Nicholson News

Albert Chandler and his wife, Christy, along with their children Lane, left, and Trey, visited the Staghorn Chapel on the outskirts of Nicholson on Nov.

An article about the Nov. 3 municipal elections published Sunday on Page B4 incorrectly reported that Nicholson City Councilman Howard Wilbanks was defeated.

Last year, Peach State Speedway was in danger of closing its doors, just as dozens of other tracks in the Southeast have done this decade.

The results in Tuesday's mayoral elections in Nicholson and Jefferson were a little too close for comfort for Ronnie Maxwell and Jim Joiner, but at least they held onto their seats.

Nicholson Mayor Ronnie Maxwell gets a little support from his wife, Gale, on Tuesday night at the Nicholson Public Library as the votes are counted in the mayor's race.

According to our new partner, WTHO radio, in Thomson, a hold-up at an area bank sent a Savannah, GA man to jail Monday.

The Jackson County Republican Party has endorsed candidates in the Hoschton, Braselton and Nicholson mayoral races, according to party President Ron Johnson.

Burglars ransacked a Nicholson house while the owner was not living there, taking electronics valued at about $1,000, tools and the man's couch cushions, according to report filed by a Jackson County sheriff's deputy.

The gathering, held Aug. 13-15 at the Gaylord Opryland Resort, was designed to re-energize designers with a spirit of enthusiasm to make their businesses successful.

Over the next couple of weeks, small-town residents will see candidates for municipal offices going door to door, handing out signs and generally giving their campaigns one last push before voting wraps up Nov.

Thomas Long, 68, of 94 Hearthstone Road, Carlton, died Saturday, October 17, 2009.

North Georgia Christmas tree farmers say this year's selection should be good despite the lingering effects of the state's prolonged drought.

Please allow me the opportunity to thank Paul Cartledge on behalf of all our veterans who may have specialty license tags on their vehicles designating the military campaign in which they served our country.

With about 60,000 residents spread out over 342 square miles, creating a unified vision for Jackson County's future is complicated.

UGA Alumni Assoc Athens chapter tailgate cookoff Date: September 11, 2009 Description: The UGA Alumni Association's Athens chapter will host a tailgate cookoff at 5:30 p.m. Friday at Wray-Nicholson House, 298 S. Hull St.

12 from 2 to 4 p.m. at Greater St. James Overcoming Church of God. The focus of the event is to develop strong, positive, responsible black males.

Five sitting mayors will face election battles in November, with challengers qualifying by Friday's deadline to take on Comer Mayor William E. Burroughs and Danielsville Mayor Glenn Cross.

The UGA Alumni Association's Athens chapter will host a tailgate cookoff at 5:30 p.m. Friday at Wray-Nicholson House, 298 S. Hull St.

A news brief published Thursday on Page A7 of the Athens Banner-Herald incorrectly characterized the $1 million the Georgia Environmental Facilities Authority awarded to the Nicholson Water Authority.

It took firefighters from five different departments more than three hours to put out a fire in Jackson County Wednesday morning.