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With Baldwin’s water infrastructure continuing to struggle, council may soon have to make a tough decision about the city’s water rates. (File)

With Baldwin’s water infrastructure continuing to struggle, council may soon have to make a tough decision about the city’s water rates. (File)

Baldwin considers water rate structure changes

By Hannah CaudellWith Baldwin’s water infrastructure continuing to struggle, council may soon have to make a tough decision about the city’s water rates.
Demorest purchases water in millions of gallons from Toccoa and Baldwin. (Kristen Adkinson/Staff)

Demorest purchases water in millions of gallons from Toccoa and Baldwin. (Kristen Adkinson/Staff)

Demorest leaders claim rate hike needed

By Zach TaylorDemorest serves more than 70 percent of water customers in Habersham County, from commercial to residential, across more than 330 miles of water lines.
Shelley Tullis

Shelley Tullis

Invested and Committed: Shelley Tullis

For years, Shelley and her husband haven’t just lived in Habersham County; they’ve poured themselves into it. They chose to raise their family here. They chose to grow their careers here. And when opportunities came to serve, they didn’t step back. They stepped up.
Andrea Harper

Andrea Harper

Invested and Committed: Andrea Harper

If you want to get to know Andrea Harper, don’t just look at her resumé look around Habersham County. Her impact can be seen everywhere. The fenced animal run at the Habersham County Animal Shelter, where dogs run free and future pet owners get to know their companions, that was Andrea.
Old Clarkesville Cemetery has an app that gives tours of the property, telling the stories of 12 people buried there. (Samantha Sinclair/Staff)

Old Clarkesville Cemetery has an app that gives tours of the property, telling the stories of 12 people buried there. (Samantha Sinclair/Staff)

Technology brings cemetery history to life

By Samantha SinclairVisitors to the Old Clarkesville Cemetery may now read and hear the history buried beneath the hemlocks as they walk the grounds.The Historic Clarkesville Cemetery Preservation Board has developed an app to guide tours around the cemetery.
Wallace Loudermilk Craven

Wallace Loudermilk Craven

Craven leaves legacy as first female mayor

By Zach TaylorMt. Airy’s first female mayor, Wallace Loudermilk Craven, died on Tuesday, May 5, at 83 years of age.Craven also served the town in other capacities, holding the offices of city clerk and councilwoman. She was in the mayor’s seat from 1983-1995.
Deputy Nell Goss holds the 1996 Olympic Games Torch, which she carried during the opening ceremony. (Submitted)

Deputy Nell Goss holds the 1996 Olympic Games Torch, which she carried during the opening ceremony. (Submitted)

Deputy Goss leaves trailblazing legacy

By Hannah CaudellTo hear the people who know and love her tell it, Nell Goss did it all.
Myrna Fouts places her fingertips on her lips as she prays during National Day of Prayer at Donald Anderson Park in Cornelia on Thursday. (Landen Todd/Staff)

Myrna Fouts places her fingertips on her lips as she prays during National Day of Prayer at Donald Anderson Park in Cornelia on Thursday. (Landen Todd/Staff)

Founding faith

By Samantha SinclairThere’s one face that’s been a fixture of our local  National Day of Prayer for about 40 years.Myrna Fouts, easily identified by her patriotic scarf, seems to try to blend in with the crowd nowadays, but was the force behind the event for decades.
Habersham County resident Dale Green was the only resident to speak during the Board of Education’s budget public hearings. (Hannah Caudell/Staff)

Habersham County resident Dale Green was the only resident to speak during the Board of Education’s budget public hearings. (Hannah Caudell/Staff)

BOE passes FY27 proposed budget

By Hannah CaudellA proposed $129.6 million  budget for Fiscal Year 2027 has been passed by the Habersham County Board of Education.