New Westminster turmoil

There’s truth to this morning’s newspaper headline that three Westminster councilmen are quitting.  It appears that the resignations were triggered by something or things said during an executive session, which followed last night’s regular January meeting. In an interview with 101.7/WGOG NEWS, Rusty Cater confirmed he quit and was informed that colleague Danny Duncan had quit and that a third […]

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Signs point to Seneca starting legal challenge

Signs from Seneca indicate city leaders have lost their patience with their counterparts within the Joint Regional Sewer Authority and are ready to follow through with their threat to legally challenge the makeup of the JRSA board, which Seneca believes is under-representative of the argest and highest-paying customer.  A motion to that effect was approved after an executive session that […]

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Second vote settles Westminster utility charges

Westminster Councilman Yousef Mefleh says he changed his vote and that last night created the margin in favor of getting rid of a $7 dollar utility meter fee.  A second 4-3 vote this time, besides doing away with the controversial fee, also raises water charges for customers outside the city limits. Earlier in the meeting Attorney Rick McDuff, representing the […]

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Anti-drug program returns to Oconee

An anti-drug program that had its roots in Los Angeles has made a return to Oconee County, after an absence of 17 years.  Oconee Sheriff Mike Crenshaw has seen to it that “DARE”—Drug Abuse Resistance Education—is being taught again in county elementary schools.  The program is primarily targeted to fifth graders.  It is not confined to spreading the message against […]

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Schools advertise construction manager services

Companies interested in working as construction manager at risk for the Oconee public schools are invited next month to submit RFPs—sealed requests for proposals.  Two companies—J-Davis and Trehel—serve currently in those capacities, but district administrator Steve Hanvey says, “We are required to do a new proposal every 5 years.  There are a couple of waivers you can request that we […]

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