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From left, volunteers Micah Hunnicutt, Gary Burton, Rick Chaffin and Austin Clarke prepare to deliver food to families Wednesday night. BRIAN WELLMEIER/Staff

From left, volunteers Micah Hunnicutt, Gary Burton, Rick Chaffin and Austin Clarke prepare to deliver food to families Wednesday night. BRIAN WELLMEIER/Staff

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‘Right on that edge’

Brian Wellmeier
Friday, October 15, 2021
Outreach Pastor Mike Thomas and a team of more than 20 volunteers were moving about The Torch’s food pantry facility Wednesday evening, arranging everything from canned foods, meat, breads and other various products into rows of boxes as a line of people in need of food began to form outside.

Public meetings

News Staff
Friday, October 15, 2021
The following public meetings are scheduled from Oct. 15-21. Clarkesville City Council 5:30 p.m. work session Monday, Oct. 18, at Clarkesville City Hall, Washington Street. Habersham County Commission 6 p.m. regular meeting Monday, Oct.
Pickleballers in Habersham County will have some new places to play in the coming years.

Pickleballers in Habersham County will have some new places to play in the coming years.

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Pickleballers look to Baldwin next

Brian Wellmeier
Friday, October 15, 2021
USA Pickleball Ambassador Peggy Fortson continued her countywide tour in lobbying for the construction of pickleball courts Monday night – this time before Baldwin’s City Council, many of whom expressed interest in the possibility of pickleball coming to the city.
(Center) Edward Bloom (Joel Morgan), (Left) Josephine and Will (Amelia Himstedt and Zachary Smagur), (Right) Sandra Bloom and Zacky Price (LeAnne Challenger and Daniel Purcell). ZACHARY TAYLOR/Submitted

(Center) Edward Bloom (Joel Morgan), (Left) Josephine and Will (Amelia Himstedt and Zachary Smagur), (Right) Sandra Bloom and Zacky Price (LeAnne Challenger and Daniel Purcell). ZACHARY TAYLOR/Submitted

Big Fish starts Thursday

News Staff
Thursday, October 14, 2021
"Big Fish: The Musical" tells the story of Edward Bloom, a traveling salesman who lives life to its fullest and then some. The show opens at Habersham Community Theater starting Thursday and running Oct. 14-17 and 21-24. Tonight's show begins at 7:30.
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Art breathes life into graveyard

Matthew Osborne
Wednesday, October 13, 2021
For four decades, folks driving by on Highway 365 in Alto have seen a curiosity on the side of the road. A field of colorful old retired school buses cannot help but attract the attention of passersby.

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Woman dies in highway crash

Matthew Osborne
Wednesday, October 13, 2021
A Clarkesville woman was killed Monday afternoon when she tried to cross the highway in her vehicle and collided with another car. A Honda CR-V driven by Elizabeth Peterson, 69, of Clarkesville was traveling west on Tom Born Road in Turnerville around 5 p.m. Monday.
Ashawna Green engages with children at the Clarkesville Library on Tuesday morning. BRIAN WELLMEIER/Staff

Ashawna Green engages with children at the Clarkesville Library on Tuesday morning. BRIAN WELLMEIER/Staff

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Storytime returns for kids

Brian Wellmeier
Wednesday, October 13, 2021
Tuesday marked one of the first days since the start of the COVID era that parents were able to drop off their children at the Clarkesville Library, where they’d participate in various activities and have stories read to them by Ashawna Green.