Helen City Commission

Talks stall on city homestead exemption

A potential homestead tax exemption for full-time Helen residents generated some talk, but no action, at the Dec. 14 Helen City Commission meeting. The idea of creating a city exemption on top of the one offered by the county government was broached last month and set aside for further review.

Early voting at a trickle for Cleveland and Helen elections

Five contested seats are on the ballot between Cleveland and Helen municipal elections, but early voting was off to a slow start about a week after it began. As of 5 p.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 19, only 79 residents have early voted in the Cleveland election, about 3.