While many businesses are shutting down, cutting back or simply hanging on as the economy has gone into a tailspin with the dampening of the real estate market, some businesses see a bright future for their industry and maybe a pot of gold at the end of the rainbow. More...
The Grand Jury, chosen for the July Term 2007 of Towns County Superior Court, met on October 11, 2007 in the Towns County Courthouse before the Hon. Lynn Akeley- Alderman, Judge of Superior Court, Enotah Judicial Circuit. They considered 10 criminal cases presented to them by N. Stanley Gunter, Di... More...
Reporting on the opening days of the Fall Festival at the Georgia Mountain Fairground, Manager Hilda Thompson said, "We've been up every day by 30% over last year, except Sunday and Tuesday. Friday our attendance doubled over last year with 4,656 paid attendance. 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 infor... More...
The following is the arrest report for the Union County Jail. This report is from the open records for the the period of October 8 through October 15, 2007. More...
The story is told of how Republican President Ronald Reagan and Democratic House Speaker Tip O'Neill would share a lateafternoon drink in the White House after a long, hard day spent on opposite sides of vital issues. Impasses which created "gridlock" were sometimes resolved in such informal excha... More...
Mr. J. N. Watkins, age 68, of Gainesville, Georgia, formerly of Suches, passed away on Wednesday, October 10, 2007 in Crisp County, Ga., following an extended illness. Mr. Watkins was born on January 15, 1939 in Fannin County, Ga., the son of the late Willie Watkins and the late Velma Gregory Watk... More...
In the era of the internet, giant discount store and mass-produced inexpensive goods. Appalachian mountain culture and contemporary finecrafts and art still survive at the Stecoah Valley Cultural Arts Center and Gallery. More...
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