County government
Planning commission meets Thursday evening in CarnesvilleThe county calendar lists a 5:30 p.m. meeting at the Justice Center. No agenda had been posted online as of this morning. The Franklin County Planning Commission is scheduled to meet Thursday, September 17, at 5:30 p.m. at the Franklin County Justice Center, 7085 Highway 145 in Carnesville, according to the county calendar. The county agenda center had not posted an agenda for the meeting as of early Wednesday, so the items up for discussion could not be confirmed. The most recent Planning and Zoning Commission agenda shown there is dated August 20. Planning commission recommendations on rezonings, variances and land use typically move on to the Board of Commissioners, whose next work session is set for September 29 at 6 p.m. in Carnesville. Source: Franklin County calendar
Looking ahead
September 26 is shaping up as a full SaturdayThe Lavonia Fall Festival fills downtown the same morning the Corps of Engineers wants volunteers on the Hartwell shoreline. The Lavonia Fall Festival is set for Saturday, September 26, in downtown Lavonia. The downtown organization describes hundreds of vendors, food, live entertainment and activities. Start and end times are not posted on the festival page, and vendor applications are closed for this year. The same morning, from 9 a.m. to noon, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is asking for volunteers at its annual Hartwell Lake cleanup for National Public Lands Day. Ten meeting sites are listed, including Long Point Recreation Area and the Rock Springs, Cleveland and Elrod Ferry ramps on the Georgia side. The Corps asks volunteers to register in advance through the Hartwell Lake website or the Lake Hartwell Partners for Clean Water events page. Park Ranger Annette Dotson can be reached at 706-856-0300, extension 0305.
Farmers market at the depot7 to 11 a.m. · Lavonia Gazebo and Depot area
The Lavonia Depot Farmers Market runs Wednesdays and Saturdays, April through October. Live music is a Saturday feature only. Library open late, then closed Thursday10 a.m. to 8 p.m. · 28 Hartwell Road
Wednesday is one of two late nights at the Lavonia-Carnegie Library. The branch is closed Thursday, Saturday and Sunday, and open 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Friday. Emmanuel soccer doubleheader at home4:30 and 7 p.m. · Franklin Springs
Emmanuel University hosts Converse in women's soccer at 4:30 p.m. and men's soccer at 7 p.m. The school lists both as a White Out event.
Franklin County Planning Commission5:30 p.m. · Justice Center, 7085 Highway 145, Carnesville
Listed on the county calendar. No agenda posted online as of Wednesday morning. Library closedAll day · Lavonia-Carnegie Library
Thursday is one of the branch's regular closed days. It reopens Friday at 10 a.m.
Lions host CrescentFriday, 7:30 p.m. · Franklin County High School
Franklin County is 3-0 and coming off an open date. Kickoff time is from the team schedule. Saturday farmers market with live musicSaturday, 7 to 11 a.m. · Gazebo and Depot area
Live music runs 9 to 11 a.m. on Saturdays this season. Bowersville Fall FestivalSaturday, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. · Bowersville
Listed on the regional community calendar. No additional details given there. Second annual car show in CanonSaturday, 4 to 7 p.m. · Canon
The City of Canon car show is listed for Saturday afternoon. A free food distribution at Bethany Baptist Church in Canon is listed the same morning, 9 to 10 a.m. Blessing Our Educators DaySunday, 10 a.m. · Liberty Baptist Church, Carnesville
Listed on the regional community calendar. No further detail provided.
Nothing rose to the level of the wire this morning.
Lavonia Fall FestivalSept. 26 · Downtown Lavonia
Times are not posted on the festival page. Vendor applications are closed for this year. Hartwell Lake cleanupSept. 26, 9 a.m. to noon · Ten sites on both sides of the lake
Volunteers are asked to register in advance. Georgia sites include Long Point Recreation Area and the Rock Springs, Cleveland and Elrod Ferry ramps. County commissioners work sessionSept. 29, 6 p.m. · Carnesville
Listed on the county calendar. Agenda not yet posted. School board work sessionOct. 1 · Franklin County Schools
The board's regular October meeting is set for October 13. The September 8 regular meeting was listed as cancelled. Fall break for Franklin County SchoolsOct. 5 through Oct. 9, plus Oct. 12
No school during fall break, and October 12 is listed as a professional learning day and student holiday. Georgia voter registration deadlineOct. 5 · Statewide
October 5 is the registration deadline ahead of the November election, according to state reporting. Early voting begins later in October. Farmers market season winds downThrough October · Gazebo and Depot area
The market runs Wednesdays and Saturdays through the end of October. A specific closing date is not posted.
The Corps of Engineers says lake level restrictions at Hartwell Lake stay in place, holding the pool at a 656 feet guide curve with a 662 feet maximum, until a dam safety study and the resulting construction at the Clemson Lower Diversion Dam Saddle Dike are finished. Two virtual public meetings are promised, with dates still to be announced (release, project page). Franklin County is still taking applications for the Board of Equalization and has posted a convenience center price change and an online AED reporting form under the Mason Sells Act (county news flash). Arrest and incident information is handled by the Franklin County Sheriff's Office.
Where we could not look this morning. The Franklin County agenda center had no agenda posted for Thursday's Planning Commission meeting. The City of Lavonia live feed showed nothing newer than August, and no city agenda page could be reached. The Franklin County Chamber calendar returned a January view with no September or October listings. The Lavonia-Carnegie Library page linked to a program calendar but showed no dates. The Emmanuel news archive was not checked this morning to stay within the site's fetch limit.
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