ELLIJAY, Ga. – Gilmer County finally has an actual image of what their future pool might look like when built. The proposal was approved last month for Premier Pools & Spas (PPAS) to be the designer. Now, nearly a month later, the team has returned with a video presentation of a walk-through of both pools […]
Read More »Wreck on 515 closes intersection
EAST ELLIJAY, Ga. – Citizens are being encouraged to avoid the intersection of Highway 515 and First Avenue right now as authorities are responding to a major accident. Police, Fire, and Rescue personnel are on scene as usual with accidents like this but no reports are available yet as to the injured. Additionally, the accident […]
Read More »BOE budget rises in 2019
ELLIJAY, Ga. – Final approval for the 2020 Tentative Budget came this week with the vote by the Gilmer County Board of Education (BOE). The board approved its $44 million budget unanimously after the last two months of work. This budget will be a $1,674,852 increase over the FY19 budget (as presented in June 2018). […]
Read More »Wreck on 515 halting traffic
ELLIJAY, Ga. – A wreck on the south side of Gilmer County, near Orchard Church, is halting traffic currently. A van has tipped over on its side in the middle of the south-bound lane of Highway 515. Authorities are on scene currently addressing the issue as the accident has completely stopped traffic in that lane […]
Read More »County survey results released
ELLIJAY, Ga. – With 2,091 people responding, the recent Gilmer County survey, put out by the Board of Commissioners for the comprehensive plan, is seeing the tallied results available for the public. Though the results have already been mentioned in commissioner meetings in June and July, the official results were released by Post 2 Commissioner […]
Read More »Ferguson talks the “community” side of the pool
“It’s important to me… I think it’s a service to the community.” Post 2 Commissioner Karleen Ferguson speaks on the priority of the pool in her own opinion. Ferguson spoke about the balance the county has to maintain as they face the needs of the county versus the availability of funds in the budget. Ferguson […]
Read More »CORE receives grant and state office at ribbon-cutting
ELLIJAY, Ga. – “This is the kind of project that will spread prosperity throughout our entire region. It is the kind of skin-in-the-game project that deserves support…” Georgia Speaker of the House, David Ralston praised the CORE Facility in Ellijay who hosted their official ribbon-cutting today. Nestled just off Maddox Drive on the banks of […]
Read More »County looks to overcome obstacles for pool
ELLIJAY, Ga. – Gilmer’s march towards the construction of the new pool at River Park is continuing as they continue facing two major obstacles. It has been well established that two of the county’s three commissioners see great promise and benefit in the River Park location discussed for the county’s pool project. One hurdle facing […]
Read More »Country swears in Board of Voter Registration
ELLIJAY, Ga. – Three oaths were taken today, officially swearing in the new Board of Voter Registration. The Board has been operating in partial capacity since June when former Chief Registrar Nelda Spires resignation. Today, though, marks the official oaths of the new Board including Tammy Watkins, Mark Holden, and Sherri Jones. Watkins also has […]
Read More »Gilmer Schools start THIS WEEK!
GILMER COUNTY, Ga. – While parents and students have been shopping back to school for a while in preparation of this week, this is the week that kids will return to classes on Wednesday, August 7, 2019, in Gilmer County across all six schools. Today is the kickoff with open houses going all day starting […]
Read More »BOE Advertises 2019 Millage Rate
ELLIJAY, Ga. – Despite a delay preventing them from announcing the millage rate at their work session earlier this week, the Gilmer County Board of Education announced and approved advertisement of the 2019 Millage Rate on July 25, 2019. Looking at the tax digest representing a 3.33 percent increase in the net digest, Superintendent Dr. […]
Read More »Memorial Day: what kind of sacrifice?
It’s so hard to see Memorial Day. To me, I can never truly understand. Furthermore, I know I don’t want to truly understand, I don’t want to know that pain. But it never fails that every time I visit the “black wall” in D.C., every time I remember when I sat and watched soldiers guard […]
Read More »East Ellijay advertises qualifying for election
EAST ELLIJAY, Ga. – Next week, the City of East Ellijay will hold qualifying for the coming November elections. Qualifying will be available from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., from Monday, August 19, 2019, until Wednesday, August, 21, 2019. Those wishing to qualify for the office of Mayor or one of the four City Council […]
Read More »Gilmer Remembers Memorial Day
ELLIJAY, Ga. – Gilmer County, together with the Daughters of the American Revolutions, Sons of the American Revolution, Sons of the Confederacy, Boy Scouts of America, Speaker David Ralston, and the Board of Commissioners, joined to honor Memorial Day with special services and salutes today, May 27, 2019. The services began with posting the […]
Read More »Gas spill closes intersection alongside 515
EAST ELLIJAY, Ga. – Authorities have shut down the intersection of Industrial Boulevard and 1st Avenue in East Ellijay after a semi-truck lost its gas tank and spilled the contents on the road. Authorities on-scene confirmed no injuries as the truck lost one of its gas tanks after turning off of Highway 515. After dragging […]
Read More »County certification in ethics recognized
ELLIJAY, Ga. – Gilmer County has officially been certified and recognized as an “Organization of Ethics, or “County of Ethics,” by the Georgia Municipal Association (GMA). The recognition officially came during the recent GMA Convention on June 24, 2019. According to a news release from the Association, “The City of Ethics program began in 1999 […]
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