Business is picking up

Traffic will pick up a bit in Habersham County over the next 13 weeks or so as one of four mass vaccination sites in the state has come to the fairgrounds in Clarkesville.

Proud of the best of the best

The annual Reader’s Choice hosted by The Northeast Georgian gives our readers the chance to tell us who has gone above and beyond to be the absolute best of the best in Habersham County. We hear the question in different forms all the time. “Where can I get a good hamburger?

Letters to the Editor

Grateful for community support To the editor: The Holy Spirit blew through this community recently, sweeping up everyday people in its wake.  A basement renovation project sparked by a dream that answered a prayer brought together a group of volunteers to enrich everyday life for a local family.

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Hear me, Demorest citizens To the editor: Since the beginning of January 2020, we’ve had some city council members that have wanted to give the Demorest Fire Department to Habersham County.

Lock down a plan for the jail 

We asked for 10 things we wanted to see in Habersham County in 2021, and we plan to expand on those monthly through November to see how much progress we are making.

Letters to the Editor

No need to fear the needle To the editor: It appears the availability of COVID-19 vaccines is improving. On Feb. 4, the County Health Department called to find out if they could move up my appointment. That day, I received my first of two Moderna COVID-19 shots.

Letters to the Editor

Differences in scientists To the editor: I read an editorial in your newspaper by Mr. Ted Doll, a retired Georgia Tech research scientist. His editorial is filled with generalized adverse statements about USDA Forest Service actions and policies that are anything but factual.

Let’s share that vaccine recipe

We are making slow and steady progress through the COVID-19 vaccination plans. But, the process, bogged down in bureaucracy and red tape, is taking too long. Why are the supplies rationed out in limited quantities? COVID-19 invaded and attacked our country more than a year ago.

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Tomorrow’s Forecast To the editor: A soldier in Iraq was asked what was the best way Americans could do to welcome troops coming home. He said “Let us come home to a righteous nation.Do in America what you sent us over here to do.

Facts in Demorest are hard to swallow

Facts in Demorest are hard to swallow   “Not everything in the newspaper is a fact.” – Councilman John Hendrix   There was a lot of talk Tuesday night in Demorest about facts. Dr. John Hendrix likes to say that everyone is entitled to their opinion, but not to their own facts.