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The new school year kicks off in early August for Athens area. Here's what families need to know
August is headed our way and so it's time for kids to stuff their backpacks, pack their lunches, and get ready for the start of the 2024-25 school year in the Athens area. “We are gearing up to welcome our students, staff, and families back to (the Clarke County School District) for the...
Oconee County Observations
Oconee County Schools received $4.5 million more in revenue over the just-completed Fiscal Year 2024 than it had anticipated when the Board of Education adopted that budget in May of 2023. The largest part of that increase resulted from $2.4 million in Investment and Interest Income. The budget approved by...
Oconee Blotter: Fight breaks out between two women in gynecology waiting room
The Oconee County Sheriff’s Office reported the following incidents:. MAILBOX DAMAGE: On June 27, several deputies responded to Twin Oaks Drive, Watkinsville, for a series of damage reports. It appeared someone had driven through the neighborhood off Barnett Shoals Road and hit mailboxes, possibly with a baseball bat. At least five residents reported damage that ranged from a low of $50 to $500.
A Tale of Two Counties: Wealthy Oconee and Struggling Wheeler
The trip from Watkinsville to Alamo, GA covers a little over 140 miles and, according to Google Maps, should take about two hours and 40 minutes. It’s pretty much a straight shot down U.S. 441. You’ll cross I-20 at Madison, go through Milledgeville and hit Dublin, where you’ll cross I-16, then make the final half-hour run to Alamo.
Townley Attorney Asks Judge To Reverse Deannexation Decision Of North High Shoals; Town Counsel Asks Judge To Dismiss The Case
***Superior Court Judge Wants Time To Make Decision***. Oconee County Superior Court Judge H. Patrick Haggard said at the beginning of an hour-long hearing last week on the suit filed by the Townley Family Partnership LLLP against the Town of North High Shoals that he would not make a decision at the end of the session.
Oconee Commissioners Turn Down Office Building On Mars Hill Road, Approve Large Retail Project For U.S. 441 Near Hog Mountain Road
The Oconee County Board of Commissioners on Tuesday night turned down a rezone request for a commercial development on Mars Hill Road at Julian Drive and approved a large strip development on U.S. 441 just north of Watkinsville. The vote against the Mars Hill Road development represented an attempt to...
Oconee County Observations
The Oconee County Board of Commissioners on Tuesday night turned down a rezone request for a commercial development on Mars Hill Road at Julian Drive and approved a large strip development on U.S. 441 just north of Watkinsville. The vote against the Mars Hill Road development represented an attempt to...
‘A lot of pain’: Georgian survives bites from brown recluse spider
WATKINSVILLE, Ga. (Atlanta News First) - An Oconee County mother is recovering after being bit by a venomous spider. Jessica Rogue, 44, said she encountered several brown recluse spiders. Rogue said it happened while she was cleaning out a shed outside her Bogart home. “I was just in there sweeping,...
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