Thursday, April 18, 2024
Concerns from residents about the county’s responsibility for stray or dangerous dogs have been expressed both at Board of Commissioners meetings and through letters to The Oglethorpe Echo, includi
William Brown, who is in his first term, is running unopposed for reelection to the District 4 Commissioner seat.
The Oglethorpe County Zoning Board unanimously approved the rezoning of land along Lexington-Carlton Road to reopen a quarry to mine dimension stone and granite at Monday’s meeting.
Oglethorpe County Primary School will be demolished after the completion of the new K-5 elementary school on Fairground Road. However, the building’s history will be preserved in the final construction of the new school and in the minds of its former students.
Paul Thiel, the school system’s director of operations, confirmed that bricks from the former OCPS will be used as pavers in the pavilion at the end of the fourth-grade wing of the new elementary school.
Anne Garner had an idea after moving from metro Atlanta to about 5 miles south of Maxeys about six years ago.
Marin Sampson, Eve Myers and Khloe Eidson scored goals to lead the Oglethorpe County girls soccer team to a 3-2 victory over Jasper County on April 8.
The Region 5-A Division I boys soccer title will come down to Oglethorpe County’s final regular-season game on Thursday, April 11, when the Patriots host Jasper County.
