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Sunshot by Michael Hall — Heavy machinery breaks up the asphalt at the corner of Forest Avenue and Depot Street on Tuesday as work continues on a major infrastructure improvement project underneath Depot Street.

Hartwell Rotary Club member Ganine Derleth gives hand sanitizer to Elektra Head, 7, and her sister Ziva Head, 5, while their mother Kimberly Head helps and club member Mike Everett, standing at right, looks on.

Sunshots by Grayson Williams — Carter Reed navigates his paddle-board style boat past band director Alan Tolbert, right, who officiated the event from the water.

Sunshot by Michael Isom — Bowersville’s latest addition of speed bumps on East Main Street have drummed up controversy that includes the Hart County Board of Commissioners sending a letter requesting the removal of the bumps, as well as personal accounts of harassment directed toward neighborhood residents.

Empire South employees Autumn Gretsch, Megan Crump and Savannah Hackett go through a selection of current styles at the store.

Flag corps members Detricunna Teasley, left, and Samantha Campbell, right, practice their flag routine during Hart County High School band camp on Monday.

Bowersville's recent addition of speed bumps on East Main Street has prompted negative feedback from first responders and the Hart County Board of Commissioners.

Sandra Bruce battled colon cancer in 2010. When she was going through chemotherapy, her husband Johnny asked what he could do to brighten her day. Her response was she always wanted a gazebo, which he proudly built for her. If she’s not all over Hart County helping others, Sandra can be found sitting in her beloved gazebo and enjoying the scenery from her immaculate yard, or at her kitchen table in front of the big bay window watching the hummingbirds.

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