On an appropriately breezy Sunday, Georgia Mountain Community Wind’s turbines lazily whooshed in the wind, greeting more than 300 visitors to the project site for the company’s open house. As Burlington Electric General Manager Barb Grimes put it, Mother Nature … Read more
Despite the setting sun on a Monday evening this month, fourth-grade classrooms at Georgia Elementary and Middle School were bustling with presentations, performances and projections. The 7 p.m. timeslot was to allow three GEMS classes to align classtimes with another … Read more
Following a yearlong stormwater mapping project in Georgia and five other Franklin County towns, the Friends of Northern Lake Champlain recently announced it received another state grant to take on runoff issues. Nearly $80,000 from the Agency of Natural Resources’ … Read more
When Sue Frost leaves her second grade classroom in June, the Georgia elementary school teacher will close the chapter covering nearly four decades of her life. Her retirement will coincide with a shift of staff at Georgia Elementary and Middle … Read more
Saturday’s J.M.M.Y. Run brought more than 200 runners to the country roads of Georgia for 5K, 10K, half-marathon and kids’ Fun Run races. The second annual event raised about $5,000 for the J.M.M.Y. Center, a youth center associated with the … Read more
Plans to renovate Georgia’s boat launch might remain underwater this year since the town again received a lone too-high bid for the project that’s already spent a decade in the hopper. After receiving a $66,000 estimate from Don Weston Excavating, … Read more
In almost four decades on the job, music teacher Randy Wheeler has had ample opportunity to hear his students’ creative energies flow. “When I can start a student on an instrument they have never even held in their hands before … Read more
The civil court proceedings regarding the Rev. Daniel Lokanga, a Catholic priest suing current and former owners of a Georgia storage business, continued in Franklin County Superior Court this week. Testimony last Wednesday, May 1, included the businessmen denying any … Read more
A storage container of donated goods sent from this area three years ago has finally reached its destination in Africa. Ann Gagne, one of many friends of the Rev. Daniel Lokanga, got confirmation from the former Georgia priest after he … Read more
Since the four wind towers were erected atop Georgia Mountain this fall, they’ve become a focal point both in the landscape and in conversation. But aside from analyses on the wind farm’s aesthetics, the question the Milton Independent hears most … Read more