Opinion & Editorial

Hello Habersham has arrived

In this edition, you’ll find the 2021 Hello Habersham magazine tucked in with the inserts. Hello Habersham, is the guide to our community for locals and visitors. It is a special publication we publish each March in partnership with the Habersham Chamber of Commerce.

Letter to the Editor

How are we better off? To the editor: As we are now in the third month of the Biden administration, I am not at all comfortable with what is happening. We have a Chinese representative telling us to take care of our civil rights problems. We should not meddle in a nation that has none.

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.