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Sandra Davenport and Betty Major sing along to the Black national anthem at the Juneteenth celebration at Jim Smith Park on Saturday. MATTHEW OSBORNE/Staff

Sandra Davenport and Betty Major sing along to the Black national anthem at the Juneteenth celebration at Jim Smith Park on Saturday. MATTHEW OSBORNE/Staff

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‘Sticking together’

Matthew Osborne
Wednesday, June 22, 2022
Portia Burns was smiling ear to ear to have the Juneteenth event back in Cornelia on Saturday. She wanted everyone who came out for the community event to know that this kind of expression and fellowship was crucial to maintaining the freedoms won on that historic day in 1865.
Public notice

Public notice

PUBLIC NOTICE

News Staff
Friday, June 17, 2022
The Mayor and Council of the City of Baldwin will hold a public hearing on the City’s Annual Operating Budget for the fiscal year July 1, 2022 through June 30, 2023 on June 24th, 2022 at 6:30 P.M., at the Baldwin Police Precinct, Municipal Courtroom 155 Willingham Avenue.
Local business owners Alton and Devon Fry pose for a selfie together in a happy, drug free life they live today. ALTON FRY/Submitted

Local business owners Alton and Devon Fry pose for a selfie together in a happy, drug free life they live today. ALTON FRY/Submitted

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Back from the brink

Brian Wellmeier
Friday, June 17, 2022
These days, whenever they aren’t involved in the operations of their businesses, Habersham residents Alton and Devon Fry stay posted on their porch and admire the more temperate days of the northeast Georgia mountain region.

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Piedmont in crisis, trustees to gather Monday

Brian Wellmeier
Friday, June 17, 2022
A Zoom meeting between Piedmont’s Board of Trustees is set to take place at 11 a.m. Monday as allegations of inner turmoil continue to swirl around President James Mellichamp and top members of the university‘s administration.
Mark Holmes makes balloon animals for kids at the June Sip & Stroll in Clarkesville. The event will be held the first Friday of each month. YVONNE MARINELLI/Staff

Mark Holmes makes balloon animals for kids at the June Sip & Stroll in Clarkesville. The event will be held the first Friday of each month. YVONNE MARINELLI/Staff

Summer fun planned all over Habersham County

Rowan Edmonds
Friday, June 17, 2022
The cities of Habersham County are putting on a ton of community events this summer.

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SRO announcement surprised commissioners

Matthew Osborne
Friday, June 17, 2022
Habersham County’s Board of Commissioners faces a difficult task starting at Monday’s meeting to balance the next fiscal year’s budget. That challenge became even more daunting after Monday’s announcement by the Board of Education that they planned to put resource officers in every school this year.
Digital interfaces like this for medical scans will be commonplace from now on for patients who get treated at Habersham Medical Center. POCKETHEALTH/Submitted

Digital interfaces like this for medical scans will be commonplace from now on for patients who get treated at Habersham Medical Center. POCKETHEALTH/Submitted

HMC first hospital in Georgia to adopt digital diagnostic program

News Staff
Friday, June 17, 2022
Habersham Medical Center will enlist digital provider PocketHealth to ease access to medical reports for more than 80,000 patients and doctors.