Job Seeking in Oconee

Area RaceTrac Stores Now Hiring

Apply to work in management or as an associate at locations in Oconee County and Athens.

Employer: RaceTrac Description:  Applications are currently being accepted for the following store management and associate positions at the Monroe Highway location: To apply for positions at the store located at 2625 Atlanta Highway in Athens, click on these links: Store Associate  Store Management How to apply:  Submit applications online through the above links. These opportunites were found via indeed.com on Jan. 28, 2013. See also: Video: RaceTrac on Monroe Highway Opens for Business Opening Soon: RaceTrac on Monroe Highway Topping off the New Oconee RaceTrac Construction of New RaceTrac Underway RaceTrac Gas Station Speeds Toward Bogart

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Free Coffee at RaceTrac During 'Crazy Free Coffee Week'

Stop in for a cup of joe, any size, on the house through Saturday, Dec. 22, 2012.

Need a dose of caffeine to help keep you going as holiday shopping and party planning wrap up?  RaceTrac is offering complimentary coffee, any size, every day this week. There are two RaceTrac locations in Oconee County: 7921 Macon Highway and the newest at 2403 Monroe Highway. An employee at the Monroe Highway location says the store has been busy and at times the line for coffee has been nearly out the door. The company on its Facebook Page has also posted a coupon for a free breakfast sandwich, which can be combined with the free coffee offer.  (No coupon is needed for the coffee.) "Crazy Free Coffee Week" runs through Saturday, Dec. 22, 2012. Have you taken advantage of RaceTrac's coffee giveaway? Tell us in the comments below.

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Video: RaceTrac on Monroe Highway Opens for Business

NOHS band members, a local Boy Scout troop, and government officials took part in the festivities on Oct. 12, 2012.

The second location of RaceTrac in Oconee County opened its doors (and gasoline pumps) on Oct. 12.  Have you visited the new store? Tell us what you think about it in the comments below. The 6,000 square-foot store is one of 13 prototype stores known as the RT6K model.  It's the eighth such store to open in the Georgia so far this year, with another three locations preparing to open before the start of 2013.  One of those is slated to open in Athens at the end of November. RaceTrac is open 24 hours a day, seven days a week. You might also be interested in viewing: Opening Soon: RaceTrac on Monroe Highway Topping off the New Oconee RaceTrac Construction of New RaceTrac Underway

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Topping off the New Oconee RaceTrac

The gas station at Mars Hill Road and Highway 78 is starting to look complete.

Those who drive by the Mars Hill/78 intersection every day have gotten a show as the lot for the new RaceTrac gas station has been cleared, paved and built up over the past few months. Construction workers punctuated their progress on Thursday afternoon as they lowered the station's sign into place from a large green crane. Will you change your tank-filling habits when the new station opens? Tell us in the comments.

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Perry Parks

3:16 pm on Friday, September 14, 2012

Good thought, Phil. Hopefully that'll keep everybody in business.   more ›

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Construction of New RaceTrac Underway

Construction has begun at the site of the new RaceTrac gas station and convenience store on the northeast corner of U.S. Highway 78 and Mars Hill Road.

For more background information, see RaceTrac Gas Station Speeds Toward Bogart.

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Oconee Commission Backs Away From Sewer Project For Now

At a meeting Mar. 1, Oconee County Commissioners opted for staff to collect more information and report back before they consider taking further action on the proposed St. Mary's/Zoom Bait sewer line.

After much debate, Oconee County Commissioners Tuesday said they want more information before moving forward with the proposed St. Mary's/Zoom Bait sewer line project. The commission heard a recommendation  from Jimmy Parker of Precision Planning Inc. and Oconee County Utility Director Chris Thomas to modify the  sewer project.  Parker said to accommodate for growth, an 18 inch line would be preferable to the originally suggested 12 inch line for increased capacity.  He also recommended that the project cover a much larger portion of the county. The project would be partially funded by a grant from the Georgia Department of Community Affairs, and would need to be completed by October in order to use the $186,711. "I don't know trying to …

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Commissioners Meeting Could Go to the Dogs

The Oconee County Board of Commissioners will consider an overhaul of the county's animal control ordinance; lower park rental rates are also on the table.

Oconee County citizens will get a chance to comment on a proposed animal control ordinance that will be presented to the Oconee County Board of Commissioners at their agenda-setting meeting Tuesday night. Sections of the current ordinance were adopted in 1987, with the most recent update made in May 2000. “We are totally revamping it,” said Animal Control Director Catlyn Vickers.  “We are referencing a lot of state code in our new ordinance, and the public will be able to comment on it at the meeting.” Major changes to the ordinance include an increase in the fine structure, more classifications for aggressive animals, micro-chipping cats and dogs as they come into the facility at the owner’s expense, and extending the time that an owner …

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RaceTrac Gas Station Speeds Toward Bogart

The planned station at Highway 78 and Mars Hill Road could mean more options for Oconee drivers and more stress for its would-be competitor.

A gas station and convenience store chain is racing forward with plans to build a new location just south of State Route 316. The Oconee County Board of Commissioners could vote Feb. 8 on a variance request by RaceTrac Petroleum Inc., which plans to build an 18-pump gas station on the northeast corner of U.S. Highway 78 and Mars Hill Road. The project will likely move forward whether or not commissioners OK the request to decrease a county-mandated 50-foot buffer on the back of the gas station's property to 13 feet. The commissioners approved a rezoning request and a separate variance for the 2.371-acre property for RaceTrac last fall. This final variance, which was endorsed by Oconee County Planning Commission members in October, had been…

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