Opinion & Editorial

Hospital agreement healthy deal

The agreement between the Habersham Medical Center (HMC) and Northeast Georgia Health System (NGHS) is a good thing. It provides a five-year buyout of HMC, while providing debt relief, and expansion of local facilities and services. At the end of the agreement period, HMC will become a part of NGHS.

Letter to the Editor

Ask for forgiveness To the editor: In response to the person about forgiveness, to our fellow Christians, I do most agree. But you must ask for that forgiveness, and even as an elder, we all can make mistakes and can be influenced by gossip – all of us.

Stay safe on 365

U.S. 441/state Route (SR) 365 is a dangerous highway – even extending south in Hall County as Interstate 985. Last week alone, four Habersham County residents lost their lives on the road, with many others injured. Monday, Sept.

We The People

  “We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution...

Letter to the Editor

Time to do something To the editor: Forty-six people from around [Doug] Collins’ district met for a rally to say, “Do something.” We are tired of families having to grieve almost daily now because of assaults from semi-automatic guns developed for the military.

Submit political letters to editor

With most qualifying periods behind us, Habersham Countians now have a good idea of who will fill seats left vacant or up for re-election on various councils and commissions across Habersham County’s seven municipalities.

Letters to the Editor

Richins left world better place To the editor: I am writing regarding the death of the beautiful Katie Richins. I moved to Clarkesville only 14 months ago, but I have been in Fred’s many times and had her wait on me. What a delightful young lady she was.

Never forget

Today, because of widely differing opinions and politics, our country is divided. Backbiting and bickering keep our national leadership stuck in the mud. How has the greatest country in the history of the world become so dysfunctional?

Liam Dennis Gosnell

Infant Liam Dennis Gosnell was born Aug. 24, 2019, the son of Jonathan Dennis and Jessica Ann Hamilton Gosnell of Maysville, and passed away Sunday, Sept. 1, 2019.  Funeral services were held Tuesday, Sept. 03, at Rock Springs Baptist Church with Pastor Derek Howard officiating.

Letters to the Editor

Learn from mistakes To the editor: The Bible is just full of mistakes! Yes, the Bible is just full of mistakes made by humans. In the very first book, Genesis tells all about Adam and Eve, and the mistake that they made, eating that forbidden fruit that God told them not to.