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After an April shooting that injured a high school student and other incidents during parties at rented event venues without alcohol licenses, Statesboro City Council is having a city law drafted in an attempt to open the doors of such venues to police and identify responsible persons.
New Statesboro housing development for senior citizens moving forward New Statesboro housing development for senior citizens moving forward By Dal Cannady | May 4, 2021 at 5:17 PM EDT - Updated May 4 at 7:05 PM STATESBORO, Ga. (WTOC) - Senior citizens in Statesboro could soon have more options for where to live. A developer wants to build 51 units in a neighborhood at Stockyard Road and Donnie Simmons Road. A plan to build housing for seniors on property that once housed Julia P. Bryant Elementary took a step forward with a city council vote. Council members studied the plan that would p...
More By allowing ads to appear on this site, you support the local businesses who, in turn, support great journalism. City spending $65,000 more with firm that led $832,000 ‘Blue Creek’ study Penny: Engineers to amend flood maps, provide less costly alternatives for $40M-plus project Statesboro’s city government will pay Freese and Nichols, the multistate engineering and design firm that led an $832,000 feasibility study for the Creek on the Blue Mile project, $65,000 more to do an additional hydrology study of the floo...
More By allowing ads to appear on this site, you support the local businesses who, in turn, support great journalism. Boro adopts international maintenance code as law Changes local spec to allow lawns to 18” While some Statesboro City Council and Urban Redevelopment Agency members appear overhead Tuesday morning via Zoom, City Manager Charles Penny, left, and City Attorney Cain Smith address the mayor and council. - photo by AL HACKLE/Staff Statesboro City Council adopte...
More By allowing ads to appear on this site, you support the local businesses who, in turn, support great journalism. Statesboro food trucks can roll for $200 a year plus $25 a site Food trucks from Big Boy Cookies and other vendors help draw a crowd to a fall 2019 event hosted by the Downtown Statesboro Development Authority. Statesboro City Council completed the steps Tuesday for regulating retail food trucks, setting the annual business license fee at $200 per truck and the location permit fee at $25 for each site at w...