Kindergarten Registration March 14-17
Kindergarten Registration for all Habersham County Elementary Schools will be held at Demorest Elementary (GA Highway 365 and Demorest-Mt. Airy Highway) March 14-17, 2016. Children must be five years...
View Article7-Day Forecast: Rain, then Spring Arrives
We’ve got one more rain event to get through before we turn sunny and quite warm. A low pressure system will approach the region during the day today, bringing widespread rain to the region by late...
View ArticleThen You Will Know
“Most of the damage done in this world is done not because of evil but because of ignorance.” Those words caused me to sit taller in my chair and chew on my bottom lip. Ignorance? The pastor wiped his...
View ArticleArmed Gunmen Rob Convenience Store
An armed robbery at a convenience store in Banks County led to an unsuccessful search for the suspects early Thursday. Sgt. Carissa McFadden of the Banks County Sheriff’s Office says the three men...
View ArticleElaine W. Black
Elaine W. Black, age 75, of Demorest, passed away Thursday March 3, 2016. Arrangements are incomplete and are in care of Whitfield Funeral Home, North Chapel, 245 Central Ave. Demorest, Georgia....
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Meeting Minds
“When you reach the end of your rope, tie a knot in it and hang on.” – Franklin D. Roosevelt Copyright secured by Digiprove © 2016Original content here is published under these license terms: X...
View ArticleTanya Brown
Tanya Brown, age 42, of Alto, passed away on Wednesday, March 2, 2016. Arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Whitfield Funeral Home, South Chapel, 1370 Industrial Blvd, Baldwin, Georgia...
View ArticleWinter Weather Advisory in Effect for Much of Northeast Georgia
The National Weather Service has issued a Winter Weather Advisory for much of Northeast Georgia. The advisory in effect until 10pm for the following counties: Banks, Cherokee, Dawson, Fannin, Forsyth,...
View ArticleLocal Schools on 2-Hour Delay Friday
Habersham County Schools will operate on a two hour delay for all staff and students Friday, March 4, 2016. School Superintendent Matthew Cooper made the announcement Thursday night after an...
View ArticleRev. Orman Knight
Funeral services for Rev. Orman Knight, age 91 of Clarkesville will be held Sunday, March 6, 2016 at 2:00 PM from the Clarkesville Baptist Church. Interment will follow the service in the Knight...
View ArticleThere is More to a Name
From an early age I loved the stories, true and fiction, of the American West. On journeys with relatives and friends to the western United States I kept notes or journal. Going to Dubois, Wyoming, on...
View ArticleWatch Out for Black Ice This Morning
(Cleveland)- Patchy black ice is possible this morning in the far northern counties of Georgia. The National Weather Service advises, areas where yesterday’s snow and sleet accumulated and where any...
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Meeting Minds
“Life is 10% what happens to you and 90% how you react to it.” – Charles R. Swindoll Copyright secured by Digiprove © 2016Original content here is published under these license terms: X License...
View ArticleChicken Truck Overturns on Level Grove Road
Traffic on Level Grove Road at Old Athens Highway was interrupted for several hours Friday morning due to an overturned chicken truck. The accident happened around 3am near Forest Lane Mini Mart. The...
View ArticleWhen the Mountains Don’t Move…
“Truly I tell you, if anyone says to this mountain, ‘Go, throw yourself into the sea,’ and does not doubt in their heart but believes that what they say will happen, it will be done for them.” Mark...
View ArticleGrover Addis
Grover Addis, age 60, of Mt. Airy, passed away Saturday, March 05, 2016 after an extended illness. Arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Whitfield Funeral Home, North Chapel, 245...
View ArticleElizabeth Phillips
Elizabeth Phillips, age 93, of Demorest, Georgia, passed away on Friday, March 4, 2016. Mrs. Phillips was born on December 12, 1922 in Newburg, New York to the late Charles and Dora Lindley...
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Roads Less Traveled: Miles to go Before I Sleep
I’m by no means a poetry connoisseur, but Robert Frost’s “Stopping By Woods on a Snowy Evening” has always been a story I can identify with. I have on many occasions stopped by the woods on a snowy...
View ArticleRep. Terry Rogers: Crossover Day, Cannabis Cultivation and Casinos
Georgia House drops controversial legislation, guards against stolen valor with Georgia Military Service Integrity and Preservation Act Monday, February 29 marked “Crossover Day” in the Georgia...
View ArticleCongressman Collins to hold Veterans Benefits Fair in Cleveland
(Washington, D.C. )–Veterans in the area are reminded that on Monday, March 7 Congressman Doug Collins will hold a Ninth District Veterans Benefits Fair at the White County Senior Center in Cleveland....
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