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As of October 1, Spalding County has a Ferst Foundation chapter that will work to provide free books to children under the age of five. “We started the Spalding County Chapter of the Ferst Foundation for Childhood Literacy because we concerned with the number of children entering Pre-K and kindergarten in Spalding County with poor […]
Spooky events happening in the area… Saturday, October 20 at 6 p.m. Ladies of the Paranormal visit A Novel Experience in Zebulon to reveal more about local ghosts and their most recent investigation findings.These ladies are the real thing – serious paranormal investigators who have been researching a sire near downtown Zebulon, and have been filming. […]
Spalding County officials are involved in negotiations with two companies – CSI Technology Outfitters, formerly Computer Software Innovations (CSI), and Gorrie-Regan – regarding the refund of approximately $72,000 spent for hardware and software that were purchased to enable the county to convert from its current semi-monthly pay schedule to a biweekly schedule. Spalding County Human […]
Look for stories about both Spalding County and city of Griffin emergency management ordinances in the next issue of The Grip. For now, here are the links to both codes: Spalding County’s Emergency Management Ordinance code: http://library.municode.com/index.aspx?clientId=11591 (Section III, Chapter 5) City of Griffin’s Emergency Management Ordinance code: http://library.municode.com/index.aspx?clientId=10181 (Ordinance no. 12-02 – second ordinance listed in […]
SHEILA A. MARSHALL ::: Spalding County voters took to the polls Tuesday, with a resounding 6,473, or 69.7 percent, voting no on the regional Transportation Special Purpose Local Option Sales Tax (TSPLOST). The final outcome of the TSPLOST was determined by the total vote across the ten-county region, which included Butts, Carroll, Coweta, Heard, Lamar, […]
The Gypsy Gourmet calls Griffin her home, having been a Damn Yankee/transplant for over a year in our little community. She is a chef, a truck driver, a blogger, a freelance writer, and a renegade foodie scouring the country in search of the perfect bite.
On April 26, the Spalding County Animal Shelter will begin a three-month trial period of extended hours to help promote local pet adoptions. Brent Foster, director of the animal shelter, spoke at this week’s Animal Care and Control Advisory Board telling the small crowd and board that due to small numbers of local adoptions, the […]
Recent rainfall has slightly improved water levels at the Head Creek Reservoir, but not to levels sufficient to alter the city of Griffin’s near-critical water shortage. “It was down 40 inches in the middle of September. That rain helped us a little bit,” said Public Works Director Brant Keller. Current levels are slightly over 38 […]
Thursday’s late afternoon rain stopped just before Clayton Co. Deputy Richard “Rick” Daly’s 10-mile, 750-car funeral procession crossed Kalamazoo Drive on Hwy. 19 South. At that intersection, Spalding County Firefighters, police officers and sheriff’s deputies gathered under a large American flag hung between two cranes over the highway to honor the fallen officer. The procession […]
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