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Health inspections: 'Grime' in kitchen prompts low score at Oconee County restaurant
Here are the Georgia Department of Health's restaurant inspection scores for Athens-Clarke and Oconee counties conducted June 19-July 2. Scores in each category are listed in order of most recent inspection date. The Georgia Department of Public Health, Environmental Health Section, conducts regular restaurant inspections to help keep residents and...
Walton County Chamber to host Bourbon and BBQ next month
The community is invited to what the Walton County Chamber of Commerce is promising will be “one of the BIGGEST & most FUN events of the year,” a night of Bourbon tasting, BBQ, Music, Silent Auction, and fun!. The Chamber’s Bourbon and BBQ event will take place from...
Local singer Michelle Stringer with patriotic music will be the guest for the July TRIAD meeting Friday
The TRIAD meeting at 9 a.m. on Friday, July 5, 2024 at The Retreat in Loganville will feature a special guest, Michelle Stringer. She is going to sing with a tribute to the Fourth of July. “She sang for us on Christmas one year and also on Heroes Day,” said...
New townhouse development announced for Watkinsville
A project to build 21 new townhouses at the Wire Park development in Watkinsville was announced recently by Monte Hewett, a general contractor in Atlanta, and Blue Point Construction Southeast of Atlanta. Hewett announced it had purchased property for the townhouses for $11.5 million and construction on the two-story townhouses...
Watkinsville native serves with the next generation of Naval Aviation Warfighters
CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS—Ensign Jay Hamil, a native of Watkinsville, is serving in the U.S. Navy, where naval aviators learn the skills they need to fly missions around the world. Hamil, a 2019 graduate of North Oconee High School, joined the Navy one year ago. Hamil also earned a bachelor’s...
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