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The power of lists

gailmanter

Wednesday, December 15, 2021

When I was a working woman, everyday I made a list of things I needed to get done. Lunch with a volunteer, team meeting, visit nursing home, write Thankful Friday email, calls or texts to make or return.

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She did it again

Dan Moorehead

Wednesday, December 15, 2021

Reference is made here to a previous article of mine that The Hartwell Sun printed on March 29, 2018 entitled, “The Owl in the Hat.” In that article, I reported on an experience that I had while doing my every-other-day, early morning walk.

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The smells of Christmas

Dink NeSmith

Wednesday, December 15, 2021

“It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas.” Yes, indeed. And it’s beginning to smell a lot like Christmas, too. Thirty-eight Christmases ago, our younger son, Eric, was quoted by radio personality Paul Harvey. I had been sending him a weekly edition of our newspaper.

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No harm in implementing ‘mimosa’ law, others

Dan Hunt

Wednesday, December 15, 2021

We understand the importance of Sundays in Hartwell, and keeping religion and family central to that day of the week, but we also find the recent request from local businesses to be well within reason.

Maxine Davis (center) smiles after making her axe throwing debut at Sublime Axe Throwing.

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Maxine Davis is loving life

News Staff

Wednesday, December 15, 2021

Maxine Davis has achieved an extraordinary milestone in life that very few people accomplish: She is 101 years old. However, you wouldn’t know it by her robust lifestyle, and it is Davis’ aim to keep going strong so she can be with her family all the longer.

Darryl and Shalisha Lewis.

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Photography agency opens downtown

News Staff

Wednesday, December 15, 2021

They say a picture is worth a thousand words and photographer Shalisha Lewis has moved SL Photography to Hartwell to start the conversation. In early December, Lewis and her husband Darryl opened their photography studio in Hartwell at 8 Benson St.

Contractors renovate a roof at 150 Rome Street on Monday, Dec. 13 as part of Habitat for Humanity’s plan to renovate homes in Rome and Richardson.

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Habitat for Humanity applies for grant for Rome, Richardson projects

Dan Hunt

Wednesday, December 15, 2021

Contractors could be seen renovating a roof that had fallen out of repair along Rome Street Monday morning. The workers were sent to 150 Rome Street by Habitat for Humanity who is currently applying for the 2022 Community Home Investment Program (CHIP) grant.

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BOC extends moratorium

Drew Dotson

Wednesday, December 15, 2021

The moratorium on subdivisions in Hart County was extended an additional 120 days at the board of commissioners meeting on Tuesday, Dec. 14.

Pictured left: singer Rickey Eberhardt belts out a solo.

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Cateechee draws crowd for community Christmas singalong

Dan Hunt

Wednesday, December 15, 2021

The Hart Community Chorus, The Hartwell Art Center and Cateechee Golf Club put on Carols at Cateechee on December 9 for members of the community. The show took place inside the ballroom at Cateechee.

Aerators at the Hartwell sewage plant at work. The aerators are one of many facets of the plant that the city is looking to upgrade.

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City plans $12 million sewer plant improvement

Drew Dotson

Wednesday, December 15, 2021

The City of Hartwell is planning to spend up to $12 million on improvements to its sewer plant. “This is a big project. We’re addressing a lot of operational things,” city manager Jon Herschell said.