MLK Events Set for Today in Toccoa

Activities to mark the annual commemoration of the birthday of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. continue today in Toccoa.

Today’s events include the annual Interfaith Service and March for Peace.

The Interfaith Service will be at noon today at Trinity C.M.E. Church in Toccoa with the March for Peace starting at 2 p.m. today in front of Trinity C.M.E. Church and ending at Toccoa City Hall.

This comes after a full weekend of activities in honor of Dr. King’s birthday.

Other activities that took place this weekend included Senior Reflections and a Youth Musical Extravaganza.

Meanwhile, local governments are announcing their schedules for the Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday.

Both Toccoa City Hall and Stephens County government offices will be closed today in observance of the King holiday.

In the city of Toccoa, routes for garbage and recyclables scheduled to be picked up today will be picked up on Tuesday.

Commercial garbage will be picked up as usual, but yard waste and other items will not be picked up.