• BOC Talks Trash

    The Gilmer County Board of Commissioners held a workshop Thursday, Feb 24, 2011 and mainly discussed a solution to the disposal of the County’s trash. The sticking points appear to be; how to determine the fee, what type of amendment to possibly make with the current contract held by Advanced Disposal, and how to collect […]

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  • Commissioner’s Report: Garbage – What Does it Cost?

    The important question is what will it cost in the future? There is no way in the space I have in this article to give you actual, accurate figures about the cost of garbage for the people in Gilmer County. There have been too many confusing figures quoted to correct those so I will simply […]

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  • Will Oakland School Close?

    Superintendent Addresses Gilmer County Tea Party The Gilmer County Tea Party held their monthly meeting Tuesday night with guest speaker Bryan Dorsey, Superintendent of Gilmer County Schools. Mr. Dorsey, who by the way is just stepping into this position, spoke about the concerns of a budget shortfall and areas of restructure to enable the school […]

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  • “FIRE”side Log Homes wood storage building burns

    Fireside Log Homes air dried wood storage building burned to the ground today. The storage building is located on River St. in the City of Ellijay behind Fireside Log Homes’ model. fetchyournews.com (FYN) was told by an un-named source that there was enough air-dried lumber in the building to build at least five log homes. […]

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  • Gilmer “Got Five on It”

    The Gilmer High School Wrestling team earned their fifth 7-AAA Traditional Area tournament championship title. All 14 wrestlers placed in the tournament, and 12 will move on to the Sectional Tournament, which will be held at Woodward High School on February 11th and 12th. The top eight wrestlers from the Sectional tournament will move on […]

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  • Gilmer County Board of Commissioners Public Hearing Announcement

    GILMER COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS THURSDAY – FEBRUARY 10, 2011 LOCATION: COURTHOUSE JURY ASSEMBLY ROOM TIME: 5:30 p.m. PUBLIC HEARING ANNOUNCEMENT Pursuant to the Georgia Constitution Article IX, Section II, Paragraph 1, et seq., the Gilmer County Board of Commissioners propose to amend Chapter 46, “Solid Waste”, Article IV “Refuse Collection and Disposal” of the […]

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  • Letter To The Editor

    We, some concerned citizens of Gilmer County hope to circulate this information as widely as possible in the next couple of days. Something rotten in Gilmer County.. Why does your BOC insist on charging per bag fees for your trash??? Basic Math will discover the Truth.

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  • Commissioner’s Report: Garbage – What Does it Cost?

    The important question is what will it cost in the future? There is no way in the space I have in this article to give you actual, accurate figures about the cost of garbage for the people in Gilmer County. There have been too many confusing figures quoted to correct those so I will simply […]

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  • Gilmer County Office of Planning & Zoning

    Memo Regular Meeting Agenda The regular meeting of the Gilmer County Planning Commission will be called to order at 5:00 P.M. on March 17th, 2011, and will be held in the Gilmer County Board of Commissioners Conference Room, 1 Broad St., Ellijay, Georgia. All matters properly noticed for hearing or otherwise identified pursuant to the […]

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  • Chairman’s Report

    Ellijay, East Ellijay and the County, this week, in a joint effort started putting together road projects for our area for the next ten years, based on the 277 house bill passed last year for the purpose of improving the road system on a state wide basis. We will have a vote on a one […]

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