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County approves bid for control valve project

Megan Horn
Thursday, June 30, 2022
The Rabun County Board of Commissioners approved a bid from Dale Construction for the North Clayton Control Valve in the amount of $168,500 to be paid out of American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funds at Tuesday’s meeting. The valve would allow for the rehabilitation of the water treatment plant.
Megan Broome/The Clayton Tribune. Chip Groom, president of Lake Burton Civic Association (LBCA), speaks to the Rabun County Planning Commission in opposition of the proposed rezoning on Bridge Creek Road for the purpose of building storage units.

Megan Broome/The Clayton Tribune. Chip Groom, president of Lake Burton Civic Association (LBCA), speaks to the Rabun County Planning Commission in opposition of the proposed rezoning on Bridge Creek Road for the purpose of building storage units.

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Rabun County Planning Commission tables vote on Lake Burton storage units

Megan Horn
Thursday, June 30, 2022
The Rabun County Planning Commission tabled a rezoning request on Monday from Taywood, LLC to rezone 5.45 acres of land on Bridge Creek Road from Agricultural (A) to Commercial Business (CB) for the development of storage units for boats, RV and self-storage.
Megan Broome/The Clayton Tribune. Commissoners approve the $26.6 million budget.

Megan Broome/The Clayton Tribune. Commissoners approve the $26.6 million budget.

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County commissioners approve $26.6 million budget

Megan Horn
Thursday, June 30, 2022
The Rabun County Board of Commissioners approved the $26,663,254 fiscal year 2023 budget at Tuesday’s meeting. The budget details expenditures for General Government; Judicial; Public Safety; Public Works; Health and Welfare; Culture and Recreation; and Housing and Development.
Megan Broome/The Clayton Tribune. Spectators from North Georgia and beyond flock to LaPrade’s Marina on Lake Burton to view the wooden boats that set sail in the Lake Burton Wooden Boat Parade during Memorial Day weekend this year.

Megan Broome/The Clayton Tribune. Spectators from North Georgia and beyond flock to LaPrade’s Marina on Lake Burton to view the wooden boats that set sail in the Lake Burton Wooden Boat Parade during Memorial Day weekend this year.

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Rabun proclaimed ‘Wooden Boat Capital of Georgia’

Megan Horn
Thursday, June 30, 2022
All wooden boats lead to Rabun County. The lakes are home to hundreds of wooden boats, many of which have been in families for generations. Boat parades held each year on Lake Rabun and Lake Burton allow families to display the quality and craftsmanship of these vintage wooden boats.
Megan Broome/The Clayton Tribune. Jocelin Lopez, Luke Edward Fowler-Berken, Shaylyn Sondra McGuffin and Andrew Zafra are all smiles as they pose with their diplomas after graduating from Mountain Education Charter High School June 16 at the RCHS FAB building.

Megan Broome/The Clayton Tribune. Jocelin Lopez, Luke Edward Fowler-Berken, Shaylyn Sondra McGuffin and Andrew Zafra are all smiles as they pose with their diplomas after graduating from Mountain Education Charter High School June 16 at the RCHS FAB building.

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Mountain Education Charter graduates four from Rabun campus

Megan Horn
Monday, June 27, 2022
TIGER– The Rabun Campus of Mountain Education Charter High School (MECHS) graduated four students in a June 16 ceremony inside the Fine Arts Building located at Rabun County Schools.

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50 years for Frady

Megan Horn
Monday, June 27, 2022
Superior Court Judge Russell Smith sentenced 47-year-old David Lee Frady on June 17 to 50 years to serve and five years probation for charges related to a 10-month joint investigation into illegal activities, including drugs, forgery and burglary, with the Rabun County Sheriff’s Office and Georgia...
Megan Broome/The Clayton Tribune. A Franklin, N.C., man is in critical condition following a one-vehicle crash on Highway 246 around Winding Ridge Drive in Rabun County June 17.

Megan Broome/The Clayton Tribune. A Franklin, N.C., man is in critical condition following a one-vehicle crash on Highway 246 around Winding Ridge Drive in Rabun County June 17.

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Man in critical condition following Highway 246 crash

Megan Horn
Monday, June 27, 2022
A Franklin, N.C., man is in critical condition following a one-vehicle crash on Highway 246 around Winding Ridge Drive in Rabun County June 17. Domingo Roman, 56, of Franklin, N.C., was traveling west on Highway 246 in an orange 1989 Ford LNT8000, with passenger Justin Adams, 25, of Franklin, N.C.

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RCWSA, Clayton agree on control valve terms

Megan Horn
Monday, June 27, 2022
The Rabun County Water and Sewer Authority (RCWSA) and Clayton City Council members have agreed to terms in an addendum for a water control valve; something that both entities have previously gone back and forth on. The valve would allow for the rehabilitation of the water treatment plant.