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Highway 365 has been paved across most of the lower two-thirds of where the road runs through the Habersham County. ZACH TAYLOR/Special

Highway 365 has been paved across most of the lower two-thirds of where the road runs through the Habersham County. ZACH TAYLOR/Special

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Highway 365 paving nearing completion

Julianne Akers
Friday, July 12, 2024
The $12.6 million paving project underway on Georgia Highway 365 is at the tail end of construction and set to be complete on Aug. 31.    Officials from the Georgia Department of Transportation said the project is being completed by C.W. Matthews Contracting, who began construction in February.
Photo by Pepi Stojanovski on Unsplash

Photo by Pepi Stojanovski on Unsplash

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Budget meeting set as wrangling goes on

Matthew Osborne
Friday, July 12, 2024
Habersham County’s leaders have called for a budget hearing Monday, July 22, on the idea that perhaps a compromise can be reached by then for the 2024-25 fiscal year.
Dr. Martha Cantrell passes the Olympic flame to Community Bank & Trust President Charlie Miller in 1996. Below, Cantrell got to keep her torch to mark the historic moment. SUBMITTED

Dr. Martha Cantrell passes the Olympic flame to Community Bank & Trust President Charlie Miller in 1996. Below, Cantrell got to keep her torch to mark the historic moment. SUBMITTED

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Memories of ’96

Lang Storey
Friday, July 12, 2024
It’s been 28 years – and nearly 7 Olympic cycles – since the Olympic Games came to Atlanta in 1996. Even so, people in the Southeast and from around the country hold tight to memories from that time. In particular, excitement across Georgia and locally was buzzing.
Lady Raiders varsity coach Lindsay Herrin gives instructions at Future Raider Volleyball Camp on Thursday morning. LANG STOREY/Staff

Lady Raiders varsity coach Lindsay Herrin gives instructions at Future Raider Volleyball Camp on Thursday morning. LANG STOREY/Staff

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Volleyball just weeks away

Lang Storey
Friday, July 12, 2024
Of all the fall sports in high school, two – volleyball and softball – seem to always get their seasons underway well before the others. The Lady Raider volleyball team officially got to work in preparation for its 2024 campaign this week.
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Opinion/Editorial. FILE

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It’s OK to speak up

Lang Storey
Friday, July 12, 2024
I typically like to be witty, sarcastic and even sometimes frivolous when writing columns. Not sure where the habit started, but I approach a lot of things in life with a heavy dose of levity.    This week, I didn’t really have it in me.
Commercial strip in Clarkesville gets sold for $3.6 million. ZACH TAYLOR/Special

Commercial strip in Clarkesville gets sold for $3.6 million. ZACH TAYLOR/Special

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Clarkesville downtown block purchased for $3.6M

Brian Wellmeier
Thursday, July 11, 2024
A former mayor and owner of a Fulton County-based construction company has bought a major commercial strip in downtown Clarkesville that was built in the 1940s.    Joseph Lockwood, owner of J.K. Lockwood Construction in Alpharetta, recently purchased the property at 1423 Washington St. in...
Ringo and Jingo are among the cats that are looking for new homes across the region. Habersham County’s animal shelter is overflowing with cats and dogs this summer. SUBMITTED

Ringo and Jingo are among the cats that are looking for new homes across the region. Habersham County’s animal shelter is overflowing with cats and dogs this summer. SUBMITTED

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Nonprofit helps ‘potential superstars’

Julianne Akers
Thursday, July 11, 2024
With the Habersham County Animal Shelter at capacity and unable to take in more animals, local nonprofit Hands for Paws has worked to give the shelter some relief. But now, it feels the same pressure of overcrowding.
Portrait of Teddy Bone

Portrait of Teddy Bone

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DUI suspect charged with vehicular homicide

Matthew Osborne
Thursday, July 11, 2024
The allegedly-impaired driver from the River Point Community Church van crash has been charged with vehicular homicide and released on bail.    Barry Thomas Clark, 64, of Hartwell was first arrested on June 29, the day of the crash at Highway 365 and Demorest-Mt. Airy Highway.
Habersham County Commissioner Jimmy Tench, Dean Swanson, retired Sen. John Foster, Don Higgins and Ken Schubring cut ribbon to celebrate the airport’s new runway Tuesday. BRIAN WELLMEIER/Special

Habersham County Commissioner Jimmy Tench, Dean Swanson, retired Sen. John Foster, Don Higgins and Ken Schubring cut ribbon to celebrate the airport’s new runway Tuesday. BRIAN WELLMEIER/Special

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Leaders fete airport runway project

Brian Wellmeier
Thursday, July 11, 2024
Nearly 50 people lined the tarmac at the Habersham County Airport Tuesday for a ribbon cutting ceremony – tying the knot on a month-long project that saw the repaving of its 5,500-foot runway.