See something, say something

   We were all deeply saddened to receive the news that a gunman took the lives of two students and two teachers yesterday. Our prayers are with the families and friends of those that were affected by this horrific tragedy.

Letters to the Editor

Your social security and Trump To the editor:    For all you nice voters bragging about Ex-President Trump and his border policy, you need to know that President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris had an agreement with GOP members for a working policy until Ex-President Trump threw a...

Reporting in for jury duty

   “Jury duty.” To the average person, it belongs alongside “fender bender” and “root canal” on life’s little list of undesirable experiences.    An internet search of ways to avoid jury duty turns up actual legal advice as well as tips from the people’s law school, a.k.a. Reddit.

Here comes the Chattahoochee Mountain Fair!

   With Labor Day now behind us, do you know what is on the horizon in Habersham County? That’s right, it’s time for the 49th annual Chattahoochee Mountain Fair. The fair is scheduled to kick off Friday Sept. 6 and run through Sept. 14.

There’s another way to spell ‘eutopia’

   Is it eutopia or utopia?    I’m no scholar. But in Greek, “utopia” translates to “no place,” which can only be found in books. I’m not talking about that one.    My topic is on “eutopia,” a “good place” where happiness flows and everything is almost perfect.    Impossible?

He always stood up for women and children

   You only go through your first pandemic once. And keeping a community press rolling through to the other side was one daunting task. As we were all thrust into a lockdown, the valve on the spigot of normal everyday life was abruptly slammed shut.

Railroad crossing upgrade applauded

   The railroad crossing on Main Street in downtown Cornelia was notoriously rough to travel over. Many of us have grumbled and spilled a sip of coffee or two while rumbling across them over the years.

Letters to the Editor

Migrant children at border unaccounted for To the editor:    Of the millions of migrants illegally crossing the border, some 360,000 are unaccompanied minors. According to ICE, tens of thousands of the minors are unaccounted for.

If I ran for president

   When I was a little guy, I would lie on my back in the yard and look up at the clouds or the trees, searching for an answer to the question of the day. God, do you want me to start raising worms now so that when I open my bait shop, I’ll be ready?

The fight against fentanyl is a true community effort

   One is too many.    That’s the sentiment repeated multiple times in our front page article last week titled “Overdoses down in fight against fentanyl.”    Agent Trent Hillsman of the Appalachian Regional Drug Enforcement Office said just that.    Then Sheriff Joey Terrell did as well.