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A computer televises all city council meetings live on the city’s YouTube channel – youtube.com/@cityofgreensborogeorgia655 – at 6:00pm on the first and third Mondays of the month. MARK ENGEL/Staff

A computer televises all city council meetings live on the city’s YouTube channel – youtube.com/@cityofgreensborogeorgia655 – at 6:00pm on the first and third Mondays of the month. MARK ENGEL/Staff

Is 2024 pivotal year for Greensboro?

Mark Engel
Thursday, January 4, 2024
The first meeting of 2024 for the Greensboro City Council lasted five minutes Tuesday night. The only real business was the approval of a beer and wine license for the Feb. 8 Jazz Legacy Project at Festival Hall. Councilmembers also set a timetable for developing the 2025 city budget.
Savannah Court of Lake Oconee was in court Wednesday to appeal the state’s intent to revoke its license due to more than 70 violations. MARK ENGEL/Staff

Savannah Court of Lake Oconee was in court Wednesday to appeal the state’s intent to revoke its license due to more than 70 violations. MARK ENGEL/Staff

State threatens to close personal care home

Mark Engel
Thursday, January 4, 2024
Representatives of the Savannah Court personal care home on Willow Drive in Greensboro and the Georgia Department of Community Health were in Greene County court Wednesday. Savannah Court at Lake Oconee, a 72-bed facility, received a Notice of Intent to Revoke Permit from the state agency on Aug.
Site work for the new Rivian electric vehicle manufacturing plant as part of Stanton Springs North shows the scope of the project off of I-20, including a new frontage road that will connect to a proposed exit from the interstate. MARK ENGEL/Staff

Site work for the new Rivian electric vehicle manufacturing plant as part of Stanton Springs North shows the scope of the project off of I-20, including a new frontage road that will connect to a proposed exit from the interstate. MARK ENGEL/Staff

Rivian complaint dismissed

Josh Lurie
Thursday, January 4, 2024
A group of Morgan County citizens who filed a lawsuit challenging the zoning for the Rivian electric vehicle manufacturing plant had their case dismissed in Superior Court Tuesday. The case brought by Edward Clay, Candace Beam, Alan D.
Photo courtesy of Georgia Law Enforcement Flickr

Photo courtesy of Georgia Law Enforcement Flickr

Thieves hit Rutledge businesses to start new year

T. Michael Stone
Thursday, January 4, 2024
The BP station and the Rutledge Liquor Store on Atlanta Highway in Rutledge were burglarized during the early morning hours of Jan. 2, according to the Morgan County Sheriff’s Office. According to reports, the complainant, who was the clerk at the liquor store had arrived at 5 a.m.
Jarvis Sims

Jarvis Sims

Sims out as Greensboro city manager

Mark Engel
Thursday, December 28, 2023
After just eight months on the job, Jarvis Sims has resigned under fire as Greensboro city manager. The Greensboro City Council voted 3-2 to accept his resignation at a special meeting on Wednesday, Dec. 27.
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