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Elberton City Council held a planning session for fiscal year 2021 at the Elberton Arts Center Saturday morning. Council members heard reports from utilities, public works, fire department, downtown projects, ElbertonNet, TSPLOST and more than a few city storm drain issues. (Photo by Jones)

Elberton City Council held a planning session for fiscal year 2021 at the Elberton Arts Center Saturday morning. Council members heard reports from utilities, public works, fire department, downtown projects, ElbertonNet, TSPLOST and more than a few city storm drain issues. (Photo by Jones)

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Storm drain projects abound in town

Gary Jones
Wednesday, March 4, 2020
In the rainiest of rainy seasons storm drains are getting plenty of attention from the Elberton City Council.
Randolph Davis (top) looks toward Elbert Street as he stands in front of Regions Bank. Davis’ father’s barbershop and other African-American businesses sat on the property where the bank is now before the street was widened in the 1960s. (Photo by Scoggins)

Randolph Davis (top) looks toward Elbert Street as he stands in front of Regions Bank. Davis’ father’s barbershop and other African-American businesses sat on the property where the bank is now before the street was widened in the 1960s. (Photo by Scoggins)

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Davis recalls childhood neighborhood

Rose Scoggins
Wednesday, February 26, 2020
Randolph Davis was around six or seven years old when his family moved into his grandparents’ house at 225 Elbert Street. It was around 1952 or 1953 and his grandmother Selina had just passed away.

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Qualifying to begin

Rose Scoggins
Wednesday, February 26, 2020
Qualifying for offices in the 2020 election will take place next week, March 2-6. Offices open for the 2020 election season that will appear on the Elbert County voter’s ballot include the offices for: • Sheriff. Melvin Andrews is the incumbent. The qualifying fee is $1,779.86.
Broad River Valley Farms

Broad River Valley Farms

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Probation at BRVF

Gary Jones
Wednesday, February 19, 2020
Recovered Materials Company, LLC, a company operating at Broad River Valley Farms that recently signed a consent order with the Georgia Environmental Protection Division (EPD), has also been placed on probation by the Georgia Department of Agriculture (DOA) through a consent order with that agency.
Daniel Dobbins (right), Economic Developer for the Development Authority of Elbert County, Elberton and Bowman, gave his first update to the authority at Athens Tech’s Elbert County campus Thursday morning. Shown at the meeting (L-R) are authority members Dr. Andrea Daniel, Randy Smith and Greg Gunter. (Photo by Jones)

Daniel Dobbins (right), Economic Developer for the Development Authority of Elbert County, Elberton and Bowman, gave his first update to the authority at Athens Tech’s Elbert County campus Thursday morning. Shown at the meeting (L-R) are authority members Dr. Andrea Daniel, Randy Smith and Greg Gunter. (Photo by Jones)

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Dobbins ‘meeting, greeting’

News Staff
Wednesday, February 19, 2020
New Economic Developer and newlywed Daniel Dobbins told the members of the Elbert County, Elberton and Bowman Development Authority Thursday that he is going at his job in a “robust manner” and that he first wants to “do my homework” by concentrating on “existing industries.
An Elbert County woman, Heather Ratliff Payton, 31, was killed during this accident involving an Elbert County Sheriff’s vehicle (foreground) in April of 2017. Payton’s vehicle, in the background, rotated counter-clockwise 180 degrees after impact and she was thrown from the vehicle, according to a report of the accident released by the Georgia State Patrol. (Photo by Jones)

An Elbert County woman, Heather Ratliff Payton, 31, was killed during this accident involving an Elbert County Sheriff’s vehicle (foreground) in April of 2017. Payton’s vehicle, in the background, rotated counter-clockwise 180 degrees after impact and she was thrown from the vehicle, according to a report of the accident released by the Georgia State Patrol. (Photo by Jones)

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Elbert County and legal guardians agreeing to a $299,000 settlement

Gary Jones
Wednesday, February 19, 2020
Attorneys representing guardians of three children of a woman killed in a 2017 crash involving a patrol car driven by a deputy, and attorneys representing Elbert County’s insurance company have agreed on a $299,000 settlement in a lawsuit filed by the guardians.
EGA Executive Vice President Chris Kubas, Elbert County Chamber of Commerce President Leslie Friedman and BOC Chairman Lee Vaughn stand on the viewing platform over Pyramid Quarry on Monday, Feb. 3.

EGA Executive Vice President Chris Kubas, Elbert County Chamber of Commerce President Leslie Friedman and BOC Chairman Lee Vaughn stand on the viewing platform over Pyramid Quarry on Monday, Feb. 3.

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Platform discussed

Rose Scoggins
Wednesday, February 12, 2020
The unveiling of a viewing platform overlooking Pyramid Quarry last week stirred controversy at the work session of the Elbert County Board of Commissioners Thursday night. The work session agenda listed an item for the “discussion and approval of...
Vicky Stanley was presented the Meritorious Civilian Service Award by Col. Marvin Griffin, Commander, U.S. Army Engineering and Support Center on Jan. 13 in Huntsville, Alabama.

Vicky Stanley was presented the Meritorious Civilian Service Award by Col. Marvin Griffin, Commander, U.S. Army Engineering and Support Center on Jan. 13 in Huntsville, Alabama.

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Stanley’s ‘superior service’ recognized

Rose Scoggins
Wednesday, February 12, 2020
Vicky Lloyd Stanley, who moved to Elbert County during her youth because of her father Jim Lloyd’s involvement in constructing the Richard B. Russell Dam, was awarded the Meritorious Civilian Service Award from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) on Jan. 13.