The City Council discussed changes at the reservior at its recent meeting.
Lumpkin County School Superintendent Rob Brown and the members of the Board of Education recently honored the hard-working volunteers of the Well Read, Well Fed program including, from left, Chandler Girton, Shirley Christman, Samantha Fuerstenberg, Karen Shepherd, Debi Holloway, Brown, CHP Director Melissa Line, Lynn Sylvester, Mera Turner, James Forester, Tristen Parrish and Jennifer Moss.
LCES kindergarten teacher Staci Kiefaber is in the school spotlight this week
New University of North Georgia cadets get an intense lesson in teamwork while joining forces at the Pine Valley Outdoor Recreational Facility during FROG (Freshmen Recruit Orientation Group) Week.
State and local officials including, from left, County Chairman Chris Dockery, Mayor JoAnne Taylor, Commissioner Rhett Stringer, Commissioner Tucker Greene, Special Projects Manager Charles Trammell, County Manager Alan Ours, Lumpkin County Schools Chief Operations Officer Greg Trammell, State Senator Steve Gooch, County Planning Director Larry Reiter, GDOT District Engineer Kelvin Mullins, GDOT Project Manager Shane Giles, Commissioner Bobby Mayfield and Chief David Wimpy were on hand for a $500,000 Georgi
A pedestrian bridge is in the works for the much travelled stretch alongside Lake Zwerner.
An old cabin off Camp Wahsega Road was brought to the ground in a matter of minutes after a suspected lightning strike hit the abandoned structure on Saturday. Firefighters from both Camp Frank D. Merrill and Lumpkin County Emergency Services responded to the scene.
The Lumpkin County Board of Commissioners managed to trim the budget and reduce the gap to roughly $1 million, which could be made up by utilizing the fund balance. The board plans to hold public hearings regarding the budget on August 9 at 6 p.m., August 11 at 9 a.m. and August 23 at 4 p.m. with a special called meeting to follow at 4:30 p.m. to adopt the budget.
Lumpkin County Commissioners discuss the latest blueprint for the proposed county pool at last week’s BOC meeting.
Geese and ducks at the local reservoir may have been the targets of mistreatment, reported a local man. Officials from the Georgia DNR have looked into the situation.
