The Big Red Apple shines bright

Cornelia is on the rise and many are taking notice. Cornelia was honored Wednesday night at the Georgia Downtown Association (GDA) Conference as the outstanding community of the year for its transformation and renovation of its downtown area for economic development.

Letters to the Editor

Vaccines are the way to go To the editor: I read your coverage of the sad illness with COVID-19 of Habersham Central’s baseball coach, Chris Akridge, in the Aug. 11 issue.

Make your voices heard

Habersham County Commissioner Bruce Palmer has only been on the job since January, but he has already made a positive difference in county government in that short time. Palmer has shown initiative to get things done, and he has no prior political or government experience.

State prisons still inhumane

The Georgia Department Corrections (GDC) is used to guarding walls, but the constant stonewalling of journalists and civil rights groups is getting ridiculous. A group of lawmakers led by Rep.

Sarah Ellen Morris Harrison Boatwright

Funeral services for Sarah Ellen Morris Harrison Boatwright, 88, of Cornelia, were held Sunday, Aug. 8, at Pleasant Hill Baptist Church with the Rev. Shannon Irvin, the Rev. Levi Nix, and the Rev. Jim Welborn officiating. Interment followed in the church cemetery. Mrs.

Letters to the Editor

Show up with love To the editor: They say with age comes wisdom, this is not always true. Wisdom comes from experiences. Without having new experiences, or trying new ways of thinking, “walking a mile in someone else’s shoes,” or being humble enough to realize that “I don’t know everything about..

We are under attack

We have to lay down the politicization of the vaccine. We realize only one third of Habersham has taken the vaccine. However, we don’t understand why. Especially, when you think about all the other immunizations each one of us has taken in our lives. You did attend grammar school, didn’t you?

Letters to the Editor

Be safe out there

Schools are back in session, and that means a sprawling new wave of activity out in our community.

Unvaccinated pushing us back to masks

To the editor: On Tuesday, according to the media, there were 56,000 new cases of COVID-19. I listened for the balance of the data, possibly the most important, which would have been the percentage of new cases of the infected who were vaccinated. That number was not presented.