Opinion & Editorial

The super-wealthy are out of touch with reality

Amaris E. Rodriguez
Wednesday, March 16, 2022
If you haven’t been on social media at all this week, you have missed out on the controversial Kim Kardashian interview that she did for Vogue, where she gave her now-infamous advice to women in business – to get off their butts and work hard, followed by a comment on how people don’t want to work...
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Baldwin chooses wisely

News Staff
Wednesday, March 16, 2022
The city of Baldwin calls itself “The Hub of Development in Northeast Georgia.” We have many times wondered whether that moniker is deserved or earned. But maybe this is the dawn of a new era.

Still time to be part of something great!

Jeffrey M. Peyton
Friday, March 11, 2022
Today, The Northeast Georgian sales team is scrambling to close out our annual effort to produce Habersham County’s incredible hometown magazine, Hello Habersham. And when I say “scrambling,” believe me – that is the understatement of this new year.

Hope for our world

Lindsey Brackett
Friday, March 11, 2022
Across the world right now a bomb drops, a mother hides her children, and civilians take up arms. There is fear and chaos and tragedy.
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Runoffs alter our past, future

News Staff
Friday, March 11, 2022
In January 2021, runoff elections for Georgia’s two U.S. Senate seats decided the fate of our federal government’s course for this two-year cycle. In some states, runoffs do not even exist, but don’t tell Georgia that. We even had the “jungle primary” to set up a runoff.

Kindergarten cashback

News Staff
Friday, March 11, 2022
It was Saturday and I was broke. Not completely broke. There’s money in the bank somewhere. But when it comes to real money. Old fashioned money. Actual paper money with the face of a president on it ... I was broke. And I usually am.

The Meaning of the Purple Cloth

News Staff
Friday, March 11, 2022
As you drive down Washington Street entering and exiting our beautiful city you will notice a purple cloth draped on the cross in front of our local churches. Have you ever wondered what the meaning of those purple cloths? The color symbolizes that we have entered into the Season of Lent.

Bacon can even help fried cabbage

Lois Chitwood
Wednesday, March 9, 2022
Fried cabbage, oh my goodness, does it get any better that this? Well, I suppose anything is better when you add in a little bacon and a slice of good old cornbread. As usual, I would add in a little more fresh chopped onion on the side.

Aspiring to be a Handy Woman

Kimberly Brown
Wednesday, March 9, 2022
My late husband, Ed, who retired in 2002, used to put on old clothes and go outside to “putter,” as he called it. I had no idea exactly what a day of puttering entailed, but I knew he usually came inside hot, tired and covered in red clay and old leaves.