the college’s annual fall plant sale on Oct. 4-7 and Oct. 11-14, at the Clarkesville campus greenhouses. The sale includes assorted mums, pansies and violas, snapdragons, stock, dusty miller, herbaceous perennials, as well as various annuals and perennials in limited quantities, There will also be vegetables for sale including ornamental cabbage, […]

The Lavonia Police Department is hiring. Lavonia Police Chief Bruce Carlisle said for the first time in a long time, they have an opening for one new officer. “Lavonia is growing and as the City grows we have to grow the police department as we go,” he said. “Having openings in the police department is not news, but here in […]