DAWSONVILLE, Ga. – With little or no public information or involvement, the Dawsonville City Council is prepared to make a major shift in how future city elections are conducted. City council members — including two who were recently voted out of office – are expected to approve the change from an at-large system of electing […]
Read More »Controversial rezoning resurfaces after 2016 denial
DAWSONVILLE, Ga. – A controversial rezoning request denied by the Dawson County Board of Commissioners one year ago, almost to the day, is back on the planning commission agenda Tuesday, Dec. 19, at 6 p.m. The meeting will be held on the second floor of the Dawson County Government Center. Bill Evans, of Dawson Forest […]
Read More »Property owners seek creation of water authority
DAWSONVILLE, Ga. – A group of Big Canoe property owners are asking the Dawson County Board of Commissioners to support their effort to create the Big Canoe Water and Sewer Authority in order to purchase the assets of community’s water system. Phil Anderson, president of Big Canoe Property Owners, told commissioners during Thursday’s work session […]
Read More »Future of the Development Authority will be discussed at Thursday’s commissioners meeting
DAWSONVILLE, Ga. – Key issues the Dawson County Board of Commissioners will discuss during the first meeting of the new year include funding for the Development Authority of Dawson County (DADC), a new impact fee methodology report and 2018 qualifying fees for elected officials. The work session is scheduled for 4 p.m. Thursday in the […]
Read More »BOC to discuss support for creation of the Big Canoe Water and Sewer Authority in work session
DAWSONVILLE, Ga. – The Dawson County Board of Commissioners will discuss taking the first step toward creation of a new water authority when it meets in a work session Thursday at 4 p.m. in the County Administration Building. Phil Anderson, president of the Big Canoe Property Owners Association, will ask commissioners to endorse draft legislation […]
Read More »Happy Food Mart robbed at gunpoint Tuesday
DAWSONVILLE, Ga. – Dawson County authorities are searching for a suspect who reportedly robbed the Happy Food Mart on Dawson Forest Road at gunpoint Tuesday at approximately 6:34 p.m. According to the Dawson County Sheriff’s Office incident report, the suspect is described as a white male, approximately 5 feet 9 inches tall, wearing a heavy […]
Read More »Fire damages home on Blacks Mill Road
DAWSONVILLE, Ga. – Dawson County firefighters, assisted by the Forsyth County Fire Department, responded to a fire at 1316 Blacks Mill Road Sunday at 6:20 p.m. The first units on the scene witnessed fire showing from the attic of the home. The residence sustained extensive damage. No injuries were reported, but the Red Cross was […]
Read More »Mike Eason named Dawsonville’s interim mayor
DAWSONVILLE, Ga. – Mike Eason, a special agent with the Georgia Bureau of Investigation for 31 years and the state’s first inspector general, was appointed interim mayor of the city of Dawsonville at Monday’s city council meeting. Eason earned a Bachelor of Science degree in public administration/criminal justice from Brenau University and also served as […]
Read More »County employees enjoy Thanksgiving luncheon
DAWSONVILLE, Ga. – Dawson County employees do their best to serve the citizens of Dawson County, so County Manager David Headley and the county commissioners decided it was high time they returned the favor. Headley, Chairman Billy Thurmond and commissioners Jimmy Hamby, Julie Nix, Chris Gaines and Sharon Fausett purchased the turkey and ham and […]
Read More »Dawsonville Voters Sweep Incumbents Out
DAWSONVILLE, Ga. – In Dawsonville, voters swept the incumbents out of office Tuesday and elected two newcomers to city council. In a four-way race where the two candidates with the most votes are elected without a runoff, Mark French won with 159, followed by Steve Tolson with 134, incumbent Mike Sosebee with 118 and Angie […]
Read More »Dawsonville Police Department? Could Happen!
DAWSONVILLE, Ga. – In a slide presentation to city council Monday, Dawsonville City Manager Bob Bolz presented reasons why the city should consider forming its own police department, what the potential cost would be and how it could be funded. Bolz began by pointing out a rise in crime statistics in Dawsonville and other north […]
Read More »Four Candidates Qualify for City Council Race
DAWSONVILLE, Ga. – Qualifying for the 2017 city-wide, non-partisan municipal elections ended Thursday with two incumbents and two new candidates entering the race for city council. Incumbent Angie Smith will seek her second full term in office. She was appointed to the board in 2012 and won her first election in 2013. Mike Sosebee has […]
Read More »GSP Identifies Remaining Victims in 4th of July Crash That Killed 15-Year-Old Girl
DAWSONVILLE, Ga. – The Georgia State Patrol has released the names of the other victims in the Fourth of July wreck on Lumpkin Campground Road that killed 15-year-old Eliza Farrell of Suwanee. A GSP spokesperson said in an email that Xavier Sanchez, 16, the driver of the car in which Farrell was a passenger, Rachel […]
Read More »Commissioners Question Property Revaluation Process
DAWSONVILLE, Ga. – Dawson County Chief Tax Appraiser Kurt Tangel’s request for county commission approval of a two-year, $588,300 county-wide property revaluation sparked a flurry of questions from commissioners during Thursday’s work session. The county’s last revaluation was conducted in-house in 2006 and Commissioner Julie Nix wanted to know why it could not be done […]
Read More »Attorneys present closing arguments in Tisdale trial
DAWSONVILLE, Ga. – Attorneys made their closing arguments and Senior Superior Court Judge Martha Christian turned the case over to the jury around midday Monday in the trial of Nydia Tisdale on charges of obstruction of an officer and criminal trespassing. The charges against Tisdale stem from a political rally at Burt’s Pumpkin Farm in […]
Read More »State presents case against “citizen journalist”
DAWSONVILLE, Ga. – Prosecutors presented a string of witnesses who testified Tuesday that self-proclaimed citizen journalist Nydia Tisdale refused repeated requests by Burt’s Pumpkin Farm owners to stop filming a political rally on their property in August 2014. Event coordinator Clint Bearden testified that Tisdale ignored at least five requests to stop filming before she […]
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