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Jennifer Becker, and her son Sam, both from Rochester Minnesota, were in Pasadena, CA Sunday because Sam is a legitimate organ donor hero, affecting over 100...
Reply Relabeled Map Of Route In Georgia (Lee Becker) The Federal Railroad Administration and the Georgia Department of Transportation have chosen a route for high speed rail linking Atlanta and Charlotte, N.C., that passes through Athens, rejecting two alternate routes that bypassed the area. The proposed 274-mile route will be fully separated from the existing roadway and railroad transportation systems, and it will be on a new dedicated right of way for most of its distance. The route does not pass through Oconee County, but the inclusion of Athens as a "station opportunity" would provide p...
Reply Campaign Finance Reports (Lee Becker) Marcus Wiedower, who represents nine of Oconee County's 12 precincts in the Georgia House of Representatives, has more than 10 times the campaign cash in hand than he had at this time two years ago. Houston Gaines, who represents the remaining three Oconee County precincts in the Georgia House, has nearly three times the amount of funds as he had at this point in the off-year in 2019. Bill Cowsert, who represents all of Oconee County in the Georgia Senate, has slightly more campaign money than he had in his campaign account two years ago. Find out w...
Reply Connector (Ahead) and Mars Hill 7/2/2021 (Lee Becker) Maxie Price let the deadline pass on Thursday without filing the threatened constitutional challenge to the decision by the Oconee County Board of Commissioners not to grant a rezone for a shopping center at the Oconee Connector and Mars Hill Road. Angela Elder-Johnson, Clerk of Superior, Magistrate, and Juvenile Courts for Oconee County, confirmed on Friday morning that Price had not filed suit in Superior Court by the end of the day on Thursday. Oconee County Attorney Daniel Haygood also confirmed on Friday that Thursday was the 30...
Early voting for the Watkinsville special election continues today and tomorrow from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Voting on election day Tuesday will run from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.