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Oconee County Observations: Early Voting Turnout Indicates High Interest Among...

Oconee County Observations: Early Voting Turnout Indicates High Interest Among... : 5,482 Ballots Cast More people voted in the three weeks of early voting in Oconee County than voted in the primaries in the county in May....

Centner from Watkinsville marching with Redcoats in Jacksonville this weekend

Man on the Street: What are you doing fo Fall Break?

Long-shot Democratic candidates for Congress rely on grassroots support

Long-shot Democratic candidates for Congress rely on grassroots support

Bobby Saxon to speak at Veterans Day

Oconee grad to speak at Veterans Day

Downtown trick-or-treating safe, fun

Downtown trick-or-treating safe, fun

Voters have a voice on sales tax

Voters have a voice on sales tax

Jackson EMC Donates $100,000 to Local Charities including ESP

Ga. Co-op Donates $100,000 to Local Charities - Electric Co-op Today

OFC to use Core Blend for indoor season

OFC to use Core Blend for indoor season

Educational facility offers tutoring options for Watkinsville - The Red and Black : Variety

Educational facility offers tutoring options for Athens community - The Red and Black : Variety

Halloween: Don costume, hand out candy, cast a ballot

Halloween: Don costume, hand out candy, cast a ballot

Lack of Internet access has Oconee residents lining up for an explanation

Lack of Internet access has Oconee residents lining up for an explanation

Watkinsville woman credits early breast cancer diagnosis to annual mammograms

Watkinsville woman credits early breast cancer diagnosis to annual mammograms

Liquor and SPLOST referendums highlight Oconee ballot

Liquor and SPLOST referendums highlight Oconee ballot

Why you should vote for Dan Matthews for Watkinsville City Council

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I am running for the Watkinsville City Council because I want to see our municipal licensing process become more business friendly. My opponent has voted against every restaurant and convenience store applicant trying to receive a beer or wine license from the City Council, without justification or explanation. I know restaurants in Watkinsville have tremendously improved our quality of life. I will give every business that comes before the City Council the proper consideration and assessment of the application itself instead of trying to force my morality or religious views one way or the other on the residents and business owners of Watkinsville (which is apparently the case with my opponent currently). I want to continue the carefully crafted policy enacted by former Mayor Jim Luken along with the Council members some eight years ago. We have had changes in two of the council members since then, and I know the City can handle one more. There have not been a substantial incre

TONHS crime incidents in October

Subject: TONHS crime incidents in October TONHS Residents, This month we have had at least three incidents of serious crime in town I have been asked to informed others about.    First, several weeks ago a resident on Rays Church Road had a car stolen from their driveway during the morning.  Second and Third, residents on Shadyfield Lane and Gober Road had people break into their homes and steal valuable items.   Please be on alert for yourself and your community. Thanks,  Fred

Oconee County Observations: Oconee County Rep. Quick Planning Legislation To M...

Oconee County Observations: Oconee County Rep. Quick Planning Legislation To M... : ”Shadow Governments” Regina Quick, who represents part of Oconee County in the Georgia House of Representatives, has asked legislative co...

Oconee man and partner seek to open new Athens area brewery next year

I for one eagerly anticipate an Eagle Tavern Amber and an Ashford Manor Stout, maybe even a Watkinsville Weisen Oconee man and partner seek to open new Athens area brewery next year

Oconee County moves within two wins of a state championship

Oconee County moves within two wins of a state championship

Watkinsville Woods is an amazing preserve of history and foliage

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There are a lot of jewels buried in the acreage that is known as Watkinsville Woods. Council members Mike Huff and Brian Brodrick did their dad gum best to transform this jewel Saturday morning with help from Cub Scouts, Boy Scout, pack leaders and many more people from the professional world like Walt Cook of Cook's Trail or Gary Grider of Athens have all put in considerable hours long before this second volunteer clearing of the park. The history of the area remains subject of much speculation as a both a religious area and a place of washing clothes with earthen dams to bolster the outdoor laundry facilities. There are still bed frames and heater boxes and other debris in the back yards of some residences connected to the park, but lots of barbed wire were yanked out of the ground this time. The tools employed for this adventure in man and woman power were amazing unto themselves, and borrowed from the bike trail making group SORBA, which has some irony since