ELLIJAY, Ga. – The Gilmer County Board of Commissioners are calling for one last meeting in 2019. Next week will see a special called meeting for the board, but it will come two days before Christmas Day. The schedule sets the meeting to begin at 8:30 a.m. on the morning of December 23, 2019. While the […]
Read More »Budget talks consider smaller contingency fund
ELLIJAY, Ga. – Moving closer to the November meetings of the Gilmer County Board of Commissioners, a special called meeting this week revealed that budget cuts are not yet completed. Commission Chairman Charlie Paris said in the meeting that he has gone over the budget numerous times and cut everywhere he thinks he can. As […]
Read More »Ellijay man arrested for child exploitation
CHEROKEE COUNTY, Ga. – Captain Jay Baker, Director of Communications & Community Relations with the Cherokee County Sheriff’s Office, has confirmed that the Sheriff’s Office (Sheriff Frank Reynolds) have arrested an Ellijay man on a handful of charges connected to child exploitation, molestation, and pornography today. That man, Jimmy Lee Bowling, 68, of Ellijay, was […]
Read More »TSPLOST vote will be on ballot in 2020
ELLIJAY, Ga. – A unanimous vote this week from the Gilmer County Board of Commissioners (BOC) gave final approval to put a new tax of TSPLOST to public vote in the new year as they prepare to address Roads and Bridges issues. The new tax will be a TSPLOST (Transportation Special Purpose Local Option Sales […]
Read More »Bids approved at November BOC
ELLIJAY, Ga. – The final months of the year are seeing the Board of Commissioners approving items to begin the new year without seeing delays, from budgets and bids approved to TSPLOST talks, the board is already gearing up for changes and issues to be addressed. Some of those details came through the county’s November […]
Read More »Commissioner Parker sworn-in
ELLIJAY, Ga. – After last week’s Post 1 Commissioner election results, a quick turn around after the state’s verification of the results saw election winner Hubert Parker sworn-in today as Gilmer County’s newest Post 1 Commissioner. With the resignation of former commissioner Dallas Miller, the special election was drawn in quickly for the November ballots. […]
Read More »Gilmer County’s 2019 Election Results
ELLIJAY, Ga. – Gilmer County’s 2019 Election Results are rolling in tonight, November 5, 2019, as citizens elect a replacement Post 1 Commissioner for the vacancy left by Dallas Miller’s Resignation last month as well as a new Ellijay City Council. This article will continued to be updated throughout the night until final results come […]
Read More »GHS mentors students in adult life with “Adulting Day”
ELLIJAY, Ga. – Students all across Gilmer High School were introduced to life after Senior Year through a new event, Adulting Day. Including students from all grades, the day showcased different experts in areas of the future from college and careers to everyday tasks like tax forms and budgets throughout the day. Students were also […]
Read More »Schools lock down during investigation
ELLIJAY, Ga. – Confirmed by a representative inside the Gilmer County Charter School System, the campuses of Gilmer High School, Mountain View Elementary, and the Larry Walker Education Center, as well as the campus of North Georgia Christian Academy went into a soft lock down today, October 21, 2019. FYN learned that the lock down […]
Read More »Frustrations in BOC over pool project
ELLIJAY, Ga. – County officials are looking deeper into the demolition of the county’s old pool and deciding what to salvage and what to dispose of as they look at placing the county’s new pool project there. The county is also looking at the plumbing as Maintenance Director D.J. Spagnola said he wanted to be […]
Read More »Potential Scam reported in Ellijay
ELLIJAY, Ga. – Business owners and downtown merchants are being a little more cautious this holiday season as Ellijay is falling under similar situations as so many across the country this season with scam artists. Laura Thomas, the owner of Green Willow Soap in Downtown Ellijay, has been reporting and raising awareness of a specific […]
Read More »Jerry Tuso, Post 1 Commissioner Candidate
“I feel I bring maturity and experience to the board.” In his own words, Post 1 Commissioner Candidate Jerry Tuso explains why he qualified and is running for the position. An Air Force Veteran operating in Air Traffic Control, Jerry Tuso has also served for 21 years as an FAA Air Traffic Controller with another […]
Read More »Commissioners set to decide the fate of Carter’s Lake
ELLIJAY, Ga. – Next week will see the decision of the Gilmer County Board of Commissioners on what to do with for sites on Carter’s Lake. The board met today with citizen’s over the issue in a Special Called Meeting at 10 a.m. Along with them were representatives of the Corps of Engineers who […]
Read More »BOC and BOE approve rollback millage rates
ELLIJAY, Ga. – After the August meeting of both the Board of Commissioners and the Board of Education, the commissioners reconvened for final approval for the collection of both millage rates in Gilmer County. The Gilmer County Board of Education approved its Rollback Rate of 14.248 mills generating $16.8 million according to estimations by Gilmer […]
Read More »Power outages causing traffic trouble
ELLIJAY, Ga. – The Gilmer County Sheriff’s Office has made a public release addressing the issue near the downtown area involving traffic lights and deputies presence. According to the Sheriff’s Office, “Two transformers have blown in the city limits causing power outages including traffic lights.” As authorities continue addressing the issue and attempt to minimize […]
Read More »Gilmer BOE sets 2020 Meeting Dates
ELLIJAY, Ga. – Gilmer’s Board of Education is preparing for the new year with set meeting dates and a property purchase offer. Along with approving Financials, Policy revisits, and Personnel, the board unanimously approved all of its 2020 Meeting Dates and January for 2021. These 2020 meeting dates are: Work Session on January 13, Regular Meeting […]
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