Waynesboro wins another historic grant
By Elizabeth Billips lizbillips@yahoo.com
      Waynesboro is one of a dozen Georgia communities selected for the latest Federal Historic Preservation Grant award. The $6,000 grant will fund a new publication: A Guide to Waynesboro Historic Preservation.
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Icy morning risky for blueberry crop
     Icy morning risky for blueberry crop Freezing temperatures kept one local farmer up all night eyeing the thermometer. Dick Byne kept his sprinklers pumping water onto his delicate blueberry blooms to protect them from frost damage. Though he said the temperature on his farm dropped to 31 degrees at ...
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Volunteers still needed for emergency response
By Anne Marie Kyzer annemariek@thetruecitizen.com
      Though Burke County's pandemic influenza drill is over, the call for volunteers is not. Burke County still needs more community members to volunteer for its Medical Reserve Corps, according to Preston Harpe of the Georgia Division of Public Health.
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Waynesboro, Swainsboro join forces to aid residents
By Elizabeth Billips lizbillips@yahoo.com
      Waynesboro councilmen took two steps to help Waynesboro residents in the case of natural disaster. Last Monday, the city entered a mutual agreement with the City of Swainsboro to provide assistance in the case of floods, wildfires and other disasters.
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Vogtle churns out more power
By Anne Marie Kyzer annemariek@thetruecitizen.com
      Operators at Plant Vogtle are stepping it up a notch. The nuclear generating plant will be producing more power in the next few weeks. The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission recently approved a request by Southern Nuclear Operating Company to increase the generating capacity for the plant in ord...
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Labor Commissioner seeks college interns
From Staff Reports
      State Labor Commissioner Michael Thurmond will offer internships for up to 80 college students, thanks to Georgia Department of Labor's 2008 Summer Internship Program. The program provides students at universities, colleges and technical colleges with practical work experience, an opportunity to ...
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City gets break on landfill fees
By Diana Royal dianar@thetruecitizen.com
      Thanks to help from the county, the City of Waynesboro can push forward with a project that's helping get rid of eyesores throughout the community. At their most recent monthly meeting, Burke County commissioners voted to waive tipping fees so the city can continue to dispose of dilapidated house...
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Relay For Life off to good start
By Diana Royal dianar@thetruecitizen.com
      There's still a few weeks to go before the big event, but Burke County's 2008 Relay For Life campaign is already excelling since last year. Already the May 2-3 event has collected $14,736.22, and committed sponsorships bring that total to nearly $21,000. This time last year, only $1,768 had been ...
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New industry talks jobs, plans
Hospitality, warm welcomes win over Malaysian company
By Anne Marie Kyzer annemariek@thetruecitizen.com
      Burke County is one step closer to nearly 80 more job opportunities. Waynesboro's newest industry, ASTA Inc., has closed the deal on the former Cummins Filtrations facility and expects to begin production by November. Local development authority members and other business leaders welcomed ASTA's...
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Stimulus payments begin May 2
From Staff Reports
      The Internal Revenue Service will begin sending more than 130 million economic stimulus payments starting May 2. The initial round of weekly payments will be completed by early July. Stimulus payments will be direct-deposited into the accounts of those who receive their 2007 income tax refunds t...
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Vendors sought for Boss Hog
By Elizabeth Billips lizbillips@yahoo.com
      The Downtown Organization of Retailers (DOOR) is now accepting vendor applications for the Boss Hog Cook-off. The event will kick off with an outdoor Hushpuppies concert on Friday, May 9 - then culminate Saturday, May 10 with a Georgia state championship cook-off, sanctioned and officiated by th...
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     Seeing green First Franklin employees competed in a contest this month to help motivate each other to bring in more customers, and the losers had to dress in their wackiest green for St. Patrick's Day. Christi Cooper, left, and Jennie Oglesby greeted customers in their best leprechaun getup last Mon...
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Jurors drawn for Superior Court
      Jurors have been drawn for the October 2007 term of Superior Court criminal/civil session with Judge J. Carlisle Overstreet presiding. Jurors are to report Monday, March 31, at 10 a.m.
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