Walhalla to investigate water cutoff policies

After a councilman called attention to a $700 dollar water bill that the customer could not pay, Walhalla’s elected leaders decided it would be worthwhile to study the cutoff policies of other providers, to determine if their city’s policy is too harsh. Councilman David Underwood once again complained last night about Walhalla’s policy of a 10-day grace period before the […]

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County: Utica is a mess looking for a clean up

Utica, sometimes called “Mill Hill,” has some of the look out of an apocalyptic movie, county officials said Tuesday, and it’s time to do something about that.Burned out houses, uninhabitable but nevertheless with residents. Drug dealing. Drug manufacture. Stealing and other crime of almost every sort. It all goes on in Utica, District 3 Councilmember Paul Cain said Tuesday, and […]

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Chau Ram Park to increase by over 20 acres

Visitors to the county’s Chau Ram Park near Westminster will soon have a bigger playground. The nearly 219-acre Chauga Heights property adjoining the present park will soon become the county’s under a deal the County Council approved unanimously Tuesday. Among the possible uses county recreation staff envision for the new property are expanded areas for camping, expansion of hiking and […]

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Johnson Controls now Clarios

Word is spreading that there’s a name change for a long-standing member of the Oconee industrial community. Sources are telling 101.7/WGOG NEWS that the Johnson Controls battery plant near West Union is now known as Clarios.  Janet Hartman says the county’s Economic Alliance received notice May 1 of the name change.  She said, “They also mentioned there would be no […]

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School trustees drop one mill tax hike request

A showdown with Oconee County Council has apparently been averted by a vote last night by the county school trustees. Jerry Lee, the trustees chairman, says the board decided unanimously to go forward with its local funding request without a one-mill tax increase. “We received a little better information (about revenue projections) and in reviewing the budget again, we feel […]

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Two-car wreck at Walhalla intersection

A noon hour car accident in Walhalla sent one person to the hospital, and there’s no immediate word on the patient’s condition.  The police and the fire departments were among the public safety responders to the corner of W. Main and Maple streets.  Chief Brandon Burton says his personnel cared for the patient and eliminated a small spill of gasoline.  […]

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Former school building targeted for the wrecking ball

Vagrants have cropped up at a former school building in Seneca, and the city administrator’s idea to demolish the building received endorsement this morning from a city council committee. Scott Moulder, city administrator, said he’s concerned about vagrants, spray paint, and broken windows at the former Kellett Elementary School in the area of Adams subdivision. The building is the property […]

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