The Jasper County Commissioners Tuesday voted unanimously to follow the recommendation of the citizens’ solid waste committee and seek bids for the removal of the fiber at the Jasper County Landfill.The county has been under a consent order with the Environmental Protection Division (EPD) of the Georgia Department of Natural Resources since 2006. Last year,…
Hwy. 212 west of Monticello and Bethel Church Road was again the site of a fairly serious accident Saturday morning. Vehicle 1 (right) was a 2002 Toyota 4Runner driven by Nicholas James Howard of Loganville, according to the report from the Georgia State Patrol. Vehicle 2 (above) was a 2008 Chevrolet Tahoe C1500 driven by…
As the Silver Dodge SUV Red had kidnapped me in disappeared below the surface of the lake I realized that I could still swim in spite of the fact that my wrists and ankles were bound with duct tape, but first I had to get out of the vehicle, and the only way out was…
HEART RECIPIENT WITH SAVANNAH STEELE, MRS. CUNHA, DR. HARTY Richie Steele graduated from Jasper County High School in 2011 and was involved in an automobile accident that took his life on December 30, 2013. Months before he died, he made his wishes clear that he desired to be an organ donor. On January 1, 2014,…
The Monticello City Council voted to pass the fiscal year 2016 budget after voting to raise electric rates one cent per kilowatt hour, cut five percent from every city department and adding a three percent convenience fee for using a credit or debit card for utility payments. They also voted to not raise taxes in…
Alina Jablonski, a freshman at Jasper County High School (JCHS), earned two top ten finishes at the Georgia High School Association (GHSA) Girls State Track Championship last weekend. Competing in division AA, she was also ranked the number one freshman on MileSplit, a national network for high school track and cross country runners. Jablonski qualified…
Music. How important is music in our lives? We associate certain songs with certain times in our life. I grew up listening to the whirling, 78-speed record playing George Gershwin’s, “Rhapsody in Blue.” Fortunately I have this record in my collection, once given to my father by my mother in 1945, signed “Jim, Love Maxine.”…
Dear Savvy Senior, Do you know of any financial assistance programs or other resources that can help seniors with home improvement projects? I would like to help my 86-year-old father make a few modifications to his house so he can live there as long as possible, but money is very tight. Inquiring Daughter Dear Inquiring,…
The Monticello City Council voted to pass the fiscal year 2016 budget after voting to raise electric rates one cent per kilowatt hour, cut five percent from every city department and adding a three percent convenience fee for using a credit or debit card for utility payments. They also voted to not raise taxes in…
A celebration of life for Mr. Freddie Lee Barkley was held on Saturday, May 2, 2015 at St. James AME Church, 514 Funderburg Drive in Monticello. Mr. Barkley died April 26, 2015. Rev. Donna Marie Calix, pastor, officiated. Burial was in South View Cemetery. Mr. Barkley was born November 29, 1943, to the parentage of…