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Allison Martin has been named the lone finalist in the City Council’s multi-month search for a new City Manager.

Allison Martin has been named the lone finalist in the City Council’s multi-month search for a new City Manager.

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Martin named finalist for City Manager

Matt Aiken
Wednesday, January 11, 2023
Allison Martin is the lone remaining finalist in the search for the next City Manager of Dahlonega. That’s a familiar name to many in local government as Martin currently holds the position of Finance Director for the City.
Claude Gilstrap (right) presented donations totaling $8,000 to Lumpkin County Schools Superintendent Dr. Rob Brown and Lead School Social Worker Joni McElwaney at the Board of Education’s November session.

Claude Gilstrap (right) presented donations totaling $8,000 to Lumpkin County Schools Superintendent Dr. Rob Brown and Lead School Social Worker Joni McElwaney at the Board of Education’s November session.

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Gilstrap rallies community members to help out struggling students

Keith Murden
Thursday, January 5, 2023
Former Board of Education member and longtime Lumpkin County schools advocate Claude Gilstrap is still working hard on behalf of Lumpkin’s students.
A search committee has formed with the goal of finding a new University of North Georgia president prior to Dr. Bonita Jacobs' retirement in June. (Photo by Matt Aiken/The Nugget)

A search committee has formed with the goal of finding a new University of North Georgia president prior to Dr. Bonita Jacobs' retirement in June. (Photo by Matt Aiken/The Nugget)

UNG forms committee to find next college president

News Staff
Thursday, January 5, 2023
By Nugget Staff & UNG Reports  -----------  The search for the University of North Georgia’s next president has officially begun.
The Lumpkin County’s newest elementary school is planned to open for the beginning of the next school year.

The Lumpkin County’s newest elementary school is planned to open for the beginning of the next school year.

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Cottrell Elementary School naming explained

Keith Murden
Thursday, January 5, 2023
The Lumpkin County School Board’s recent decision to name the new elementary school the Cottrell Elementary School at the Cottrell Community Education Complex has elicited a number of reactions from residents in the community, ranging from surprise to support to outright dismay at not being...
Sergeant Jacob Wise is presented with the 2022 Georgia RISE Award by Lumpkin County Schools Superintendent Dr. Rob Brown.

Sergeant Jacob Wise is presented with the 2022 Georgia RISE Award by Lumpkin County Schools Superintendent Dr. Rob Brown.

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School Resource Officer receives state honor

Keith Murden
Wednesday, December 28, 2022
Sergeant Jacob Wise, a local School Resource Officer and employee of the Lumpkin County Sheriff’s Office, has been named one of only two winners of the Georgia Recognizing Inspirational School Employees Award.
The members of the Dahlonega City Council will allow developers of a downtown dentist office to proceed without adding sidewalks.

The members of the Dahlonega City Council will allow developers of a downtown dentist office to proceed without adding sidewalks.

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Sidewalk nixed for new downtown development amid safety concerns

Matt Aiken
Wednesday, December 28, 2022
The sidewalk ends, or at least the building requirements do, at a new development on the corner of Morrison Moore Parkway and Riley Road after a recent vote by the Dahlonega City Council last Monday evening.
The members of the Licklog String Band perform at a spring contra dance at the University of North Georgia. (Photo by Sharon Tran)

The members of the Licklog String Band perform at a spring contra dance at the University of North Georgia. (Photo by Sharon Tran)

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Licklog String Band formed at university

Hunter Mauldin
Wednesday, December 28, 2022
A band of local music makers is paying homage to Dahlonega’s original name and its harmonious roots in the process. The Licklog String Band is a seven-person ensemble that was formed late last year as a part of a Contra dancing initiative for the University of North Georgia’s music department.
Jon Crais works his core muscles with an AllCore 360 machine. Crais has battled his way back after a traumatic car crash nearly a decade ago.

Jon Crais works his core muscles with an AllCore 360 machine. Crais has battled his way back after a traumatic car crash nearly a decade ago.

Crais comeback continues with robo-technology

Ehron Ostendorf
Thursday, December 22, 2022
A new kind of robo-technology is helping Jon Crais stand tall again. And he’s getting a boost from the community as well. It was almost a decade ago that the Dahlonega resident was in a life-altering automobile accident near his school in North Carolina.
Supreme Court Judge Thomas A Cox Jr. declared that the paperwork was valid that the City submitted to the state in order to continue the 75%/25% split for LOST tax revenue.

Supreme Court Judge Thomas A Cox Jr. declared that the paperwork was valid that the City submitted to the state in order to continue the 75%/25% split for LOST tax revenue.

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County-vs-City tax clash continues

News Staff
Thursday, December 22, 2022
by Matt Aiken & Keith Murden / The Nugget  --------------  The Lumpkin County Board of Commissioners has no apparent plans to retreat in their legal battle against the City of Dahlonega, despite a seeming setback in which a Superior Court judge cited a “lack of evidence” in their accusations that...