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Oglethorpe County zoning board members Janet Hill (from left), Robert Drew, Jimmy Shealy and county planner McKenzie Spooner call the April zoning board meeting to order. The board approved two rezoning requests and discussed the 90-day moratorium on minor subdivisions. (Sarah Myers/The Oglethorpe Echo)

Oglethorpe County zoning board members Janet Hill (from left), Robert Drew, Jimmy Shealy and county planner McKenzie Spooner call the April zoning board meeting to order. The board approved two rezoning requests and discussed the 90-day moratorium on minor subdivisions. (Sarah Myers/The Oglethorpe Echo)

Zoning Board OKs rezone for quarry

Sarah Myers
Wednesday, April 17, 2024
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.    The board approved the zoning change from general agriculture to heavy industrial for the 70.93-acre plot.
GRACE MAINS/THE OGLETHORPE ECHO

GRACE MAINS/THE OGLETHORPE ECHO

Delinquent listings head to property sale process

Grace Mains
Thursday, October 5, 2023
There were 34 properties in the delinquent property tax sale section of The Oglethorpe Echo’s Legals listing on Sept. 7. Some amounts were above $9,000 and others were as low as $336.50.   Of those, 11 delinquent tax bills were paid before the Sept.
Morgan Robinson and Robert Drew prepare for their meeting. Each member is given zoning property maps to visualize each zoning request. (Grace Mains/The Oglethorpe Echo)

Morgan Robinson and Robert Drew prepare for their meeting. Each member is given zoning property maps to visualize each zoning request. (Grace Mains/The Oglethorpe Echo)

Zoning board approves three applications

Grace Mains
Thursday, September 21, 2023
The Oglethorpe County Zoning Board approved two rezoning topics and one variance at Monday’s meeting.   Kevin Ashe requested a rezone of 2238 Beaverdam Road from an agricultural residential to single family residential.
CASSIDY HETTESHEIMER/THE OGLETHORPE ECHO Oglethorpe County School Superintendent Beverley Levine (left) and Becky Soto, chair of the Board of Education, discuss the 2023 Georgia Milestones scores and other business at a meeting on Tuesday night. The Board of Education will host two public hearings about the millage rate on Friday, Sept. 8.

CASSIDY HETTESHEIMER/THE OGLETHORPE ECHO Oglethorpe County School Superintendent Beverley Levine (left) and Becky Soto, chair of the Board of Education, discuss the 2023 Georgia Milestones scores and other business at a meeting on Tuesday night. The Board of Education will host two public hearings about the millage rate on Friday, Sept. 8.

BOE proposes lower millage rate

Caleb Baldwin and Cassidy Hettesheimer
Thursday, September 7, 2023
The Oglethorpe County Board of Education presented a lower millage rate for 2024, although the amount of taxes collected will increase by nearly 10%. The BOE said the new millage rate, which is the amount of tax dollars for every $1,000 of a property's assessed value, would be 15.
Kelli Paradise Smith, the Superior Court Clerk of Oglethorpe County, said the Filing Activity Notification System (FANS) could help a property owner avoid scams that could cost them their home. (SUBMITTED PHOTO)

Kelli Paradise Smith, the Superior Court Clerk of Oglethorpe County, said the Filing Activity Notification System (FANS) could help a property owner avoid scams that could cost them their home. (SUBMITTED PHOTO)

New alert system designed to protect property owners

Emily Lupo
Wednesday, August 30, 2023
The Oglethorpe County Superior Court Clerk’s office is promoting a new system to help protect local property owners from deed theft — a system even the clerk is using herself.