New Chief Tax Appraiser Stan King Attended May 12 BOC workshop.
Read More »Appalachian Judicial Circuit Holds Annual “Celebrate America” Picnic
Mid May temperatures are normally in the low 80s but this past Tuesday the high was 58. This did not stop Brenda Weaver, Chief Judge, Superior Court Judge Roger Bradley and Superior Court Judge Amanda Mercier from holding their annually Celebrate America picnic. The picnic was held at the ETC pavilion in Ellijay.
Read More »Was there Misappropriation of GO Bond funds? Listen and Decide
In less than 3 minutes you will hear many promises made by former Chairman Commissioner Mark Chastain as he spoke to the public at the BOC meeting on March 11, 2010.
Read More »Supreme Court deals blow to Charter Schools / Local BOE Comments
Local BOE comments on Georgia Supreme Court ruling concerning charter schools this past Monday.
Read More »Charter School Application to Move Forward without BOE’s Support
“Do not partition Gilmer County into two separate school systems,” this was one of the comments Isaac Lassiter intended to make in his presentation to the BOE regarding the request to waive the application deadline for the Oakland Academy Charter School.
Read More »Clear Creek Ball Fields Put on Hold, Yet Whitepath Pro Shop open for Business
Citizens of Gilmer County filled the Commissioners Conference room on the afternoon of March 11, 2010 for the workshop. They wanted to hear how the Commissioners intended to spend the balance of the General Obligation Bond funds.
Read More »Is a Charter School in Gilmer’s Future?
A Charter school could be in the future for Gilmer County. This week at the Board of Education meeting a special presentation was given regarding Charter schools and how they function.
Read More »National Day of Prayer in Gilmer County
May 5th, on Thursday afternoon, a group of citizens gathered in the jury room on the second floor of the Gilmer County Courthouse to participate in the National Day of Prayer.
Read More »National Day of Prayer
Citizens are welcome to join Gilmer county Officials in honoring the National Day of Prayer at the Gilmer County Courthouse 2nd floor jury room from 12:00 to 12:50, May 5, 2011.
Read More »Previous BOC Spending Under Investigation
After so much talk about $20,000, interpretation, and judge and jury – FYN decided to look a little deeper at past purchasing by the County. We know the Gilmer County Civic Center went way over budget. The original estimate that was voted on by the previous BOC was $437,000.00.
Read More »“BUDGET CUT” Tax Assessor Office Begins Monday with 1 Less Employee
Gilmer County Tax Assessor’s Office cuts budget for the balance of 2011 by $56,370.36.
Read More »Should Gilmer County Put A Debt Ceiling In Place? Citizen Speaks. BOC Responds.
At the 3-24 budget workshop Commissioner Will Beattie introduced the idea of a proposed County debt ceiling (9:30 seconds into part 9 video). Max to Randy: “what you’re saying Randy is that the taxpayers can’t read what they are voting on, you’re dumbing down the taxpayer, down to the point that you’re saying you got […]
Read More »Sheriff Nicholson Addresses the Effect of Budget Cuts on Public Safety and Meth Labs
We have and will continue to aggressively take downs meth labs and meth traffickers in Gilmer County.
Read More »FYN EXCLUSIVE-Gilmer Tax Assessor Offers No New Cuts in Amended Budget
Gilmer County began 2011 with a 1.5 million dollar short fall. This large short fall which was carried forward into 2011, resulted from the gap between projected revenue and actual revenue in the 2010 budget. FYN has consistently reported on the County budget workshops and decided to find out why the Gilmer County Tax Assessor’s […]
Read More »Don’t Drive to Tower Rd. – Whitepath is Open!
Fetchyournews.com stopped by the Whitepath Convenient Center today to see how things were going. We spoke with Mr. Billy Helton and he told us that as of 5pm he had receipts for $58.00 for the first day.
Read More »Watch Out, There’s a Pick Pocket in Gilmer County!
What difference does 15 miles make in the cost of gas? There must be some reason that Gilmer County residents pay more then their neighbors to the south? Last week Pickens County’s had a fuel cost increase of on average .11 cents per gallon while Gilmer County’s fuel cost increased an average of .18. You […]
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