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Clarkesville Mayor Barrie Aycock is all smiles at the 2019 Mountain Laurel Festival parade. The event returns Saturday to mark the first major public gathering since COVID-19 hit last year. “I’m very excited, I think it’s going to be tremendous. We’re going to have a beautiful day and lots of folks coming. I can’t wait!,” Aycock said Thursday.

Clarkesville Mayor Barrie Aycock is all smiles at the 2019 Mountain Laurel Festival parade. The event returns Saturday to mark the first major public gathering since COVID-19 hit last year. “I’m very excited, I think it’s going to be tremendous. We’re going to have a beautiful day and lots of folks coming. I can’t wait!,” Aycock said Thursday.

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Fellowship is officially back - Mountain Laurel returns to Clarkesville Saturday

News Staff
Friday, May 14, 2021
A year after its cancelation in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, one of Georgia’s oldest arts festivals is set to take place on Saturday in downtown Clarkesville.

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Kinsey gets another shot with Tennessee Titans

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Wednesday, May 12, 2021
After entering the NFL as an undrafted free agent with the Tennessee Titans in 2020 and spending time on the New England Patriots’ practice squad last season, Mason Kinsey is back where his NFL dream began.
Chase Phillips (left) and Brady Tanner took first place in the Cornelia DDA’s cornhole tournament. The winners received a pair of $100 Visa gift cards and $50 Bigg Daddys gift cards. LINDSEY FITZGERALD/Submitted

Chase Phillips (left) and Brady Tanner took first place in the Cornelia DDA’s cornhole tournament. The winners received a pair of $100 Visa gift cards and $50 Bigg Daddys gift cards. LINDSEY FITZGERALD/Submitted

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It’s in the bag for Cornelia cornhole tourney winners

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Wednesday, May 12, 2021
Locals came out Saturday to participate in the Cornelia Downtown Development Authority’s (DDA) third annual Cornhole Invitational. “I thought it was a good event.
Tallulah Falls’ Evan Prince is one of 15 Indians headed to state. SCOTT NEAL/Submitted

Tallulah Falls’ Evan Prince is one of 15 Indians headed to state. SCOTT NEAL/Submitted

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Raiders, Indians send 22 track athletes to state meet

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Wednesday, May 12, 2021
Seven Raider athletes punched their tickets to the state track meet, as they took top-eight finishes at the sectional meet Saturday in their respective events.  Six from the men’s team punched tickets, with Garrett Heaton and Andrew Kivett both qualifying in two events apiece.

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Raiders to scrimmage Flowery Branch tonight

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Wednesday, May 12, 2021
Habersham Central’s football team takes the field tonight for the first time since November for its spring game against Flowery Branch.  The Raiders finished the 2020 season 6-5 overall and 4-2 in region play to finish third and make their second playoff appearance under Harrison.
Tarin Westbrook transferred to Berry College this season and immediately burst on to the scene as a playmaker. The sophomore caught two touchdowns in Berry’s four-game spring season that ended with a SAA Conference Championship. BERRY COLLEGE/Submitted

Tarin Westbrook transferred to Berry College this season and immediately burst on to the scene as a playmaker. The sophomore caught two touchdowns in Berry’s four-game spring season that ended with a SAA Conference Championship. BERRY COLLEGE/Submitted

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Former Raiders prove Berry successful

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Wednesday, May 12, 2021
Last spring, former Raiders Tarin Westbrook and Garrett Kinsey didn’t know the 2020 football season would be unlike any he’d ever experienced.    “The pandemic wasn’t normal, and people were very unsure, including myself, about what would happen,” said Westbrook.
MATTHEW OSBORNE/Staff

MATTHEW OSBORNE/Staff

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Graduation just a week away

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Wednesday, May 12, 2021
Habersham Central’s senior banners have been up for the last couple of weeks thanks to staff members meticulously hanging them all. The Raiders will have 451 graduates walking the aisle on Friday, May 21, including 193 that will graduate with honors.

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Piedmont will require vaccine or negative test for campus return

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Wednesday, May 12, 2021
As colleges and universities around the U.S. start to require students and faculty members to provide proof of vaccination before returning to campus, Piedmont University has joined the list of colleges re-examining its vaccination protocol for students leading up to fall semester.