Celebrate safely on the Fourth

Fun, fellowship and fireworks are on tap for this week as America celebrates the Fourth of July for the 247th time on Tuesday. Enjoying hamburgers and hot dogs with loved ones and watching fireworks – or setting off your own – are as American as it gets.

Letters to the Editor

Cutting through misinformation To the editor: I can always count on reading letters to The Northeast Georgian to confirm my belief that American democracy still hangs in the balance. Whether from a right wing nut to the recent letter that Biden is a complete idiot.

Done by July 1

We asked last week for more discussion of the budget by the Habersham County Board of Commissioners, and we certainly got just that Monday night. The only problem is the discussion was crammed into a three-hour microwave meeting when it should have been started sooner.

What is the appeal of YouTubers?

Chalk this up to one of the many things I don’t understand in our modern world. It’s one of those things that would have my kids go “OK, Boomer,” even though I am not one in age, but perhaps only in spirit.

Letters to the editor

Eager for hospital merger To the editor: This is a letter I sent to John Kueven with Northeast Georgia Medical Center. I wanted to let you know about recent care that my wife received at both Habersham Medical Center and Northeast Georgia Medical Center.

We welcome your letters

The purpose of a letter to the editor is getting someone else to think about another side of a local issue or opportunity, or to put an issue or opportunity in front of the community. A letter can jump start ideas of how to make a better Habersham County.

Local Matters

If you have had to water your garden this week, you are definitely reading this edition outside the great state of Georgia. Whew, here in Habersham County, most of us are growing a little moldy around our gills. Yes, I’m thankful for the rain. And I will be thankful when it eases off a little, too.

What is a patriot?

To the editor: As we come up to our national holiday, July 4, celebrating that Declaration of Independence in 1776, it may be time to ask ourselves, “What is a patriot?”    I was brought up to think of that break from English tyranny as a brave act of independence.

Streamline budget talks

Habersham County’s budget process is near the finish line, even as it is just getting out of the starting blocks.

More places to turn in crisis

• Last in a two-part series. Cindy Levi is the CEO of Avita Partners, which offers behavioral health services to 13 counties across northeast Georgia.