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Hailey (left) and Taylor Wade (right) have both had a spring and summer full of softball, playing with the Atlanta Crush, an 18u travel softball team. ATLANTA CRUSH/Submitted

Hailey (left) and Taylor Wade (right) have both had a spring and summer full of softball, playing with the Atlanta Crush, an 18u travel softball team. ATLANTA CRUSH/Submitted

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Softball never sleeps for Wade twins

Cody Rogers
Friday, July 23, 2021
After an entire school year full of softball and basketball games and practices, It would have made a lot of sense for both Taylor and Hailey Wade to maybe take a week or a month.
Clifford Kimsey Jr. (left) sits on the porch of his Habersham County home for a chat with baseball legend Ty Cobb. CLIFF KIMSEY III/Submitted

Clifford Kimsey Jr. (left) sits on the porch of his Habersham County home for a chat with baseball legend Ty Cobb. CLIFF KIMSEY III/Submitted

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Memories of the Georgia Peach

News Staff
Friday, July 23, 2021
The thrill of rounding the bases was what pushed Ty Cobb to master the game of baseball.  And after rounding life’s bases, Cobb died on July 17, 1961, at age 74 after a battle with cancer. He left behind a son, two daughters, a brother and 15 grandchildren.
Habersham County Airport Commission board members Greg Caudell, Ken Schubring and D. Higgins discuss the possibility of hosting an airplane show at the airport next spring. CHAMIAN CRUZ/Staff

Habersham County Airport Commission board members Greg Caudell, Ken Schubring and D. Higgins discuss the possibility of hosting an airplane show at the airport next spring. CHAMIAN CRUZ/Staff

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Airport commission ponders opening facility for events

Chamian Cruz
Friday, July 23, 2021
The Habersham County Airport Commission is working on a policy to hold events that help to showcase the airport as soon as next spring.
Signs like these are put up when a public hearing is scheduled about a potential zoning change. MATTHEW OSBORNE/Staff

Signs like these are put up when a public hearing is scheduled about a potential zoning change. MATTHEW OSBORNE/Staff

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Housing crunch still a reality after county commission’s ruling

Matthew Osborne
Friday, July 23, 2021
Engineer Jason Smith argued Monday night in favor of a housing development on Lawrence Street in Cornelia near Chase Road, citing among other reasons that there are no rental units available within a five-mile radius of that location.
Reports show the vaccines work against the variant. FILE/METRO NEWSPAPER SERVICE

Reports show the vaccines work against the variant. FILE/METRO NEWSPAPER SERVICE

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One-third of county immunized as Delta increases

Chamian Cruz
Friday, July 23, 2021
The COVID-19 positivity rate in Habersham County is less than 2%, but with only about a third of the community vaccinated against the infectious disease, the county still has a long way to go to achieve herd immunity.