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City of Hartwell launches updated government website

The City of Hartwell now has a new website and city manager Jon Herschell thinks it will be more accessible for people. “It’s more interactive,” Herschell said. “I think some of our online bill-access is better.
Submitted photo - Pictured left to right Ben Tellano, Charlie Jones and Adam Walters, are all recognized for placing at the Hart County 4-H annual awards program.

Submitted photo - Pictured left to right Ben Tellano, Charlie Jones and Adam Walters, are all recognized for placing at the Hart County 4-H annual awards program.

Hart County 4-H members earn Forestry Day awards

Three Hart County 4-H’ers, who competed in Georgia 4-H’s State Forestry Field Day Competitions, were all recognized for top five placements at the Hart County 4-H Annual Awards Program.
The Hartwell Sun

The Hartwell Sun

City council starts plans for new fire station

The Hartwell City Council took the first “baby steps” to building a new fire station in the city. The council approved to begin to seek requests for proposals for engineering and construction services at its meeting Monday, June 7.
Grayson Williams/The Hartwell Sun - A crowd of students line up at Hart County Headstart on Richardson Street on June 8 to receive free books from the annual Summer Bookmobile put on by Hart Partners.

Grayson Williams/The Hartwell Sun - A crowd of students line up at Hart County Headstart on Richardson Street on June 8 to receive free books from the annual Summer Bookmobile put on by Hart Partners.

Summer Bookmobile returns with books, meals

By Grayson Williams Staff writer The Summer Bookmobile is back on the road delivering books, and this year meals, in Hart County.
Drew Dotson/The Hartwell Sun - Salutatorian Ben Tellano addresses his peers June 4 at Pete Herndon Stadium during Hart County High School’s graduation.

Drew Dotson/The Hartwell Sun - Salutatorian Ben Tellano addresses his peers June 4 at Pete Herndon Stadium during Hart County High School’s graduation.

A Night of New Beginnings: Class of 2021 graduates Hart County High School

The 2021 school year came to a close Friday, June 4, with Hart County High School seniors walking across the stage to receive their diplomas. This graduating class faced one of the most difficult years in recent memory by trying to continue their education with the looming threat of COVID-19.
Submitted photo - Hartwell police line both sides of Howell Street near Southern Hart Brewery on June 2.

Submitted photo - Hartwell police line both sides of Howell Street near Southern Hart Brewery on June 2.

Police amass at Southern Hart on ‘bike night’

Police crowded Hartwell square around Southern Hart Brewing Company on Wednesday, June 2. “We was having a cops on the square night out,” Hartwell Police chief Anthony Davis said. Davis denied the police’s show of force was due to bike groups attending Southern Hart’s “Bike Night.
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Floyd

Woman releases Hartwell memoir series

A local women is publishing a collection of community memoirs more than 35 years in the making. Frances Floyd has been gathering memories from Flat Shoals Baptist Church members, former members and others in the community  since the church’s centennial celebration in 1985.
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Submitted photo

School district launches StoryWalks project

StoryWalks with #OneHartBeat is a project that Hart County Charter System is launching to display books throughout our community to pair literacy and outdoor exercise. The first book, Maybe Something Beautiful by F.