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Schools hope for vaccination clinics March 11

News Staff

Thursday, March 4, 2021

Habersham County Schools are hoping to have COVID-19 vaccination clinics set up at all schools on Thursday, March 11, for staff members who want the shot. School employees begin their period of eligibility for the vaccine on Monday, March 8. “This is dependent on vaccine availability.

Habersham Central’s Marty Patterson (38) celebrates along with teammates after a big stop during a 2006 game.

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Four tapped for Habersham Central Ring of Honor

Matthew Osborne

Thursday, March 4, 2021

Two players in their first year of eligibility and two members of the Black family are heading into Habersham Central’s football Ring of Honor this year. Marty Patterson and Spencer Romero both earned induction from the 2006 team that went 8-2 and reached the third round of the playoffs.

Mustard Seed Counseling Services Founder and Director Mike Johns, Assistant Administrator Linda Diamond and Assistant Office Manager Virginia Abbot (from left) work out of the Irby Family Center in Cornelia.

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Mustard Seed counseling service gets $5K boost

Chamian Cruz

Thursday, March 4, 2021

Mike Johns, director of Mustard Seed Counseling Services, said his clinic has seen an increase in people who are depressed, anxious, having suicidal thoughts, and abusing drugs and alcohol over the past year. “So we’ve been trying to meet more and more of those needs,” Johns said.

Demorest has been king of the Fourth of July for many years, but COVID-19 has caused a second-straight year of no fireworks in the city.

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Lights out for July 4 in Demorest

Matthew Osborne

Thursday, March 4, 2021

Demorest is used to fireworks at its city council meetings, but there will be no fireworks in town on July 4 for the second-straight year.

Habersham Central's girls basketball players (from left) Kyia Barrett, Addie Penick (5), Taylor Wade, Liz Pollitt and Nyke Brown celebrate a 3-pointer by Penick in the opening round of the state playoffs. Penick was fouled and went on to convert a four-point play.

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Lady Raiders wrap successful season with Sweet 16 loss

Isaiah Smith

Wednesday, March 3, 2021

Despite advancing to the Sweet 16 in the state tournament for the second time in school history, the Lady Raiders’ run in the state playoffs ended at Kell last Friday with a 50-32 defeat. “We knew they were a good team going down there,” Lady Raiders head coach Bill Bradley said.

Habersham Central’s Logan Hare waits for the pitch during a home game Feb. 25.

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Raiders rally past Dacula in extra innings

News Staff

Wednesday, March 3, 2021

Habersham Central’s baseball team has had limited opportunities to shine with all the rain, but an extra-inning rally in the regional opener was just what the doctor ordered.

Habersham Central's Jose Guillen handles the ball during an earlier home game. TOM ASKEW/Special

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Raiders kick Buford, girls fall on the pitch

Isaiah Smith

Wednesday, March 3, 2021

Habersham Central's boys soccer team scored a big victory last Friday, with a 2-0 shutout of Buford on the road. The match was close throughout, with Elvis Navarette and Angel Zavala notching goals in the victory. The win moves HCHS to 4-2 on the season, and it gets them back to .

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Clarkesville close to teeing up golf carts

Isaiah Smith

Wednesday, March 3, 2021

Clarkesville is now one step closer to becoming a golf cart friendly city. During its council meeting Monday night, City Manger Keith Dickerson presented the council with a preliminary Personal Transportation Vehicle (PTV) Ordinance that would govern the vehicles’ use within the city.

Mt. Airy has new picnic tables and benches at the town park, something residents praised at Monday’s town council meeting.

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Seventh Street Bridge racks up the traffic

Matthew Osborne

Wednesday, March 3, 2021

Mt. Airy’s Town Council has been studying the traffic on the Seventh Street Bridge in recent weeks, and the results showed a good deal of drivers using the road that the town is hoping to get fixed by Southern Railroad.

Habersham County Sheriff’s Lt. Murray Kogod, Sheriff Joey Terrell and Habersham County Commissioner Tim Stamey talk over the logistics of the mass vaccination site in Clarkesville when public officials toured it on Feb. 19.

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Habersham County vaccine site on steady 1,000-per day pace

Matthew Osborne

Wednesday, March 3, 2021

Habersham County’s mass COVID-19 vaccination site was on pace for its initial goals through six days, giving out more than 6,000 vaccines in that time. Through Monday, the site at the Habersham County Fairgrounds in Clarkesville had administered 6,270 Pfizer vaccines.