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Dalton Pitts (center) worked on his ghostbusting skills with his parents, Victoria and Alex Pitts, during Mt. Airy’s Trunk or Treat event last year. (Zach Taylor/Staff)
Halloween fun starts
Alto tables millage vote
Josiah Morris works on a milling machine at North Georgia Technical College, a machine commonly used in the automotive and electrical industries. Habersham Success Academy students may be getting a taste of this type of instruction, too, with the addition of the Habersham Works program. (Zach Taylor/Staff)
Getting a head start
The proposed total annexation to Cornelia, including a parcel in the deannexation process from Baldwin, is shown in a map highlighting proposed zoning for the Red Apple Innovation Corridor. (Submitted)
City to annex 200-plus acres
John Smith, a Baldwin resident on the Banks County side of the city, spoke before four council members to oppose the millage rate during one of Baldwin’s public hearings on Thursday. He believes something has gone awry in Baldwin after the revenue from millage rate increases have more than doubled since 2022. (Hannah Caudell/Staff)
Baldwin passes 11.990 millage rate
Habersham County Board of Commissioners approved a moratorium Monday night on housing developments, extending an emergency moratorium made in September.
County extends housing pause
Man arrested for excavator ‘joy ride’
Habersham County Emergency Services will begin staffing Engine Station 5 on Jan. 1, 2026. (Zach Taylor/Staff)
County approves Demorest fire deal
Photographer and filmmaker Rhett Turner poses for a photo on the staircase of the Mason-Scharfenstein Museum of Art, where his exhibit is currently on display. (Zach Taylor/Staff)
