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On April 6 local vendors and farmers hosted the first farmer's market of the season for Marigold Collective. In the photo is Director and Market Manager Sarah Hovater with a few vendors from the market. Vendors pictured are Ray's Recipes, MollyPop Farms, Foxwood Farms, LavenderBlue Farms, Daisyfish Farm, Green Table Bakery, Sungate Farm and MaryAnn's Farm. (SUBMITTED PHOTO)

On April 6 local vendors and farmers hosted the first farmer's market of the season for Marigold Collective. In the photo is Director and Market Manager Sarah Hovater with a few vendors from the market. Vendors pictured are Ray's Recipes, MollyPop Farms, Foxwood Farms, LavenderBlue Farms, Daisyfish Farm, Green Table Bakery, Sungate Farm and MaryAnn's Farm. (SUBMITTED PHOTO)

Marigold Collective hosts spring markets

Lesley Randall
Wednesday, May 1, 2024
  Local coffee roasters, artists, basketmakers, artisan bakers, ceramicists, soapmakers and hot food vendors fill the Marigold Markets for the spring season at Pittard Park.
The Oglethorpe County Sheriff’s Office installed signs near the start of the school zones last month to specify the hours the cameras are in operation. The system had issued 8,313 tickets between Nov. 9 and April 15. (Andy Johnston/The Oglethorpe Echo)

The Oglethorpe County Sheriff’s Office installed signs near the start of the school zones last month to specify the hours the cameras are in operation. The system had issued 8,313 tickets between Nov. 9 and April 15. (Andy Johnston/The Oglethorpe Echo)

Data shows school zone cameras work

Kayla Lopez and Zeke Palermo
Wednesday, May 1, 2024
 The speed cameras on the roads leading to Oglethorpe County schools are effective at reducing speeding and work as intended, according to six months of data from Blue Line Solutions.
The 11 candidates who participated in the candidate forum stand at the conclusion of the event at the Historic Crawford Depot on April 18. About 100 people attended the event. (ABBY PEACOCK/THE OGLETHORPE ECHO)

The 11 candidates who participated in the candidate forum stand at the conclusion of the event at the Historic Crawford Depot on April 18. About 100 people attended the event. (ABBY PEACOCK/THE OGLETHORPE ECHO)

Candidates discuss hot topics at forum

Abby Peacock
Thursday, April 25, 2024
Questions about the jail, school zone cameras, taxes and dog ordinances were plentiful during a candidate forum at the Historic Crawford Depot on April 18.   Eleven candidates across several races answered questions from the public, which were submitted ahead of time and screened.
Elizabeth Mackey inspects a hive frame while wearing gloves and a protective jacket with a mesh veil on April 16 in Watkinsville. (Photo/Sara Micale)

Elizabeth Mackey inspects a hive frame while wearing gloves and a protective jacket with a mesh veil on April 16 in Watkinsville. (Photo/Sara Micale)

Spring is abuzz: Inspection time for beekeepers

Lesley Randall and Sara Micale
Thursday, April 25, 2024
A faint buzzing comes from the row of stacked wooden boxes in Elizabeth Mackey’s backyard, quickly turning into a roar as she and friend Heidi Simmonds open the lid to release a swarm of bees.
The interior of one of the new 72-passanger Blue Bird gas-powered route buses Oglethorpe County School System received. The bus is equipped with air conditioning, bus two-way communication and crash mitigation. (Submitted Photo/The Oglethorpe Echo)

The interior of one of the new 72-passanger Blue Bird gas-powered route buses Oglethorpe County School System received. The bus is equipped with air conditioning, bus two-way communication and crash mitigation. (Submitted Photo/The Oglethorpe Echo)

New school buses are first two with AC

Lee Short
Thursday, April 25, 2024
The Oglethorpe County School System has received two of the three new buses with air conditioning that were ordered as a part of the system’s yearly bus replacement rotation.
(Photo/Sidney Chansamone)

(Photo/Sidney Chansamone)

Library system to review book in question

Michael Johnson
Tuesday, April 23, 2024
Controversy has surrounded the book “All Boys Aren’t Blue” since the Oglethorpe County Board of Commissioners’ meeting on April 2. Valerie Bell, director of the Athens Regional Library System, said the library is taking the concerns seriously.