Letters to the Editor

Salute our Vietnam veterans To the editor: National Vietnam War Veterans Day, celebrated on March 29, unites Americans to thank and honor Vietnam veterans and their families for their service and sacrifice.

Change begins at home

The Second Amendment to the U.S. Constitution is one of our most important rights as Americans. There’s a reason it was the second one on the list when they created the Bill of Rights.

Letters to the Editor

Your country or your lost country To the editor: Normal, Man, Woman, Male, Female, Mom, Dad, Mother, Father, Grandmother, Grandfather, Brother, Sister, Male, Female, Uncle, Aunt, Marriage, Male, Female.

Be aware out there 

Business is picking up in Habersham County, as is our local traffic. The combination of the influx of folks at the mass vaccination site at the Habersham County Fairgrounds combined with the general feeling that it is time to get out in the world again has filled our roads up. And this is a good.

Letters to the Editor

School bus graveyard is embarrassing To the editor: I am not a resident of Habersham County, but I thought that the opinion of a frequent visitor to the area might be of some interest to anyone who lives in the county.

What is our jail plan?

Habersham County officials have been trying to find a way to build a new jail for years. With their latest idea debunked, it is unknown what the path is going forward.

Accountability courts have bettered our community

A lot of things stopped over the last year because of COVID-19. A major one was a backlog in the court system. Trials are just ramping up again in Georgia, and Habersham County should be seeing some jury trials by the beginning of April.

Letter to the Editor

Trump did not get credit To the editor: Let’s see if I can get this right. At the very beginning of the pandemic, then-President Trump did halt all incoming flights from China incurring the wrath of the democratic Party leadership for doing so.

Above the line by 154.7 miles

Pushing off the bank, I told him it would get better. With a few twists of the paddle from the bow, the john boat was positioned just right for both boys to make a cast down the bank. However, our Habersham native son, the younger one, was torqued completely out by the swarm.

A year that changed everything

This week marks the one-year anniversary of Georgia declaring a public health state of emergency in the face of the emerging coronavirus, known to everyone now as COVID-19. It’s incredible how many things are different from just a year ago.