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From left: Virginia Ross, Tina Pasley, Eleanor Irvin, Helen dove. In the very back you have Nidia Rodriguez, and Peggy Jackson. From the right to the left on the right hand side you have Pat Rogers, Doyce Lewis, Shirley Umberhandt, Vivan Nance, and Shirley Reppert gather to discuss plans for programs at the Habersham County Senior Center. COURTNEY UNDERWOOD/Submitted

From left: Virginia Ross, Tina Pasley, Eleanor Irvin, Helen dove. In the very back you have Nidia Rodriguez, and Peggy Jackson. From the right to the left on the right hand side you have Pat Rogers, Doyce Lewis, Shirley Umberhandt, Vivan Nance, and Shirley Reppert gather to discuss plans for programs at the Habersham County Senior Center. COURTNEY UNDERWOOD/Submitted

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Senior Center’s Redbirds hold annual meeting

Brian Wellmeier
Wednesday, September 21, 2022
Habersham County’s Senior Center’s Redbirds, a body of officials who’ve gathered once a month to discuss elements of coordination and planning at the facility since the early 1980s, again held its annual meeting last week.
Baldwin Elementary Fifth-graders (left to right) Avery Peyton, Aria Rivera, Annaleigh Irvin, Abby Delgado, Sofia Leyva, Johan Maldonado, John Delgado, Aldo Flores Navarro, Isaiah McAllister, and their music teacher Analilia Gowan rehearsed for over a month to prepare for the Hispanic Heritage Month Celebration on Saturday. Not pictured: Hudson Garrett. AMARIS E. RODRIGUEZ/Staff

Baldwin Elementary Fifth-graders (left to right) Avery Peyton, Aria Rivera, Annaleigh Irvin, Abby Delgado, Sofia Leyva, Johan Maldonado, John Delgado, Aldo Flores Navarro, Isaiah McAllister, and their music teacher Analilia Gowan rehearsed for over a month to prepare for the Hispanic Heritage Month Celebration on Saturday. Not pictured: Hudson Garrett. AMARIS E. RODRIGUEZ/Staff

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‘Embrace our culture’

Amaris E. Rodriguez
Wednesday, September 21, 2022
With big smiles, fourth and fifth-grade students at Baldwin Elementary School practiced traditional Mexican songs and dances, which they will perform in front of their community during the first-ever Hispanic Heritage Month Celebration on Saturday, Sept. 24, in Cornelia.
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Parents, deputies search for runaway teens

Matthew Osborne
Wednesday, September 21, 2022
Two Habersham County teenagers ran away together over the weekend, with parents and law enforcement frantically trying to locate them. Habersham Central juniors Joseph Attard and Dorothy Krei disappeared from their homes sometime early Saturday morning.
Mayor John Borrow, Lovell and Mary Camp of Camp Investments, Ryan Morgan of Purpose Lodging, Vice Chairman Bruce Harkness, President of Habersham Chamber of Commerce Mary Beth Horton, Chairman Bruce Palmer, Community Development Manager Jessie Owensby, Habersham County Economic Development Authority Chair Gail Thaxton and Executive Director of Partnership Habersham Charlie Fiveash break ground at the site of a new Marriott. BRIAN WELLMEIER/Staff

Mayor John Borrow, Lovell and Mary Camp of Camp Investments, Ryan Morgan of Purpose Lodging, Vice Chairman Bruce Harkness, President of Habersham Chamber of Commerce Mary Beth Horton, Chairman Bruce Palmer, Community Development Manager Jessie Owensby, Habersham County Economic Development Authority Chair Gail Thaxton and Executive Director of Partnership Habersham Charlie Fiveash break ground at the site of a new Marriott. BRIAN WELLMEIER/Staff

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Ground broken at New Cornelia hotel

Brian Wellmeier
Wednesday, September 21, 2022
Habersham County’s local leaders gathered Tuesday at a site just off U.S. 441 that’s soon to be the site of a Marriott Hotel, a project expected to amount to a $9 million investment in the community over time.
Bruce Willis, Nick Kastner, Kim Crawford, Leonardo Galarza, Madison Smith, James Mellichamp, Jerry Harness, and Mary Beth Horton gathered to celebrate the official opening of Piedmont Universities’ newest residence hall, Mystic Hall, during the special ribbon-cutting celebration on Friday. AMARIS E. RODRIGUEZ/Staff

Bruce Willis, Nick Kastner, Kim Crawford, Leonardo Galarza, Madison Smith, James Mellichamp, Jerry Harness, and Mary Beth Horton gathered to celebrate the official opening of Piedmont Universities’ newest residence hall, Mystic Hall, during the special ribbon-cutting celebration on Friday. AMARIS E. RODRIGUEZ/Staff

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Piedmont celebrates new residence hall

Amaris E. Rodriguez
Wednesday, September 21, 2022
Incoming freshman students will be the first to live in the brand new residence hall at Piedmont University – Mystic Hall – after the special ribbon-cutting ceremony that was held on Friday. Construction on the new hall, which welcomed students on Saturday, broke ground last summer.
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Community Calendar

News Staff
Wednesday, September 21, 2022
Church fundraiser BBQ set: Ebenezer Baptist Church, located at 487 Dicks Hill Parkway in Mount Airy, will be selling rib plates and chicken plates weather permitting on Saturday, Sept. 24, from noon until 3:30 p.m. Rib plates are $15/each and chicken plates are $10/each.

Arrest Report

News Staff
Friday, September 16, 2022
The following is a list of names entered into the booking computer at the Habersham County Detention Center for Sept. 12-15, 2022. Names, ages and towns are listed as they appear in the computer. Offenses listed are charges; guilt has not been proven.

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Airport officials approve capital improvement plan

Brian Wellmeier
Friday, September 16, 2022
Officials with the Habersham County Airport Commission disclosed the details regarding expected improvements to the county airport and a highly-discussed 5-year Capital Improvement Plan (CIP) – a long term vision expected to guide the facility’s expansion in the coming years.

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Clarkesville votes to maintain millage rate

Brian Wellmeier
Friday, September 16, 2022
Members of the Clarkesville City Council voted Tuesday to keep the millage rate at 6.111 for the next fiscal year. City Manager Keith Dickerson explained the figures and logistics he said justify the vote to maintain the millage during Tuesday’s meeting.