Newspapers and communities make a great team

Imagine for a moment there was no Hartwell Sun — that the newspaper didn’t exist and never had. Imagine there never had been a local newspaper to cover the community in Hartwell. Rest assured, our town would be a very different place.

The color orange is growing on me

I have a confession, and it may not be a popular one in this county. I have long loathed the color orange. Before you arrive at the doors of The Hartwell Sun with your pitchforks and torches, let me explain. Like many of you here, I am a rabid Georgia Bulldog fan.

It's hot and dry, don't play with fire

You will read this week about how quickly what seems like a controlled fire can turn into an emergency. A man who said he was burning outside in a metal fire pit and thought it was safe to go inside for a minute soon learned he was wrong.

Schools, community are truley #OneHartBeat

By Anna Hall Hart County Charter System It started out as a symbol representing pounds, but in the past 12 years, this character has come to carry much more weight. The hashtag. Four criss-crossed lines, which in modern times can connect, seemingly, the world together through one mantra.

First responders deserve praise for selfless work

“A few of our Angels here on earth.” “We have great EMTs. They do an awesome job. Thank you for all you do.”

Don't do it yourself, call on someone

By Phil Hudgins At some point in my life — it may have been when I was a toddler playing with blocks — I figured out what I was not good at. I was not good at anything that involved working with my hands. Oh, I forgot: I’m fairly good at typing.

Park idea requires careful planning

If it wasn’t already, the Hartwell City Council appears to be past the point of no return with the idea to renovate and reimagine Hart State Park. That is actually a misnomer currently.

Time truly does fly when having fun

It may be cliché, but it feels no truer to me than now — time truly does fly when you are having fun. If you are reading this on the date of publication, you are doing so exactly one year after my first day on the job at The Hartwell Sun.

The Sun is proud to salute hard-working officers

We here at The Hartwell Sun have for the past few years set September aside as a month to support our local law enforcement officers. This year, we went a little bigger with it. Each week this month, we are profiling officers or a group of them to highlight their daily selfless service.

Anti-trust safe harbor is good for news

From the Southern Newspaper Publishers Association News consumption is growing exponentially, but for the past decade, the revenue to news publishers has been on a decline. This is, in large part, because of the unbalanced relationship between news publishers and tech platforms.