Community invited to planning meeting for Southern Terrace Park renovation project
1/16/2019
A community input session to discuss proposed improvements to Cairo’s Southern Terrace Park will be held Thursday, Jan. 17, from 5:30 p.m. until 7 p.m. at the College and Career Center on the campus of Cairo High School.
The public session is being hosted by the Grady County Archway Partnership and will be facilitated by Sharon Liggett, who will be joined by two students with the University of Georgia’s College of Environment and Design.
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Drew only candidate to qualify as of Tuesday
1/16/2019
As of Tuesday night, Cairo businessman Phillip Drew is the lone candidate to qualify for the Grady County District 5 County Commission seat in the upcoming special election.
Qualifying ends this Friday, Jan. 18 at noon.
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Three Cairo council seats up for election this fall
1/16/2019
Three seats on the Cairo City Council are up for election this fall, and on Monday night the Cairo City Council established the qualifying fee for the council races.
Council members representing Districts One, Three and Five are all up for election in the municipal general election on Nov. 5 .
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County looking to hire some part-time employees
1/16/2019
The recent decision by the Grady County Commission to establish manned dumpsites and eventually eliminate the 35 dumpsites spread across the county is creating the need for additional county workers.
The Grady County Road Department is currently advertising for three part-time employees to man the dumpster location on Beck Branch Road in Calvary, which will be the county's second manned site.
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Portion of Old 179 North to be closed starting Monday
1/9/2019
Grady County officials announced this week the long awaited full-depth reclamation of Old 179 North will kick off next Monday, Jan. 14.
Grady County Road Superintendent Stanley Elkins says that the stretch of Old 179 North between the intersections of Spring Hill Road and Cal Thomas Road will be completely closed off and will remain closed for a minimum of one month. This stretch of the highway is a mile-and-a-half or less.
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