Still getting acquainted with her new office, the recently appointed Janet Hartman has fully assumed her position of Program Manager of the Downtown Development Authority (DDA) for the city of Blairsville. More...
The first week of the 2007 session of the Georgia General Assembly was highlighted by ceremonial and organizational activities as newly elected or re-elected members took their oaths of office, leadership positions were filled, committees were assigned and the Governor delivered his annual State o... More...
To help address the growing presence of a drug epidemic in Union County, the Union County Anti Drug Coalition (UCADC) will be hosting a Town Hall Meeting "Kick-off" in the Brackett Room behind United Community Bank on January 29, from 6:30 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. More...
Narcotics Anonymous Mountain Folks Group meets every Friday night at 8:00 p.m. at New Hope Fellowship Church, 1299 Old Blue Ridge Hwy., next to Byers Well Drilling and on Tuesday Night at 7 p.m. at the New Hope Treatment Facility. All are welcome- don't lose hope because we can help. For informa... More...
A free health seminar will be presented on Managing Oxygen and Glucose. Oxygen and glucose are two essential substances for our body. But there is a dark side to both of them. How well you manage oxygen and glucose can predict your long term quality of life. Come hear how you can improve your manag... More...
To the Editor, If Robert E. Lee were alive, he would be celebrating his 200th birthday on Friday, January 19, 2007. This date will probably pass without much notice in the North, but many of us in Dixie will mark the day with recollections of just how great a man he was. In this regard, I offer t... More...
Mr. Jimmy Wayne Cook, 74, of Trackrock Church Rd., Blairsville, Ga., died Thursday, Jan. 11, 2007 in the North East Ga. Medical Center following an extended illness. Mr. Cook was born Sept. 26, 1932 in Fulton County, Ga., the son of the late Lawrence Wayne Cook and the late Evelyn Dodson Cook. More...
The John C. Campbell Folk School in Brasstown will present a free concert by internationally acclaimed hammered dulcimer player and fiddler Ken Kolodner at 7:30 pm Friday, January 19 following a public exhibition of Folk School student crafts from 6:40 - 7:00 p.m in the Keith House Community Room, ... More...
The early bird may get the worm, but early gardeners get the asparagus - if they plan ahead. This popular, winterhardy vegetable is one of the first crops ready for harvest in early spring. Asparagus produces male and female flowers on separate plants. Aherbaceous perennial, it produces shoots fr... More...
Union 45 - Fannin 54 The Lady Rebels took a 9-2 lead to start the game and never really let their advantage slip away, as No. 35 helped Fannin win the battle of the boards. "We lost the first quarter 16-8 and were eventually down 20-8," said Head Coach Mike West. "We beat them from there but the... More...
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Respected mountain doctor, Herbert Monroe Edge