Patrick Franklin
Clarkesville Elementary School Counselor Anna Neese helps kids out of their parents’ cars on the first day of school. (Zach Taylor/Staff)
Honor Guard members Ed Hendricks, Rick Chaffin and Gary Cantwell salute as Danny Stephens plays the bugle. (Zach Taylor/Staff)
Kav Stapleton is his family and Troop 5’s newest Eagle Scout. (Submitted)
Plans from Cook Communities show proposed townhome, apartment and commercial sites on the 36.84-acre property on Level Grove Road. (Submitted)
Demorest Elementary’s newest school resource officer (SRO), Joe Chastain, looks at classes with Rosemary Couch at the school’s open house on Wednesday. Chastain begins his first day of SRO duties today under the direction of Demorest Assistant Chief of Police James Minutello. (Zach Taylor/Staff)
Paul Jason York
Mt. Airy’s town council may vote to approve an annexation of property at 705 Chase Road for a small subdivision project led by Alan Baker, owner of Headwaters Realty in Clarkesville. Nine acres of the property currently reside on county land, and Baker has expressed a want to annex into the town’s limits to provide housing that Mayor Ray McAllister and council feel may be a good addition to Mt. Airy.
As of Aug. 1, Scott Schuler is the new president of the Soque River Watershed Association. Schuler will serve a typical three-year term, and plans to focus the nonprofit’s efforts on community outreach and education while collaborating with individuals, businesses, and city and county government officials to ensure the watershed’s health. (Hannah Caudell/Staff)
