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Food drive set for Dec. 5

News Staff
Tuesday, November 24, 2020
The annual food drive of Hart County will be held at 9 a.m. on Saturday, Dec. 5, in the parking lot of Hart County High School. Eligibility requirements must be met to receive a food box. Applications will be given out from Quality Foods parking lot from 10 a.m. to noon, Saturday, Nov. 28.
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Multiple annexation bills pre-filed in Ga. House

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Tuesday, November 24, 2020
By Dave Williams Capitol Beat News Service ATLANTA – Legislation that would make changes to the municipal annexation process in Georgia, including giving local school systems more input, was prefiled in the General Assembly this week. Three bills introduced by state Rep.
Drew Zemaitis is currently a Midshipmen at the U.S. Naval Academy but will soon be on his way to flight school with the Marine Corps.

Drew Zemaitis is currently a Midshipmen at the U.S. Naval Academy but will soon be on his way to flight school with the Marine Corps.

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HCHS grad to be pilot

News Staff
Tuesday, November 24, 2020
A former Hart County High School student has a freshley shaven head and ticket for flight school as a U.S. Marine. Drew Zemaitis is a midshipman at the United States Naval Academy. Midshipmen in their senior year are called Firsties.
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News Staff
Tuesday, November 24, 2020
The Hart County Sheriff’s Office reported the following arrests: Nov. 19 • Stanley Benard Hunt Jr., 25, 1650 Nancy Hart School Road, was arrested and charged with felony theft by taking. Nov.
Sunshot by Michael Hall — Myra Cook looks at one of her blooming mandevillas at her home in Hartwell recently.

Sunshot by Michael Hall — Myra Cook looks at one of her blooming mandevillas at her home in Hartwell recently.

Myra Cook is loving life

Michael Hall
Tuesday, November 24, 2020
Myra Cook moves with the ease of a spry 70 year old, but don’t let that fool you, she could be that spry 70 year old’s mother. At 91 years old, Cook is experiencing one of the strangest years she can remember in 2020, but that isn’t getting her down.
Pictured are Vicki Hilley, Pam Isbell and Lisa Baker at the 2019 Holiday Bazaar.

Pictured are Vicki Hilley, Pam Isbell and Lisa Baker at the 2019 Holiday Bazaar.

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Holiday Bazaar returns to Hartwell

News Staff
Tuesday, November 24, 2020
The Holiday Bazaar at Cornerstone Baptist Church is back again, but with a few changes this holiday season. The Holiday Bazaar will be from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., Dec. 5, under a tent and outside at Cornerstone Baptist Church, across from Walmart on Anderson Highway.
The Hartwell Sun gave away a Ford Falcon station wagon in 1962.

The Hartwell Sun gave away a Ford Falcon station wagon in 1962.

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#THROWBACK THURSDAY

News Staff
Tuesday, November 24, 2020
Nov. 30, 1917 ­— The Hartwell Sun ran a story out of Atlanta of the railroad commission of Georgia accepting the application for the Atlanta and Anderson Railway companies to construct a interurban line from Atlanta to Anderson. The approval was for the issue of $18,000,000 of securities.
Chance Nguyen holds a pair of giant scissors to cut the ribbon held by his sister Jaslene Nguyen, to the left of Chance, on Monday, Nov. 23, for Little Japan, which is owned by their parents Treena, behind Chance, and Tommy Nguyen.

Chance Nguyen holds a pair of giant scissors to cut the ribbon held by his sister Jaslene Nguyen, to the left of Chance, on Monday, Nov. 23, for Little Japan, which is owned by their parents Treena, behind Chance, and Tommy Nguyen.

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Little Japan cuts the ribbon to reopen

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Tuesday, November 24, 2020
Chance Nguyen holds a pair of giant scissors to cut the ribbon held by his sister Jaslene Nguyen, to the left of Chance, on Monday, Nov. 23, for Little Japan, which is owned by their parents Treena, behind Chance, and Tommy Nguyen.
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Bowersville may get produce stand

Grayson Williams
Tuesday, November 24, 2020
Bowersville could soon have a place to buy basic pantry items, like a gallon of milk, in its downtown. Mayor Pruitt Manley announced at the town’s regular meeting on Thursday, Nov. 19, a resident is interested in leasing the old voting building, which the town owns, for a produce stand.