ELLIJAY, Ga. – The Ellijay City Council voted unanimously to approve their COVID-19 State of Emergency Ordinance during the virtual meeting held on Wednesday, March 25, 2019, following the rest of the local governments in taking action against the spread of the virus. The ordinance will be in effect for 14 days following the passing, […]
Read More »HPC Approves Sliding Glass Walls at Upcoming Roof Top Bar
ELLIJAY, Ga. – The Ellijay Historic Preservation Commission approved a sliding glass wall for Ellijay’s upcoming roof top bar, “The Roof”, during their meeting held on Monday, January 10, 2020. The main purpose of these sliding glass walls is simply security, according to property owner Matt Bond. The doors are intended to keep people from […]
Read More »Firefighters put out Coosawattee brush fire
ELLIJAY, Ga. – Firefighters in Gilmer Counter worked to put out a fast-moving brush fire in the Coosawattee River Resort on Thursday, January 9, 2020 around 3 pm, with command terminating at 5:20 pm. ***TRAVEL ALERT – There is a brush fire and structure fire at 180 Pacer Court inside Coosawattee River Resort, approximately 3.5 […]
Read More »City Council Denies 2019 On Premise Consumption License Fee Refund for The Roof Ellijay, Approves Other Consumption License Renewals.
ELLIJAY, Ga. – The Ellijay City Council denied an on premise consumption license fee refund for The Roof Ellijay, approves four on premise consumption license renewals, one off premise consumption license renewal, and re-appointed Josh Moyers to the Downtown Development Authority during their meeting held on Monday, December 16, 2019. Because The Roof Ellijay is […]
Read More »BoE Presents Teacher of the Year Awards
ELLIJAY, Ga. – The Gilmer County Board of Education presented their Teacher of the Year awards during their work session held on Monday, October 21, 2019. For Clear Creek Elementary School, Coach Hollie Kiker, employee of the physical education department for seven years. Kiker was described by her coworkers as “energetic, actively involved in every […]
Read More »City Council Approves On Premise Consumption License Renewals for Beer, Wine, and Spirits
ELLIJAY, Ga. – The Ellijay City Council approved five on premise consumption license renewals for beer, wine, and distilled spirits and one on premise consumption license renewal for beer and wine during their meeting on Monday, November 18, 2019. The five on premise consumption license renewals for beer, wine, and distilled spirits are as follows: […]
Read More »Colonel Gary Engel of Engelheim Vineyards discusses foreign policy, keeping Republicans in office
ELLIJAY, Ga. – Colonel Gary Engel of Ellijay’s Engelheim Vineyards talked about his career as a high ranking officer during some of the biggest moments of US foreign policy from the last 25 years, as well as his unique insight on US foreign policy today and why it’s so important to keep Republicans in office, […]
Read More »Ellijay’s 1935 Chrysler Dealership Building to Receive Rooftop Deck
ELLIJAY, Ga. – Regarding the renovations to Ellijay’s 1935 Chrysler Dealership Building located at 11 College Street by Alpha Group Enterprises (AGE), it became known to Fetch Your News that the building will be receiving a new rooftop deck during the Historic Preservation Committee meeting held on Monday, November 11, 2019. The deck will not […]
Read More »Upcoming roof top bar gets name, receives approval for elevator.
ELLIJAY, Ga. – The upcoming roof top bar will be fittingly called “The Roof” according to property owner Matt Bond, and the slogan will be “Eat, Drink, and View!” During their meeting held on Monday, September 9, 2019, the Gilmer County Historic Preservation Committee unanimously approved an elevator for the building. This elevator will be […]
Read More »Newly-adopted bill ignores certain structures from elderly tax exemptions
ELLIJAY, Ga. – House Bill 1383 was the topic of much debate during the Board of Tax Assessor’s meeting on Thursday, June 20, 2019. Up until adoption of this bill, those who were 65 years of age or older were exempt from paying the Gilmer County school district ad valorem taxes on their property. This […]
Read More »Ellijay’s 1935 Chrysler Dealership Building to Receive Renovation
ELLIJAY, Ga. -The topic of the Historic Preservation Commission meeting held on Monday, June 10, 2019 was the renovation of Ellijay’s 1935 Chrysler Dealership Building located at 11 College Street by Alpha Group Enterprises (AGE). The idea behind the renovation is to keep the historic brick exterior and replace only windows and doors as well […]
Read More »Harrison Park Calendar of Events
ELLIJAY, Ga. – The Harrison Park Advisory Board discussed their calendar of upcoming events during their meeting on Thursday, July 11, 2019. The events are as follows: Saturday, August 31, 2019 … Saturday, September 14, 2019 … Saturday, September 28, 2019: Movies in the Park. 7:30 pm on all three days. Free to the public. […]
Read More »Board of Tax Assessors View Pictometry Demonstration to Consider Future Pictometry Utilization
ELLIJAY, Ga. – The Gilmer County Board of Tax Assessors Viewed a Pictometry Demonstration to Consider Future Pictometry Utilization in the County during their meeting on Monday, July 15, 2019. Pictometry is more or less aerial imaging. It provides obliques in that it can see every structure from approximately a 45 degree angle via high-resolution […]
Read More »Indian Chief Nearly Arrested During Tax Assessors Meeting
ELLIJAY, Ga. – Chief Gees-Due OO-Neh-Gah Usti (pictured above) of the Southern Cherokee Nation and The Red Fire People was nearly arrested during the Gilmer County Tax Assessor’s Meeting held on Thursday, June 20, 2019. One of the first orders of business for the meeting was a follow-up to the exempt property application filed by […]
Read More »Good Morning from Wrapsody Outdoor Living! Cameron Hall Assisted Living!
Good Morning from Wrapsody Outdoor Living! Cameron Hall Assisted Living with Jessi Barton! Friday, May 24, 2019. https://youtu.be/4T9QS9Aldvw FetchYourNews.com attracts more than 300,000 page views and 3.5 million impressions per month for ad server. FYNTV attracts approximately 15,000 viewers per week and has between 15,000 to 60,000 per week Facebook page reach. For the most […]
Read More »Free Summer meals for school age children and younger, plus school meal prices to remain the same!
ELLIJAY, Ga. – The Gilmer County Board of Education announced during their Monday, May 20, 2019 work session that school meal prices are to remain the same next year due to positive cash flow in January, whereas last year prices had to go up due to high expenditures. This keeps Pre-K through eight grade meal prices […]
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