Share the history you’re creating

   The last two editions included two specials additions to our community.    Two families helped us welcome their newborns with birth announcements in the paper.    We’ve always loved receiving and sharing birth announcements, we just haven’t had many families submit their announcements lately.

Letters to the Editor

Democrats not “scum of the earth” To the editor:    As a lifelong resident of Georgia with strong ties to Habersham County, I was offended by Mr. Melvin Coley’s letter of December 2024. Petty name calling is that all you can come up with, sir? Democrats are “scum of the earth”? Yes, your man won.

Surviving the frozen weather

   One of my favorite local businesses from where I grew up, Delicious Orchards, posted on Sunday that they were closing early with this unique explanation: “so staff can get home safely, get snow gear on and crush some neighborhood kids in a snowball fight… reminding them often ‘this is nothing...

Searching for the best

   Who do you think has the best wings, has the best bank teller or gives the best financial advice?    It’s time again for you to vote for the best in Habersham County in the 2025 Readers’ Choice competition.

Letters to the Editor

No fact checking on Facebook reasonable To the editor:    Joe Heller must be a slow reader with low self-esteem if he can’t cope with Facebook without fact checking. Why would he trust an anonymous source to make decisions on his behalf?

Thank you, Mr. Cooper

   It’s not easy being a superintendent of schools.    Just look as the comments on any of the posts on social media about the closing of schools due to weather conditions.

Is it only older people who check weather forecast?

   Several days ago, someone told our grandson Alex that Lynchburg, Va., would get a foot of snow overnight. Lynchburg is his temporary residence as he studies to become a counselor.    “No way are we getting a foot of snow,” Alex thought to himself.

Everyone has a bad day

   One of my internships was at a weekly newspaper owned by a pretty famous television journalist with a just as famous mustache. His wife at the time was the publisher and his sister was the advertising manager, and they were both awesome people.

Thank you

   The snow came, as did the accidents, damage and power outages that often come with storms.    While some were sledding, building snowmen and drinking hot cocoa with our families, others found that snow isn’t always fun.

Georgia General Assembly’s fresh new year

   Teachers hear the morning bell ringing on the first day of school. Baseball players hear the thump of the first pitch hitting the catcher’s mitt on opening day.    Public-policy folk hear the crack of the gavel slamming down to launch a new session.