Find balanced growth in 2024

   Throughout the summer, the Georgia Mountains Regional Commission (GRMC) held meetings to get feedback about a comprehensive plan for Habersham County and most of its municipalities.

Letters to the Editor

Final words of peace To the editor:    Once again, it appears that I will be allowed to enjoy yet another Christmas season. What an incredibly wonderful time of the year. People actually smile at one another, actually speak to one another.

Share your memories of Clarkesville’s rich history

   Sweet memories of our childhood and days gone by – we all have them. Often as I’m driving through the downtowns of Georgia, something will trigger a thought of an event from my childhood and pull it into clear focus, allowing me to enjoy it one more time.

Presidential primaries are a joke

   There has been a lot of talk over the last three years about whether our presidential election was rigged, interfered with or otherwise compromised in some way.

Angels lurk where you least suspect

   Jo looks like a normal, everyday person. She’s unassuming – dressed in black and doesn’t wear a stitch of makeup. Her auburn hair is like waves of the ocean, rising and falling about her head. She wears a Dollar General apron around her neck and hips.

Finding the best use of the surplus

   The General Assembly returned this past week for a special legislative session. They are redrawing the district lines for themselves and our congressional delegation to comply with a federal court order.

Tear this building down

   Right, we have said this before about the old courthouse in Clarkesville. Tear the building down, to paraphrase former President Ronald Reagan.    And we are. The county is working on it, but there are folks who keep coming out of the woodwork thinking we can save the building.    We cannot.

Letters to the Editor

Election could be fixed again To the editor:    Once again, I hear the call to alert our community, state and nation to take heed of our White House occupant. I dislike calling Joe Biden our President because he does not deserve this title.

No-ties movement a good move, even for retired guys

   For nearly all of my career in newspapers, I wore a tie to work. Now that I’m retired, ties are usually not required inside a newspaper office, at least for most folks. The dressed-down look came too late for me.    Today, I keep my ties in the refrigerator to keep them fresh.

Cheers and Jeers

   THUMBS UP to the organizers of the Downtown Clarkesville Christmas for moving the parade. No one wants to watch a parade in the rain, and very few folks would have come off their couches during the SEC Championship game to be wet and cold, even with Christmas spirit abounding.