Oconee County, GA Politics

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Longtime Athens area musician/record store owner and all around good guy David Franklin Giles passed from a cardiac arrest following a rattlesnake bite recently and will have services at Lord and Stephens West funeral home before a wake at the Sanctuary. Davey was a member of the Athens garage rock band The Woggles for most of the "Zontar" sessions and also ran Ruthless Records downtown. He was briefly manager of the Flat Duo Jets. His mother lives in Watkinsville. Celebrating the life of David Franklin Giles Saturday, May 23, 2015 Visitation: 1pm at Lord and Stephens West. Athens, Ga. Service: 2pm at Lord and Stephens West. Athens, Ga. Wake: 3pm at The Sanctuary, 13 Barnett Shoals Road. Watkinsville, Georgia 30677  https://www.google.com/ maps/place/ 13+S+Barnett+Shoals+Rd,+Ath ens,+GA+30605/ @33.861495,-83.406215,17z/ data=!3m1!4b1!4m2!3m1!1s0x8 8f66e3c187251ef:0x4d4b2309 251b611d?hl=en Please SHARE this event with David's friends. If you would like to drop off...

Watkinsville, Ga. – Georgia DOT announces new construction work will begin tomorrow in the area of Oconee Middle School for the widening of Mars Hill Road, if weather allows. “So far not much has happened near the schools. No lane closures are planned at the School but crews will move in tomorrow to begin demolishing the existing fence and asphalt then grading and installing the new drainage system. Crews are continuing to build new culverts, grading, installation of drainage and installing new utility lines along the project,” explained Harold Mull, Georgia DOT District Construction Engineer. The project will widen Mars Hill Road/Oconee Connector from State Route 316 to State Route 53/Hog Mountain Road improving mobility locally in Watkinsville and for the region in to and out of Clarke County. The new road will have four lanes that are 12 feet wide with a 20 feet wide grassy median. It will also have bike lanes and a sidewalk in each direction. As part of the pro...

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Oconee County Observations: A Small Truck Repair Facility Is Coming To Oconee ... : In Business Park While no vendors have located in the property adjacent to the Caterpillar Plant on Atlanta Highway on the east side of Bo...

Sincerely,  Dan Matthews The attached photos were taken this afternoon around 1 p.m. when we took the last of the books from the book drive to replenish the Oconee County Jail Library. Sheriff Berry and Officer Amber Shelnutt greeted us and showed us the library. I'm guessing that around 1000 books were collected. Officer Shelnutt had them beautifully arranged on carts and in cases according to category. I think I speak for Oconee County Democrats and people in the Sheriff's Office in saying this project would be classified a win-win endeavor. I don't think it created an enormous burden for any one individual, but working together as a great team it can be labeled a big success. Thanks everyone, Margaret

The clink of liquor-filled glasses will soon be resonating at Chops & Hops restaurant on Main Street after the Watkinsville City Council approved its first distilled spirits application Wednesday at the Community Center near the end of the regular May meeting. City council member Mike Link maintained his staunch anti-alcohol stance by remaining the lone member of Watkinsville elected refusing to support legitimate and proper applications before the city to increase the tax base. Municipal voters actually approved a liquor-by-the-drink referendum twice in consecutive elections due to a lack of being able to distinguish votes from those with a Watkinsville mailing address (but not in the city limits). The otherwise unanimous vote nearly was tabled if not for the quick thinking of one Watkinsville resident who sent a text message to the busy restaurant tabling customers Wednesday night, the first night of summer vacation in the Oconee County school system. Mychell Lang made it ove...

Vietnam War honors planned for Memorial Day observance in Oconee County

Cyclists in Oconee County nearly forced off roadway

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Subject: Advisory Message: Accident on Barnett Shoals Rd at Porter Crk with an over turned tractor trailer. Possible road closure. Stay clear of this area. --> Message sent via Nixle | Go to nixle.com | Unsubscribe Tuesday May 19, 2015, 12:43 PM Oconee County Georgia Sheriff's Office A message from your Sheriff's Office. Advisory: Accident on Barnett Shoals Rd at Porter Crk with an over turned tractor trailer. Possible road closure. Stay clear of this area. For full details, view this message on the web . Sent by Oconee County Georgia Sheriff's Office 1140 Experiment Station Rd, Watkinsville, GA 30677 To manage your email settings, click here . To update your account settings, login here . If you prefer not to receive future emails, unsubscribe here . Powered by . © 2015 Nixle, LLC. All rights reserved.

