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Sertoma presents 4th graders with Declaration of Independence
Larry Stanford/The Thomaston Times As it does every year to celebrate Presidents Day, the Thomaston Sertoma Club visited the fourth grade classes at Upson-Lee North Elementary last week to talk about the Declaration of Independence and hand out copies of it. Standing with Mrs. K. Bentley’s 4 th grade class are Sertoma members (left to right) Shane Phillips, Phil Hancock, Al Brannan, Darren Day, Ronald Johnston, Russ Bridges, Timmy Daniel, ...
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A reminder from the Tax Commissioner that the new car tax starts today
HB 386 goes into effect today, Friday, March 1; which eliminates the annual ad valorem tax on new purchases of vehicles. Beginning March 1, when you purchase and title a vehicle from a car dealer or individual, you must pay a onetime Title Ad Valorem Tax fee (TAVT) of 6.5 percent this year of the vehicles fair market value of in addition to the $20 registration and $18 title transfer fee. Anyone who purchased a vehicle in Georgia after Janu...
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Thomaston-Upson Pre-Kindergarten Lottery Registration starts March 11
Thomaston-Upson Pre-Kindergarten Lottery Registration will take place from March 11-March 22 at the Upson-Lee Pre-K building located at 216 East Lee Street in Thomaston. Registration will be held from 8:30 am to 2 pm Monday-Friday. In an effort to ensure that all students have a fair and equal opportunity to participate in the Thomaston-Upson Pre-Kindergarten program, students entering Upson-Lee Pre-K for the 2013-2014 school year will be sel...
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Quick work by investigators leads to arrest of burglary suspect
Upson County Sheriff Dan Kilgore praised the work of his investigators in tracking down and arresting a suspect in seven burglaries and one attempted burglary that occurred overnight on Feb. 21-22. David Eugene Vaughn, 45, of Yatesville, was arrested on Feb. 22 and has been charged with seven felony counts of burglary. The burglaries occurred at Keadle Lumber Company, the Rock Hill Volunteer Fire Department, the Church of Jesus Christ of La...
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Westmoreland, others talk about 2nd Amendment at Day of Resistance Rally at Bickley’s Lake
Saturday, Feb. 23, branches of the Tea Party held “Day of Resistance” rallies across the nation. The cold and rain couldn’t hold back Thomaston’s Tea Party, which held their rally at Bickley’s Lake at 1p.m. Speakers at the event included 3 rd District Congressman Lynn Westmoreland; Upson County Sheriff Dan Kilgore and Lamar County Sheriff Brad White; and Ray McBerry, who in 2010 ran for the Governor’s seat and is a major voice for state’s ...
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With no zoning laws in place, Yatesville has no say of what can come into town
Larry Stanford Editor The recent issue with Dollar General over its signage brought the Yatesville City Council to the realization that without any zoning laws, the city has no say in who or what can come into Yatesville. At the January meeting, Upson County Planning and Zoning Director Doug Currier met with city leaders and explained some of the options they can use in developing zoning ordinances. At their February meeting, Mayor Ceci...
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Emergency alert system goes live today
After more than a month of organization and testing, the Everbridge emergency alert system goes live today in Upson County. Funded by a federal grant, the system will send emergency alerts to every citizen or business with a listed landline telephone number in the county 9-1-1 system. It will also send text, voice or email messages to those who sign up for the program and want to list their cell phone to receive messages. To date, more than 6...
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Plans made for dedication of M.G. Worthy Community Center
Ashley Biles Associate Editor Plans are in the works for an official dedication ceremony for the M. G. Worthy Community Center in Lincoln Park, Chris Biggs told the Board of Commissioners at their February 12 meeting. Biggs, who served as interim District One Commissioner last year, is part of the Lincoln Park Citizen Coalition (LPCC), an organization whose purpose is to find ways to improve the community. “Last year we had a name chang...
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BOC approves sending ‘liquor by the drink’ vote to citizens
In a 3-2 vote Tuesday night, the Upson County Board of Commissioners passed a motion to put a “liquor by the drink” referendum on the ballot for November of this year. Commissioner Frank Spraggins and Chairman Rusty Blackston both voted no. The issue has been a hot topic in town as of late and during a town hall meeting in February, the opinion of the public present was heavily against the possibility of liquor by the drink sales going to a...
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Old buildings becoming eyesores; Planning board debates what to do
Ashley Biles Associate Editor Driving through town, you may have noticed several of the old mills, which once were a thriving part of the community, now stand vacant; some with portions of the structures torn down, but not completely demolished. The question of what can be done to make those buildings, such as the Martha Mill and old Thomaston Mill, more presentable or completely bulldozed over came up during the February meeting of the U...
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2013 Hall of Fame honorees inducted
James Morton | Thomaston Times The Thomaston-Upson Hall of Fame inducted the 2013 class on Saturday, February 23. Five individual members were inducted into the organization, Gwen Murphy Cowart, Tammy Dawson, Jeff Neighbors, Ronnie Paul, and Wallace Rhodes. The committee also inducted 1972 Thomaston Little League All-Star Team. The 2013 Merit Award was given to William H. Heule for “his selfless contributions to the athletics of Thomaston a...
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