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Safety grant presented

News Staff

Wednesday, June 8, 2022

At its May meeting, Habersham County’s Board of Commissioners was presented a safety grant from the Association of County Commissioners of Georgia (ACCG) for $8,500.

Church gives $1K to Soup Kitchen

News Staff

Wednesday, June 8, 2022

The Demorest Methodist Congregational Federated Church continues its quarterly campaigns to raise and distribute funds to local charities. The second quarter in 2022 is dedicated to the Cornelia Soup Kitchen. Recently, Rev.

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Kids On Wheels event returns June 18

News Staff

Wednesday, June 8, 2022

The Kids on Wheels free event will return to Clarkesville on Saturday, June 18, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Clarkesville Police Station. There will be all kinds of fun vehicles in which kids can cruise the show, or they can bring their own set of wheels.

Sautee Summer Music Fest begins this month

News Staff

Wednesday, June 8, 2022

The Sautee Nacoochee Center is excited to announce something new for the summer of 2022, the Sautee Summer Music Fest. Four outdoor concerts will be offered in June and July on the Center’s Outdoor Stage. With lawn seating, these Saturday evening concerts will be fun for the entire family.

Community Calendar

News Staff

Wednesday, June 8, 2022

Day of remembrance A day of remembrance will be held for Margie McCollum on Wednesday, June 8, at 2 p.m. at Clarkesville Baptist Church Fellowship Hall. Anyone making a donation to The Sharing & Caring Place will receive a raffle ticket to be entered in a drawing for one of Margie’s quilts.

Southern Seasons Inn’s “Cheese and Assorted Quackers” PHYLECIA WILSON/Submitted

Dec-A-Ducks keep taking it up a notch

News Staff

Wednesday, June 8, 2022

One of the most popular booths at the Mountain Laurel Festival on May 21 was Volunteers for Literacy’s Dec-a-Ducks. Hundreds viewed the 35 decorated ducks, marveled at the creativity, and voted for their favorite to win the People’s Choice Award.

ICAC unit nabs two more arrests

Matthew Osborne

Wednesday, June 8, 2022

Two Habersham County men were arrested in the last four days through the Habersham County Sheriff’s Office’s Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) task force. Deputies served search warrants Tuesday afternoon at the home of Christopher Lee Webb, 40, of Clarkesville.

Arrest Report

News Staff

Wednesday, June 8, 2022

The following is a list of names entered into the booking computer at the Habersham County Detention Center for June 1-6, 2022. Names, ages and towns are listed as they appear in the computer. Offenses listed are charges; guilt has not been proven.

Pictured (from left) are Clarkesville Principal Georgia Pitts, South Habersham Middle School Principal Daphne Penick, Level Grove Elementary Principal Dr. Susan Davis, Baldwin Principal Rodney Long, and Habersham Success Academy Principal Ernie Garrett. AMARIS E. RODRIGUEZ/Staff

Attendance winners

News Staff

Wednesday, June 8, 2022

Attendance trophies were once again awarded during the Habersham County School Board of Education meeting in May. Superintendent Matthew Cooper congratulated the first place schools when it came to Elementary and Secondary school student attendance and also staff attendance.

John Cantwell, Kinetic engineering and construction manager; Michael Foor, Kinetic Georgia state operations president; Blake Fields, Kinetic field operations director; and Georgia Sen. Bo Hatchett, District 50, talk while standing next to a Kinetic surface drill rig, used to create boreholes for utility poles. GERARD HARRINGTON/Submitted

Hatchett eyes Kinetic’s training operation

News Staff

Wednesday, June 8, 2022

State Sen. Bo Hatchett (R-Cornelia) visited the Kinetic Baldwin Training Facility recently to learn more about the company’s work in the county. More than 300 employees a year from Georgia, Alabama, Florida, North and South Carolina train at the facility. “It was a pleasure to welcome Sen.