Ode to the Public Library

The Public Library is an amazing place that offers an impressive amount of free resources.

Construction Company Clearing Land For Entrance Roadway For Epps Bridge Centre Expansion In Oconee County

Work on the project is easily visible in aerial photography and videography shot on Sunday.

State House Minority Leaders Tells Oconee County Democrats To Focus On Voter Registration And Turnout

“Georgia is already blue,” Stacey Abrams said at the outset.

Oconee County Board Of Commissioner Candidates Asked About Power Of Commission Chairman During Election Forum

Many of the questions were critical of the Commission as a whole.

Oconee County Book Sale Fundraiser for Watkinsville Library Starts Three-Day Run Thursday

A conservative estimate of the number of books for sale would be somewhere in the neighborhood of 32,000.

Oconee County Had Modest Growth In Sales Tax Revenue During Period Of Rapid Commercial Development, Tax Distributions Shows

The growth in sales tax revenue in Oconee County, in fact, is not so different from the growth experienced by Athens-Clarke County.

Sole Scheduled Oconee County Election Forum Set For Thursday Night At Veterans Park

Citizens will pose questions directly to Board of Commissioners candidates Ben Bridges, Chuck Horton, and Marcus Wiedower.

Oconee County Commissioners Allow Athens Technical College To Continue To Use Space In Annex Until December

Three speakers it would be very disruptive for the College and its students to move the program now that the school year is underway.

Six Candidates File To Run For Three Watkinsville Council Seats

Two incumbents step down from the Watkinsville City Council.

Oconee County Commissioners To Consider Paying $425,000 For Sewer Easements At Jennings Mill Golf Course

The golf course straddles McNutt Creek, and the creek is incorporated into the course’s design.

Restaurant To Replace Oconee County Offices In Property On Main Street Opposite Courthouse In Watkinsville

Pour Bistro will be an “upscale restaurant” offering beer, wine and distilled spirits as well as food.

Oconee County BOC Chairman Wants County To Build Median Break On Mars Hill Road That GDOT Rejected

The county has known about what BOC Chairman Melvin Davis calls “Plan B” for a long time, but the option has three big drawbacks.

Oconee Murder Suspect Arrested After Shooting At Officers

Jamal Antron Harris, 32, was captured near Gastonia, North Carolina Thursday night.

Oconee County Parks And Recreation Department Director Presses Board Of Commissioners For More Resources

If the county is to continue managing programs, the director said, the Commission has to provide additional full-time programming staff.

A Mother's Lament

Mom's don't sing the blues, they sing nursery rhymes

Grove Park Master Plan Development On Hog Mountain Road Dependent On Oconee County’s Limited Sewage Treatment Capacity

The homes in Grove Park can be built close together because the county has promised the developers sewer service.

Oconee County Getting A Brand New 8-Foot-By-12-Foot, Two-Sided LED Sign–On Mars Hill Road

When completed, the top of the 8-foot-by-12-foot LED sign will be 35 feet about ground level.

Athens-Clarke County Has Excess Capacity At Its Middle Oconee Sewer Plant, Close To Oconee County

That ACC sewer line would seem to offer an opportunity for Oconee County to connect easily to the Middle Oconee plant.

Dolvin Foundation Considering Plans For Recreational And Educational Facility On Land Surrounding Elder Mill Bridge

The facility would be on Elder Mill Road and incorporate property owned by the late Elizabeth Price Dolvin.

Hard Labor Creek Management Board Moves Forward With Design Work For Apalachee River Intake

The Board also agreed on a rough plan to open the lake to recreational use in August of 2017.

All Three Candidates For Oconee County BOC Post 2 Agree To Participate In Election Forum

The Oconee County School Superintendent also has agreed to answer questions on the district’s Special Purpose Local Option Sale Tax.

Expenses For Mars Hill Road Work Mislabeled In Presentation To Public On Request Of Oconee County Commission Chairman

The reference to Old Mars Hill Road was eliminated and the median cut was linked to the Athens Area Humane Society.

Oconee County Committee Turns Aside Bishop Farms Parkway Extension; GDOT Rejects Mars Hill Road Full Median Break

The plan is to extend Bishop Farms Parkway from Experiment Station Road to New High Shoals Road.

State Department Of Natural Resources Sampled Fish In Calls Creek In Advance Of Oconee County Expansion Of Wastewater Plant

Thirty species would be a good number from such a sampling. The team found 17 species.

GDOT Planning Construction Of Passing Lanes On SR 15 In Southern Oconee County, Development Authority Told

Funding for SR 15 passing lanes should be available in the next fiscal year.

November Ballot Will Contain Educational Tax Question As Well As Sunday Sales Referenda

The Oconee County Board of Education has put a continuation of the county’s 1 percent educational sales tax on the ballot.

Oconee County And Athens-Clarke County Officials Met To Discuss Collaboration On Wastewater Treatment

Benko described the session as “a short meeting with no meaningful results.”

Oconee County Chairman Met With Firm Representing Developer Of Auto Dealership After Negative Vote Of Planning Commission

Davis attended the scheduled meeting with Jon Williams of Williams and Associates on May 23.

Oconee County Commissioners Put Sunday Sales On November Ballot And Approve Shopping Center On Hog Mountain Road​​

Referenda would put Sunday package and restaurant sales on the ballot.

Dressing for the Dress Code

As I sat in high school freshman orientation with my son, I had to wonder if my conservative work clothes fit within the school dress code.

John Daniell Promises To Change Oconee County Government When He Takes Office In January

The government will be more transparent, Daniell said.

High Point Farm Withdrawing Request To Operate Day Camp On Farmland In South Of Oconee County

Commissioners are likely to remove discussion of the day camp on Colham Ferry Road from the agenda.

Expansion Of Calls Creek Sewer Plant To 1.5 MGD Will Serve Needs Until 2025, Oconee County Tells EPD

The county provided the projections to the EPD to support its request that it be allowed to discharge 1.5 MGD to Calls Creek.

The Nankipooh Enquirer: Scoop's Quips

Politics, Religion, and SEC football...

MACORTS Seeking Public Comment On Plans To Add Interchange Of Oconee Connector and SR 316 To Planning Document

The regional transportation body is seeking citizen reaction to its proposed amendment to its Long Range Transportation Plan.

Oconee County Commissioners Decide To Discuss Referenda On Sunday Sales Of Alcohol At Next Meeting

The commissioners agreed to take out an advertisement to warn citizens the issue will be on the agenda.

Oconee County Ready To Move Forward With Feasibility Study of Animal Shelter, Administrative Officer Said

The Board of Commissioners likely would award a contract for the feasibility at its meeting on Sept. 6.

Oconee County Expects To Have Data Needed For Response To EPD On Calls Creek Discharge This Week

The county is requesting an increased waste load so it can expand the Calls Creek sewage treatment plant beyond 1.5 million gallons per day.

Oconee County Planning Commission Votes Against A Recreational Day Camp On Colham Ferry Road

Nine people from the area around the existing horse boarding and training facility spoke against the request.

Oconee County Election Superintendent Issues Call For Special Election For Board Of Commissioners Vacancy

The election to fill out John Daniell’s four year term ending in 2018 will be held on Nov. 8