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A new look at Athens Technical College’s Elberton campus...classrooms, laboratories and an arena building are scheduled to be completed in August of 2021. (Photo by Jones)

A new look at Athens Technical College’s Elberton campus...classrooms, laboratories and an arena building are scheduled to be completed in August of 2021. (Photo by Jones)

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New construction begins at Athens Tech

Gary Jones
Wednesday, October 28, 2020
Athens Technical College’s (ATC)Elberton campus’ is going through changes that can’t be seen from Athens Highway, so the general public might not be aware of the $8.2 million construction project in progress. But ATC’s President, Dr.
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‘Enormity’

Gary Jones
Wednesday, October 28, 2020
Tuesday morning Senior Judge of Superior Courts David Sweat asked Sweet City Landfill and Elbert County attorneys to file more briefs on the most recent lawsuit Sweet City has filed against the county in its quest to get a special use permit to build a landfill.
Ringing the bell ... Kelly Gary said she ‘felt so loved’ during a two-year process that allowed her to beat breast cancer.

Ringing the bell ... Kelly Gary said she ‘felt so loved’ during a two-year process that allowed her to beat breast cancer.

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Two years after diagnosis, Gary still cancer-free

Rose Scoggins
Wednesday, October 28, 2020
Kelly Gary is a mom, a teacher, a lifelong Elbert County native and, for the past two years, a breast cancer survivor.  Gary was hanging Christmas decorations in 2017 when she felt a lump under her arm.
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One-fourth of county’s voters have voted

Rose Scoggins
Wednesday, October 21, 2020
Almost one-fourth of Elbert County’s registered 12,995 voters have voted early in-person or through absentee ballots as of Monday according to the Elbert County Registrar’s Office.  As of Friday at 5 p.m.
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Free COVID-19 testing back in Elberton

Gary Jones
Wednesday, October 21, 2020
The Northeast (Georgia) Health District began free testing again in Elbert County, and the district’s mobile testing unit will be at the Ingles parking lot (old store) side through Friday, Oct. 30. The testing will be conducted from 8:30 a.m. until 3:30 p.m. every weekday through Friday, Oct. 30.
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BOE is down to two plans

Rose Scoggins
Wednesday, October 21, 2020
The Elbert County Board of Education (BOE) has narrowed down four plans to update the BOE facilities to just two as of Monday night’s meeting, Superintendent Jon Jarvis said.
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SafeHouse walk ‘virtual’

Gary Jones
Wednesday, October 21, 2020
SafeHouse Ministries Inc., a 25-year institution that provides temporary shelter in domestic violence and homeless cases, will be held “virtually” this year because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Elbert County early voting has started

Rose Scoggins
Wednesday, October 14, 2020
Early voting for the General Election began Tuesday, Oct. 13, and will last until Friday, Oct. 30 at the Historic Rock Gym. Voting will take place from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday vote will be held Oct. 24 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
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Tasting rooms

Rose Scoggins
Wednesday, October 14, 2020
A potential ordinance to allow a conditional use permit in the agriculture zoning district for farm winery tasting rooms to operate in the county could be given to the Elbert County Planning and Zoning Commission at their next meeting according to Elbert County Attorney Bill Daughtry.