Blog posts by Lee Becker
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Oconee Challengers Favor Liquor Sales
Blog: In the Loop
John Larkin. Photo credit: Lee Becker.
Oconee County voters will get a chance to vote on liquor by the drink if two of the challengers to incumbents John Daniell and Margaret Hale are successful in the May 20 Republican primary.
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Oconee Overhauls Farmland Protection Program in Secret
Blog: In the Loop
Oconee County Commission Chairman Melvin Davis. [credit: Lee Becker]
When the Oconee County Board of Commissioners began its overhaul of its farmland protection program 15 months ago, it did so, County Attorney Daniel Haygood said at the time, to make the process more transparent and to make sure the county was following state open records and open meetings laws.
Since that time, the board assembled two different committees, one of which replaced a citizen committee that had been screening farms for the county’s program.
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Watkinsville: Keep Oconee Offices Downtown
Blog: In the Loop
The Watkinsville City Council last week interjected itself into the ongoing discussion about what to do with the existing Oconee County Courthouse by unanimously passing a resolution, authored by Brian Brodrick, stating that it believes county offices should remain in downtown Watkinsville.
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Falls of Oconee Plans Revised
Blog: In the Loop
The future site of The Falls at Oconee (now with 100 percent fewer falls). Photo credit: Lee Becker.
The developers of The Falls of Oconee project on Old Macon Highway have submitted revised preliminary site plans to the Oconee County Planning Department that eliminate access to the falls and the creek below it.
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Oconee Cancels Easter Egg Hunt
Blog: In the Loop
Oconee County rather quietly has cancelled its Easter Egg Hunt originally scheduled for Apr. 19—the day before Easter—at Oconee Veterans Park.
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Cheddar's Casual Cafe Coming to Epps Bridge Centre
Blog: Grub Notes
C&P Company of Macon has submitted preliminary site plans to the Oconee County Planning Department for a Cheddar’s Casual Cafe on Epps Bridge Parkway as part of Epps Bridge Centre.
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Oconee Farmers Market Opens
Blog: In the Loop
Twenty-nine vendors offering eggs, goat milk, pies, cakes, meats, boiled peanuts, herbs, landscape plants, fresh greens and more set up booths in front of the courthouse in downtown Watkinsville yesterday for the launch of the 11th season of the Oconee Farmers Market.
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GDOT Rep Jamie Boswell's Roadside Signs Are Illegal
Blog: In the Loop
Oconee County granted permits in August of last year for signs on two undeveloped pieces of land at the busy intersection of SR 316 and the Oconee Connector.
The signs are for land offered for sale by Boswell Properties, owned by Jamie Boswell, Athens real estate broker and, since early 2013, District 10 representative to the 14-member State Transportation Board.
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Three Candidate Forums Set in Oconee
Blog: In the Loop
Oconee County citizens will have at least three opportunities in April to put questions in open meetings to the five candidates seeking two spots on the Oconee County Board of Commissioners.
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Oconee Water, Sewer Rates to Rise
Blog: In the Loop
Water and sewer customers in Oconee County will pay about 3 percent more in fees starting July 1 if the Board of Commissioners approves the budget request presented by Utility Department Director Chris Thomas earlier this month.
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Oconee SPLOST Vote Set for November
Blog: In the Loop
Oconee County commissioners on Tuesday night agreed to a new schedule for the 2015 Special Purpose Local Option Sales Tax referendum, setting up public hearings in June and July that will lead up to a vote on Nov. 4.
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ACC Will Close Whitehall Road in 2015
Blog: In the Loop
Athens-Clarke County plans to close Whitehall Road between the Middle Oconee River and Milledge Avenue for three–four months in the summer of 2015, altering the flow of traffic into and out of Oconee County via Simonton Bridge Road.
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Oconee Officials: Let People from Athens Pay
Blog: In the Loop
People from outside Oconee County, not the citizens of Oconee County, will pay the bulk of the 1 percent SPLOST tax, according to commission Chairman Melvin Davis (above), Sheriff Scott Berry and others.
