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Artwork by Arianna Ramirez

Artwork by Arianna Ramirez

Raider wins Farm Bureau art contest

News Staff
Wednesday, June 22, 2022
Habersham County graduate Arianna Ramirez has been named a district winner in the 28th Annual Georgia Farm Bureau (GFB) High School Art Contest. Her drawing can be viewed at www.gfb.ag/ramirezart.
Luke Sargent loved the bubble machine at the Kids on Wheels event in Clarkesville on Saturday. There was fun of all kinds for youngsters to enjoy on a summer day. MATTHEW OSBORNE/Staff

Luke Sargent loved the bubble machine at the Kids on Wheels event in Clarkesville on Saturday. There was fun of all kinds for youngsters to enjoy on a summer day. MATTHEW OSBORNE/Staff

Kids on Wheels rolls with the heat

Matthew Osborne
Wednesday, June 22, 2022

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County passes $66M budget

Matthew Osborne
Wednesday, June 22, 2022
Habersham County Commissioners approved what Finance Director Tim Sims called one of the “strangest” budgets he had ever seen on Monday night to meet the deadline of June 30 to do so. But they are not 100 percent sure where all the money is coming from just yet.
Sandra Davenport and Betty Major sing along to the Black national anthem at the Juneteenth celebration at Jim Smith Park on Saturday. MATTHEW OSBORNE/Staff

Sandra Davenport and Betty Major sing along to the Black national anthem at the Juneteenth celebration at Jim Smith Park on Saturday. MATTHEW OSBORNE/Staff

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‘Sticking together’

Matthew Osborne
Wednesday, June 22, 2022
Portia Burns was smiling ear to ear to have the Juneteenth event back in Cornelia on Saturday. She wanted everyone who came out for the community event to know that this kind of expression and fellowship was crucial to maintaining the freedoms won on that historic day in 1865.
Public notice

Public notice

PUBLIC NOTICE

News Staff
Friday, June 17, 2022
The Mayor and Council of the City of Baldwin will hold a public hearing on the City’s Annual Operating Budget for the fiscal year July 1, 2022 through June 30, 2023 on June 24th, 2022 at 6:30 P.M., at the Baldwin Police Precinct, Municipal Courtroom 155 Willingham Avenue.
Local business owners Alton and Devon Fry pose for a selfie together in a happy, drug free life they live today. ALTON FRY/Submitted

Local business owners Alton and Devon Fry pose for a selfie together in a happy, drug free life they live today. ALTON FRY/Submitted

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Back from the brink

Brian Wellmeier
Friday, June 17, 2022
These days, whenever they aren’t involved in the operations of their businesses, Habersham residents Alton and Devon Fry stay posted on their porch and admire the more temperate days of the northeast Georgia mountain region.

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Piedmont in crisis, trustees to gather Monday

Brian Wellmeier
Friday, June 17, 2022
A Zoom meeting between Piedmont’s Board of Trustees is set to take place at 11 a.m. Monday as allegations of inner turmoil continue to swirl around President James Mellichamp and top members of the university‘s administration.
Mark Holmes makes balloon animals for kids at the June Sip & Stroll in Clarkesville. The event will be held the first Friday of each month. YVONNE MARINELLI/Staff

Mark Holmes makes balloon animals for kids at the June Sip & Stroll in Clarkesville. The event will be held the first Friday of each month. YVONNE MARINELLI/Staff

Summer fun planned all over Habersham County

Rowan Edmonds
Friday, June 17, 2022
The cities of Habersham County are putting on a ton of community events this summer. Plenty is going on this summer in the Clarksville area, starting with the Kids on Wheels event on Saturday, June 18, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.