Oconee County has completed replacement of the 1,000 feet of forced main sewer line that produced three major spills in a year into a tributary to McNutt Creek that separates Tanglebrook subdivision and the Pinewood Estates South mobile home park.
As work was being completed on the new forced main replacement line, and before the switch to the new line, a minor spill occurred resulting from a break in the old forced main line.
Oconee County Democrats will have to return to the voting booth in four weeks to decide who will represent the party in the November election for District 3 Public Service Commissioner as none of the three candidates on the ballot on Tuesday received a majority.
In Oconee County, Robert Jones received 36.9 percent of the vote, with Peter Hubbard getting 35.9 percent, and Keisha Sean Waites receiving 27.2 percent.
Leading up to election day voting on Tuesday, only 2.0 percent of Oconee County’s eligible voters had cast a ballot in the special Democratic and Republican Party primaries for Districts 2 and 3 on the state Public Service Commission.
Reflecting the more competitive nature of the Democratic race than normal, 36.2 percent of the ballots cast were in the Democratic Party primary, with the remaining 63.8 percent cast in the Republican Party Primary.
The Oconee County Planning Commission on Monday (June 16) is scheduled to review requests for three separate commercial developments, one on Mars Hill Road, one on nearby Lenru Road, and the third on U.S. 441 at Spartan Lane.
The county planning staff has recommended approval of all three requests, but it is asking the Planning Commission and the Board of Commissioners to eliminate proposed B-2 (Highway Business) Zoning for one lot in the commercial development on Mars Hill Road.
A crowd of more than 2,400 filled College Square across from the Arch in downtown Athens on Saturday, braving at times heavy rain and a thunderstorm, to protest against the way Donald Trump is wielding his power as president.
Part of the national No Kings protest, the Athens event was organized by a coalition of seven local groups, including the Oconee County Democrats.
Only a small number of people turned out for the listening session hosted by The Oconee Enterprise last week, but it was a group that came with compliments, criticism, and suggestions for the staff of the paper.
The individuals praised the paper’s sports coverage, its crime news, its willingness to run letters to the editor, and its focus on local news.
The City of Watkinsville and Oconee County will unveil a memorial plaque at 2 p.m. on June 29 at the Oconee County Courthouse in Watkinsville recognizing the nine victims of the 1905 lynching on that site.
That date is the 120th anniversary of the lynching, which left eight of the men dead and one wounded in the area behind what is now the Courthouse.