Subject: Advisory Message: Simonton Bridge/Whitehall Road closing --> Message sent via Nixle | Go to nixle.com | Unsubscribe Tuesday May 19, 2015, 8:15 AM Oconee County Georgia Sheriff's Office A message from your Sheriff's Office. Advisory: Simonton Bridge/Whitehall Road closing Dear Nixle User, Simonton Bridge Road/Whitehall Road will be closed at the Oconee/Clarke County line beginning today at 10:00AM. This closure is expected to last approximately 60 days. Alternate routes include 441 North to the 10 Loop to South Milledge and you may access the east side of Athens by taking Barnett Shoals Road. The closure is due to roadwork in Clarke County at the intersection of South Milledge and Whitehall Road. For full details, view this message on the web . Sent by Oconee County Georgia Sheriff's Office 1140 Experiment Station Rd, Watkinsville, GA...

Begin forwarded message: From: "Bryan Long, Better Georgia" bryan@bettergeorgia.com Subject: Largest tax hike in GA history Date: May 18, 2015 at 9:45:49 AM EDT To: "Dan Matthews" < danjmatt@bellsouth.net > Reply-To: bryan@bettergeorgia.com   Gov. Nathan Deal's legacy is now set. In just 45 days we'll all begin   paying higher taxes on gas and hotels   -- thanks to Gov. Deal's largest tax hike in Georgia history. Gov. Deal will be known as the Republican who finally admitted defeat on fiscally conservative policies. With his actions,   he proved that conservative rhetoric simply doesn't work. The bad part is that tax-and-spend Deal just charged us $1 billion a year for more asphalt -- stretching to fund just the   bare minimum   of what the state needs to keep up with growth. Even worse, Gov. Deal's tax hike hits working Georgians hardest. Gov. Deal's tax plan is designed to tax those who make the least...

AGENDA CITY OF WATKINSVILLE May 20, 2015 CALL TO ORDER QUORUM CHECK PRESENTATION OF THE WATKINSVILLE BEAUTIFUL YARD AWARD Cynthia & James llamilton — 123 Concord Drive MINUTES l. April 15, 2015 APPEARANCES l. Bernardo Ramos — business license — R & R Irrigation & Landscaping — 47 Jackson Street 2. Eric Hyde — business license — Eric Hyde Agency, Inc. —2 South Main Street, Suite 205B 3. Mike Joyner — rezone — 157 South Main Street from Detached Residential (DR) to Corridor Cornmercial (CC) 4. Patrick Lang — Distilled Spirits Pouring License — 2 South Main Street, Suite 112 ADMINISTRATION l. April 30. 2015 General & SPLOST Funds - Reconciliation Reports MAYOR'S REPORT CITIZENS' COMMENTS OLD BUSINESS l. Update signage/equipment at crosswalks @ SR 15(Main St.) & School Street & Third Street 2. Update GA Recreational Trails Program Grant 3. Budget Hearing - FY2016 (July 1, 2015 -June 30, 2016) NEW BUSINESS l. Consider ice mac...

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This got me thinking, as I tend to do after any small disaster, what route to Athens would I take if all of the sudden, Barnett Shoals Road in Watkinsville was closed as it was in this wreck, Simonton Bridge was closed as it started to be today with the five foot shaving at the intersection with Milledge Avenue, and take into effect the old Macon Highway with the recently extinguished smoldering remains of the Puritan Cord Mill closing that route. Yes I could still wander around to Atlanta Highway and or the 10 Loop, but sometimes we do take for granted our frequented paths and usual journeys.  What is your favorite secret way to Athens, taking these out of the calculation? http://onlineathens.com/breaking-news/2015-05-19/driver-trapped-overturned-truck-oconee-county-rescue-workers-site

Oconee County Observations: Oconee County Charges Property Owners In Four Citi... : Law Allows Two Rates When the Oconee County Board of Commissioners releases the county’s budget on May 26, it also will release two millag...

Pet store helps veteran who saved dog from hot car

Charges dropped against vet who saved dog from hot car

Watkinsville business launches records management division