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Help available getting virus relief funding

News Staff
Wednesday, December 30, 2020
ATLANTA — Georgia Gov. Brian P. Kemp and the University of Georgia have launched an informational web site and webinars to help small business owners in Georgia understand the funding available to them through the new COVID-19 Emergency Relief Package and how to apply for assistance.
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System upgrades to delay tag renewals

Drew Dotson
Wednesday, December 30, 2020
The Georgia Department of Driver Services and the Georgia Department of Revenue will be upgrading their technology system, resulting in a down period for driver’s license, tag and title renewals.
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#THROWBACK THURSDAY

News Staff
Wednesday, December 30, 2020
Dec. 25 1942 — A quiet holiday season transpired in Hart County in 1942, wrote The Sun. Due to government requests for U.S.
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Corps wants old Christmas trees

Grayson Williams
Wednesday, December 30, 2020
If you’re looking for a spot to toss the real Christmas tree occupying your home, Lake Hartwell might be the perfect place. It will provide a new home for the lake’s inhabitants. The U.S.
Sunshot from file - A ribbon cutting for Carolina Street in downtown Hartwell in July celebrated the opening of Common Ground, Elizabeth Cakes by Design, Twelve South Artisan Market, the Hart County Chamber of Commerce and Chicago Steakhouse on the same block. A ribbon cutting was later held for Provision, which also opened on Carolina Street in 2020.

Sunshot from file - A ribbon cutting for Carolina Street in downtown Hartwell in July celebrated the opening of Common Ground, Elizabeth Cakes by Design, Twelve South Artisan Market, the Hart County Chamber of Commerce and Chicago Steakhouse on the same block. A ribbon cutting was later held for Provision, which also opened on Carolina Street in 2020.

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Downtown business in Hartwell booms despite virus

Drew Dotson
Wednesday, December 30, 2020
While many local economies suffered because of the COVID-19 pandemic, Hartwell business flourished with the opening or expansions of dozens of businesses in 2020.
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Defendant pleads guilty to murder

Grayson Williams
Wednesday, December 30, 2020
A little more than a week after turning down a plea deal, murder suspect Larrendrick Rashad Tabor pleaded guilty on Tuesday and is to serve life in prison with the possibility of parole.
Nora Winkler, from left, Alondra Arevalo, on the ladder, and Katie Eidson, right paint a mural on the rear exterior wall of Little Japan on Depot Street in downtown Hartwell recently as restaurant owners Treena and Tommy Nguyen look on.

Nora Winkler, from left, Alondra Arevalo, on the ladder, and Katie Eidson, right paint a mural on the rear exterior wall of Little Japan on Depot Street in downtown Hartwell recently as restaurant owners Treena and Tommy Nguyen look on.

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NEW YEAR-NEW MURALS

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Wednesday, December 30, 2020
Above, Nora Winkler, from left, Alondra Arevalo, on the ladder, and Katie Eidson, right paint a mural on the rear exterior wall of Little Japan on Depot Street in downtown Hartwell recently as restaurant owners Treena and Tommy Nguyen look on.
As New Year’s Day approaches, nearly 10,000 lives in Georgia have been lost to the pandemic-inducing novel coronavirus and countless hospital beds have been filled with sick patients.

As New Year’s Day approaches, nearly 10,000 lives in Georgia have been lost to the pandemic-inducing novel coronavirus and countless hospital beds have been filled with sick patients.

Pandemic dominates 2020, impacts local families

Grayson Williams
Wednesday, December 30, 2020
It began with two confirmed cases in Georgia, but over the span of about 10 months quickly ballooned to infect more than half-a-million people across the state.
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VFW donates to Toys for Tots

News Staff
Wednesday, December 23, 2020
Photo submitted Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 8076 collected more than 100 donations of toys for its fourth-annual contribution to Toys for Tots. The donations were collected by VFW members, their spouses and community volunteers, pictured.
The cover of “Camelot’s Reckoning” is shown.

The cover of “Camelot’s Reckoning” is shown.

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HCHS grad releases new fantasy novel

News Staff
Wednesday, December 23, 2020
Imagine knights and dragons roaming the streets of modern cities and the famous sword of King Arthur, Excalibur, is the reason  Camelot has invaded our everyday lives.