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Oconee Issues Permit for Hog Mountain Business Park
Blog: In the Loop
Oconee County late last month issued a building permit for the third of three permitted buildings in the long dormant Legacy Building Park on Hog Mountain Road east of Butler's Crossing.
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Caterpillar Overstates Jobs Created
Blog: In the Loop
Caterpillar hired 364 full-time employees in 2013, including 60 contract service workers, allowing it to claim the 364 figure in the compliance report it filed with Oconee County on Feb. 26 as required by the memorandum of understanding it signed with the county.
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Oconee Commission Delays SPLOST Vote
Blog: In the Loop
The Oconee County Board of Commissioners voted 3-1 Tuesday night to postpone from May 20 until Nov. 4 the referendum on a new Special Purpose Local Option Sales Tax.
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Oconee Commission Agrees on SPLOST Priorities
Blog: In the Loop
The Oconee County Board of Commissioners agreed after a five-hour meeting last night to a tentative list of spending priorities for the planned 2015 Special Purpose Local Option Sales Tax.
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Called Meeting on Oconee SPLOST Monday
Blog: In the Loop
County Clerk Jane Greathouse and Commission Chairman Melvin Davis.
Oconee County commissioners have agreed to a called meeting on Monday to discuss funding priorities for the Special Purpose Local Option Sales Tax referendum they are scheduled to take up again at their regular meeting on Tuesday night.
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Oconee SPLOST Likely to Be Delayed
Blog: In the Loop
The date for the referendum on the Oconee County 2015 Special Purpose Local Option Sales Tax now seems more likely to be in November than May, as originally planned.
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Oconee Commissioners Whittling Down SPLOST
Blog: In the Loop
Oconee County commissioners tonight are to begin the public whittling down of the $100 million in requests for the 2015 Special Purpose Local Option Sales Tax.
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latest stories
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In the Loop | April 25, 2014 11:57am
Oconee Challengers Favor Liquor Sales
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In the Loop | April 21, 2014 6:21pm
Oconee Overhauls Farmland Protection Program in Secret
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In the Loop | April 16, 2014 3:44pm
Watkinsville: Keep Oconee Offices Downtown
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In the Loop | April 13, 2014 2:40pm
Falls of Oconee Plans Revised
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In the Loop | April 12, 2014 2:17pm
Oconee Cancels Easter Egg Hunt
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Grub Notes | April 8, 2014 3:02pm
Cheddar's Casual Cafe Coming to Epps Bridge Centre
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In the Loop | April 7, 2014 10:52am
Oconee Farmers Market Opens
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In the Loop | April 6, 2014 2:21pm
GDOT Rep Jamie Boswell's Roadside Signs Are Illegal
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In the Loop | April 3, 2014 11:25am
Three Candidate Forums Set in Oconee
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In the Loop | March 31, 2014 1:30pm
Oconee Water, Sewer Rates to Rise
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In the Loop | March 26, 2014 11:08am
Oconee SPLOST Vote Set for November
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In the Loop | March 24, 2014 10:33am
ACC Will Close Whitehall Road in 2015
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In the Loop | March 18, 2014 2:12pm
Oconee Officials: Let People from Athens Pay
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In the Loop | March 14, 2014 10:41am
Oconee Issues Permit for Hog Mountain Business Park
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In the Loop | March 10, 2014 10:58am
Caterpillar Overstates Jobs Created
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In the Loop | March 5, 2014 12:31pm
Oconee Commission Delays SPLOST Vote
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In the Loop | March 4, 2014 11:48am
Oconee Commission Agrees on SPLOST Priorities
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In the Loop | March 2, 2014 4:08pm
Called Meeting on Oconee SPLOST Monday
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In the Loop | February 26, 2014 12:36pm
Oconee SPLOST Likely to Be Delayed
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In the Loop | February 25, 2014 11:14am
Oconee Commissioners Whittling Down SPLOST