Comprehensive plan to get review

Gilmer County’s five-year comprehensive plan will be getting a review. Gilmer Chair Charlie Paris asked commissioners to approve a review at a special meeting on Nov. 30. “I think we are in a whole different time now, different situation,” he said.

Gilmer in target area for grant-funded opioid program

Gilmer is among three north Georgia counties that are target areas of a new opioid abuse reduction program led by the Morehouse College School of Medicine.

Water authority plans further extension in Roundtop area

When meeting Tuesday,  Nov. 30, the Ellijay-Gilmer County Water and Sewerage Authority board approved steps toward an upcoming project that will further extend the water system in the Roundtop Road area.

Public invited to animal shelter’s Christmas open house

The Gilmer County Animal Shelter will soon be ringing in the holiday season, and everyone’s invited to the special Christmas open house. The Christmas at the Shelter event will take place Friday, Dec. 17, 1-4 p.m., at the Gilmer County Animal Shelter, 4152 Highway 52 East.

The bright lights downtown

Above, the Ellijay square Christmas tree, and downtown in general, are awash in the glow of Christmas lights following Light Up Ellijay festivities around the square last Friday. Photos by Robert Ferguson

Stabbing suspect still at large

(By Angela Reinhardt, Pickens Progress) — The Ellijay man charged with stabbing another man at a restaurant in Jasper earlier this month is still at large, with authorities urging anyone with information about his whereabouts to contact 911.

Video scoreboards coming soon

If everything goes as planned, Gilmer High School will soon have some swanky video scoreboards in its gym and at Huff-Mosley Memorial Stadium. Director of human resources and facilities Dana Berry shared some updates on the projects at the Gilmer County Board of Education’s Nov. 15 work session.

Mobile home base cost figures going up

The base costs used to value many mobile homes in the county are increasing. The Gilmer County Board of Tax Assessors approved changes in those base (or per-square-foot) cost figures when meeting Monday, Nov. 22.

Accident on Hwy. 515 results in fatality

A California man died in a vehicle crash on Hwy. 515 which resulted in a woman being taken to the hospital. The crash took place at the intersection of 515 and Searcy Road Nov. 23 at 2:50 p.m., according to a Georgia State Patrol report. George Bland, 43, of Garberville, Calif.

One man dies, another injured in cutting trees

One man died and another suffered injuries  from cutting trees in the Conasauga Road area last week. Somehow, a tree came down on the two individuals, said Gilmer EMS Chief Andrew Burnette. Eduardo Santillan, 26, was airlifted by helicopter, according to Gilmer County Coroner Jerry Hensley.