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Franklin County Commissioners will pay more than $16,000 – and possibly near $30,000 – to monitor noise and air quality around a power plant near Carnesville.

County hires company, buys equipment to keep eye on emissions, noise

CARNESVILLE – Franklin County Commissioners will pay more than $16,000 – and possibly near $30,000 – to monitor noise and air quality around a power plant near Carnesville. Commissioners announced Tuesday that the county has contracted with…

Shane Scoggins

Wednesday, January 15, 2020

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The Franklin County School System won't go along with an effort to double a property tax exemption for senior citizens this year. Officials are moving ahead with putting the idea of the exemption increase for property taxes that go to Franklin County and the Industrial Building Authority.

Effort to raise tax exemption won't include schools

Shane Scoggins

Friday, January 17, 2020

CARNESVILLE – The Franklin County School System will not be joining an effort to raise a property tax exemption for senior citizens.

At least not this year.

County hires company, buys equipment to keep eye on emissions, noise

Shane Scoggins

Wednesday, January 15, 2020

CARNESVILLE – Franklin County Commissioners will pay more than $16,000 – and possibly near $30,000 – to monitor noise and air quality around a power plant near Carnesville.

Elaine Evans (center) stands with Franklin County Commissioners (from left) Eddie Wester, Thomas Bridges, Jason Macomson and Robert Franklin after receiving her state clerk's certification in 2017. Commissioners voted 3-2 Tuesday not to reappoint Evans as clerk. Not pictured is Commissioner Ryan Swails, who was not a member of the board at the time this photo was taken.

Commissioners split on firing county clerk

Shane Scoggins

Wednesday, January 15, 2020

CARNESVILLE – Franklin County will soon begin looking for a new county clerk.

Commissioners voted 3-2 Tuesday not to reappoint Clerk Elaine Evans.

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Blair Housely is ready to raise a glass to the upcoming Dahlonega Brewery.

Mead maker taps into brewery market

News Staff

Tuesday, January 21, 2020

While some would say Dahlonega is late to the local brewery party, which has exploded in Georgia over the past few years, when the city’s first brewery opens later this spring, it’ll be the first of its kind in the state. Etowah Meadery, which opened in 2017, will be opening up Dahlonega...

Living in the Lavender at Red Oaks Lavender Farm

UNWIND: Living in the Lavender

News Staff

Friday, December 13, 2019

“It’s about giving back to the community.” For Tina and David Duffey, operating the Red Oak Lavender Farm is a way to interact with the community and to stay active postretirement. Originally from Atlanta, Tina has always preferred the outdoors and living in the country. Ten years ago, she...

Helen Dortch was born in Carnesville in 1863.

A woman ahead of her time

Shane Scoggins

Monday, December 9, 2019

Helen Dortch Longstreet was no stranger to controversy or fighting for the causes she believed in by the time the Georgia Railway and Power Company began work to dam Tallulah Falls in the 1910s.