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Bowman city council plans to honor veterans

Rose Scoggins
Thursday, September 30, 2021
The area around the Veteran’s Memorial on the Bowman Square may be getting a new walkway to memorialize the city’s and county’s veterans after Bowman City Council member Henrietta Williams discussed it with the council at Monday night’s meeting.
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County to build 4-H Center

Rose Scoggins
Wednesday, September 15, 2021
The Elbert County Cooperative Extension Service and 4-H program offices will soon have a new home after the Elbert County Board of Commissioners (BOC) voted unanimously to purchase land on Athens Highway for $250,000 to build a new facility after an executive session during Monday night’s regular...
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Paid COVID leave

Gary Jones
Wednesday, September 15, 2021
Elbert County School Superintendent Jon Jarvis has asked the Elbert County Board of Education to consider retroactively granting 10-day paid leave to any school system employee who tests positive for or who has tested positive for COVID since July 1, 2021.
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County slashes health department funds

Rose Scoggins
Wednesday, September 15, 2021
A motion to approve adjusting the county’s budget for the Elbert County Health Department back to $80,000 after the board slashed the budget to $12,000 for the fiscal year failed for lack of a second during Monday night’s meeting of the Elbert County Board of Commissioners.
The areas in light red are the areas ElbertonNET is considering for a new broadband expansion in 2022.

The areas in light red are the areas ElbertonNET is considering for a new broadband expansion in 2022.

City announces expansion of its cable and internet system

Rose Scoggins
Wednesday, September 15, 2021
City of Elberton Manager Lanier Dunn announced Monday that the city and Elbert County Board of Commissioners’ planned expansion of ElbertonNET services is looking to determine which customers in areas of planned services will subscribe if construction is completed in 2022.
Local Salvation Army volunteers (L-R) Ann Hendrix, Pam Brown and PJo Phelps serve meals in New Orleans.

Local Salvation Army volunteers (L-R) Ann Hendrix, Pam Brown and PJo Phelps serve meals in New Orleans.

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Local team in Louisiana

Gary Jones
Tuesday, September 7, 2021
The three members of Elberton’s Salvation Army volunteer corps in New Orleans began their duty last week (Sept. 2) almost completely in the dark. “We got to our hotel and there was no electricity,” said PJo Phelps. “No lights, cold water for showers – but at least we had a toilet.”
Allen Cartledge looks through a scrapbook from one of his deployments in a shed he has turned into his workshop and “sanctuary” in his backyard. Cartledge was deployed in Iraq from 2009-2010 and in Afghanistan from 2013-2014. (Photo by Scoggins)

Allen Cartledge looks through a scrapbook from one of his deployments in a shed he has turned into his workshop and “sanctuary” in his backyard. Cartledge was deployed in Iraq from 2009-2010 and in Afghanistan from 2013-2014. (Photo by Scoggins)

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‘That’s what you train for’

Rose Scoggins
Tuesday, September 7, 2021
Twenty years ago, Sgt. Maj. Allen Cartledge was sitting inside the Georgia Army National Guard office on Calhoun Falls Highway when the first plane flew into the north tower of the World Trade Center in New York City on Sept. 11, 2001.
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Rolling it back

Rose Scoggins
Tuesday, September 7, 2021
The 2021 millage rate, set at 24.789 mills for incorporated areas and 24.013 mills for unincorporated areas, is as low as it has been since 2000 according to the millage rate histories provided by Elbert County Board of Commissioners Chief Financial Officer Phil Pitts.
Keeping Elbert County informed throughout the COVID-19 pandemic

Keeping Elbert County informed throughout the COVID-19 pandemic

Schools going virtual

Rose Scoggins
Wednesday, September 1, 2021
The Elbert County School District (ECSD) will transition to virtual learning Thursday, Sept. 2 and Friday, Sept. 3 due to the current surge in coronavirus cases and subsequent quaratines, ECSD Superintendent Jon Jarvis announced in a press release Monday afternoon.
Ben Maxwell (left) talks to the Elbert County Board of Commissioners in the Elbert County Superior Court courtroom during the BOC’s March 8 meeting. (Photo by Scoggins)

Ben Maxwell (left) talks to the Elbert County Board of Commissioners in the Elbert County Superior Court courtroom during the BOC’s March 8 meeting. (Photo by Scoggins)

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Ben Maxwell continues battle

Rose Scoggins
Tuesday, August 31, 2021
What began as a request in February for a temporary permit for a four-wheeler event on property on Quill Road in Bowman has turned into a more than six-month battle between the owner and the Elbert County Board of Commissioners over use of the property.