Baldwin cutting budget to the bone

After slashing a range of the city’s expenses since budgetary discussion began about a month ago – which included funds for animal control, code enforcement and other miscellaneous expenses in avoidance of cutting funds to first responders – Baldwin’s City Council reconvened at a Tuesday work...

Academic Achievers

Piedmont names Dean’s Scholars Piedmont University congratulates the more than 200 students who were named Dean’s Scholars for the spring 2022 semester. Students named a Dean’s Scholar finished the semester with a perfect 4.0 GPA.

Cornelia looks to halt ‘urban camping’

Cornelia officials are looking for ways to curb vagrancy in their city, starting with a first reading of an “urban camping” ordinance at their meeting Tuesday night.

County, cities talk development standards

Habersham County officials and representatives of its municipalities convened Wednesday to discuss their development standards in a meeting hosted by the Habersham County Development Authority.

ICAC report: Suspect allegedly had 8,000 porn images

The arrest Tuesday of Christopher Lee Webb came as a result of the discovery of more than 8,000 images of child pornography distriubtued through Yahoo emails, the Habersham County Sheriff’s Office said.

Safety grant presented

At its May meeting, Habersham County’s Board of Commissioners was presented a safety grant from the Association of County Commissioners of Georgia (ACCG) for $8,500.