Mary Louise Berghal sits on the front porch of Acoa, an old plantation house in Habersham County that was built in 1834. (Hannah Caudell/Staff)
Wednesday, June 17, 2026
By Hannah CaudellIn a remote corner of Habersham County, one house has stood the test of time.It’s called Acoa, meaning “falling water” in the native Cherokee language.
Father Jose Raul DeLeon shares a message with worshippers on Saturday during the evening Mass at St. Dominic Chapel, where worshippers often fill the chapel and spill into the hallway to hear a weekly message spoken in Spanish. (Hannah Caudell/Staff)
Friday, June 12, 2026
By Hannah CaudellWhat was once the old Cornelia Elementary School and South Habersham Sixth Grade Academy is now becoming a thriving community in Cornelia for many who practice the Catholic faith.The St.
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Wednesday, June 10, 2026
Cornelia celebrated 100 years of the Big Red Apple with a day full of fun on Saturday in Donald Anderson Park. Above, Jamie Buice poses in victory with his pie after Gloria Gembe of Lolita Bakery announces him as the winner of the Apple Pie Eating Contest sponsored by the bakery.
Brent Smith (left) holds the America 250 flag alongside Sons of the American Revolution Joseph Habersham Chapter member Dr. Ed Hendricks (middle) and Lyman Hall Chapter member David Lowden at the Mountain Laurel Festival Parade in Clarkesville. Smith tried to wear what he believed his grandfather would have worn in the war. (Submitted)
Friday, June 5, 2026
By Samantha SinclairIt started with the beat of a drum.Brent Smith never really thought much about his family’s tales of an ancestor who played drums in the war.Then, he visited the National Confederate Museum in Tennessee in 2021.
Amber Watson of Smudged Academy practices dance moves in Donald Anderson Park where she and Sheila Humphrey will lead a 100 Years of Dance warm-up Saturday morning. (Samantha Sinclair/Staff)
Thursday, June 4, 2026
By Samantha SinclairCornelia is celebrating 100 years of the Big Red Apple all day Saturday, and one of the opening activities takes event goers through all the decades the monument has stood in Downtown Cornelia.
This graph shows the Habersham County School District’s millage rate for the tax year from 2015 to 2016. (Kristen Adkinson/Staff)
Habersham County plans to fund staffing for the Fairview fire station in the Fiscal Year 2027 budget. (Samantha Sinclair/Staff)
Designer Kristen Adkinson, Staff Writer Hannah Caudell, Editor Samantha Sinclair and Sports Writer Landen Todd all picked up awards at the Georgia Press Association Better Newspaper Contest Friday. (Alan NeSmith/Staff)
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Habersham Central basketball players work on drills during a basketball practice at Hilliard A. Wilbanks Middle School on Monday, June 15. (Landen Todd/Staff)
Habersham Central rising junior Trent Muenzer makes a jumping throw during a football practice at Raider Stadium on Monday, June 8. (Landen Todd/Staff)
Margaret Birkbeck will be the head coach of the Habersham Central High School flag football team next season. Birkbeck was an assistant coach on the team last year. (Submitted)
Mayor Barrie Aycock's last Clarkesville City Council meeting was Dec. 8, 2025. Aycock was elected to the Clarkesville City Council in 2013, with her term starting in January 2014. She resigned in January 2016 to run for mayor in a special election, and began her term as mayor in March 2016.
