Elberton News

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A new Northeast Georgia environmental group will meet tonight in Elberton with hopes of drumming up support against a proposed waste-to-energy incinerator.

Whatever Elbert County stands to gain from letting a waste-to-energy incinerator go up outside of Elberton isn't worth the health risks and hidden costs to taxpayers, a growing opposition group says.

Whatever Elbert County stands to gain from letting a waste-to-energy incinerator go up outside of Elberton isn't worth the health risks and hidden costs to taxpayers, a growing opposition group says.

A new Northeast Georgia environmental group will meet tonight in Elberton with hopes of drumming up support against a proposed waste-to-energy incinerator.

Richard B. Russell State Park soon will have more campsites, more cottages and even a 100-room lodge overlooking Russell Lake and the South Carolina border.

The Northeast Georgia Regional Drug Task Force searched a home at Athens Gardens Apartments and arrested Derrick V. Bone, 32, or Cole Ridge Court; Marlon Hill, 26, of Commerce Road; and, Antion X. Brown, 34, of Fortson Circle, Elberton.

So, pull up a chair, take off your shoes, and join me as we journey to Elberton, Georgia for a taste of what might be for you, as it was for me, an unfamiliar holiday: Eid-Al-Adha, the Sacrificial Feast.

The most famous bands that emerged from Athens, Ga., in the 1970s and 1980s defied the conventions of Southern rock.

Officers arrested an Elberton man in East Athens early Friday after someone called to report he was stealing from cars, Athens-Clarke police said.

Adams, William L., 78, of Elberton; 2 p.m. at Concord UMC, interment in the church cemetery; Berry Funeral Home, Elberton, has charge of arrangements.

Leonard and Donna Dempski found their perfect home in Elberton after moving up from South Florida 15 years ago.

Two men were arrested at Lake Place Apartments on charges they assaulted an Elberton man who was visiting the estranged wife of one of the suspects.

A representative of Lexington Blue Granite in Elberton Georgia met with Korean War Memorial committee members this week to go over details about the statues, columns and pavers for the memorial.

Deputies In Hart County, Ga. arrested three people on Wednesday in connection with a string of church burglaries and at least one residential burglary, according to a release from Sheriff Mike Cleveland.

Along the quiet banks of Lake Russell, where bees buzz and grass blows lazily in the wind, Elbert County's top development official envisioned a resort that would bring vacationers' dollars to the declining granite quarrying hub.But now she's expecting delays in building the 120-room, lakeside lodge because developers are reluctant to bet on ...

Dr. Woodfin Grady Jones Jr., 89, of Athens, passed away Thursday, Sept. 24, 2009.

State labor officials are sponsoring job fairs in Rome and Elberton. Shorter College will host the Rome fair, expected to feature about 60 employers, ranging from Floyd County Schools to Avon cosmetics on Thursday.

Elva Epps Eddleman, age 90, died Tuesday, September 15, 2009. Interment was held at Concord United Methodist Church Cemetery in Elberton, Georgia, directed by A. S. Turner & Sons.

Bennett Jr., Thomas Bert, of Athens; 11 a.m. at Beech Haven Baptist Church, interment in Evergreen Memorial Park; Lord & Stephens Funeral Home, WEST, Bogart, has charge of arrangements.