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Federal COVID-19 relief funds spark debate

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Friday, March 19, 2021

By Dave Williams Bureau Chief Capitol Beat News Service ATLANTA - Legislative Democrats and advocates for low-income Georgians say the state should spend its windfall from the latest federal COVID-19 relief bill on making a full economic recovery from the coronavirus pandemic.

Defensive back Montae Maxwell celebrates after making a play during Hart County's scrimmage game against Washington Wilkes in 2019.

Football scrimmages nixed, cheer delayed

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Thursday, August 6, 2020

The Hart County High School football team’s planned pre-season scrimmages for Aug. 21 and Aug. 28 won’t happen, according to the Georgia High School Association, but the regular season schedule remains unchanged.

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BoE approves plans for school year

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Monday, July 13, 2020

Hart County schools are set to return to the classroom on Aug. 17 with safety precautions in place, and parents will have the option to choose between in-person instruction or online learning.

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

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MARCHING TO THEIR OWN BEATS

Grayson Williams

Thursday, July 25, 2019

It won’t be long until the school band marches across the field at Herndon Stadium — synchronized in harmony and step — under the Friday night lights. But before the show is on full display, a lot of preparation work is in store for band members.

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.

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Speed bumps hit road block

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Thursday, July 25, 2019

Applause erupted at the Hart County Board of Commissioners meeting Tuesday night when chairman Joey Dorsey said it would be “a cold day in Hades” before he signed a check for Special Purpose Local Option Sales Tax money to reimburse the Bowersville Town Council for its recent addition of four speed...

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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Sandra Bruce is loving life

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Thursday, July 25, 2019

Some people have an ingrained mission in life to help make the world a better place. Hart County native Sandra Bruce can easily be classified as one of those people.

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Tuberculosis still a threat in health district

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Thursday, July 25, 2019

Tuberculosis may not be the dreaded mass killer it was more than a century ago, but it’s still a very serious disease. Year after year, there are confirmed cases in the United States, some of them right here in Georgia.