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.” Those are two of several comments on The Hartwell Sun’s Facebook page under a post from Sept.

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. Then, Sept. 12, 2018, I came in to the office at about 10 a.

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.

Online measures by schools wise

Keeping children safe at school is understandably a top priority for the Hart County Charter System. Every morning thousands of local parents entrust their children to the care and oversight of hundreds of hardworking faculty, staff and administrators at all of the public schools.

Parenting can be tough in the tech age

She sat down with a sigh. Her weary voice could have come from millions of mamas and daddies. Parenting can be an exhilarating adventure, but it is not without frightening challenges. Those tribulations are what put the sag in her voice. The dark circles under her eyes underscored distress.

Tourism could be boon to area

A group of statewide officials stopped in Hartwell recently to discuss the tourism opportunities that they say are just waiting to be grabbed. We are all well aware of the allure of Lake Hartwell. Much of It’s 56,000 miles of shoreline is right here in Hart County.

Permit fee hike not handled well

Living on the lake has its expenses. That is to be expected.