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#THROWBACK THURSDAY

News Staff
Wednesday, October 14, 2020
Oct. 13, 1939 — Forty lights on 10 poles were installed at the then Hartwell High School athletic fields. These were the first lights installed at the fields and people at the time were excited about the possibility of scheduling night games.
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Housing initiative moving forward

Drew Dotson
Wednesday, October 14, 2020
More affordable housing could be coming to Hartwell. Michelle Wetherbee, the team lead for The Georgia Initiative for Community Housing presented an update on what the program has been working on at the Hartwell City Council meeting on Oct. 12.
Photo submitted Tammy Hutchinson learns via virtual announcement that she was named as second runner up in a national Main Street volunteer competition.

Photo submitted Tammy Hutchinson learns via virtual announcement that she was named as second runner up in a national Main Street volunteer competition.

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Volunteer honored with national award

Drew Dotson
Wednesday, October 14, 2020
Hartwell Main Street Volunteer Tammy Hutchinson is among the top three Main Street volunteers in the country after being recognized recently as the second runner up for the Small-Town America Civic Volunteer Award.
The 2019 winter edition of Lake Living

The 2019 winter edition of Lake Living

Winter Lake Living cover contest is open

News Staff
Wednesday, October 14, 2020
Photo contest open for Lake Living magazine Winter is a great time to spend at a beautiful Northeast Georgia lake. Do you have a fabulous photo of winter on an area lake?
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Oglesby appealing suspension

Grayson Williams
Wednesday, October 14, 2020
Suspended Hart County Commissioner R.C. Oglesby is appealing Gov. Brian Kemp’s decision to officially suspend him from office. In a letter addressed to Kemp on Oct.
Payne's Creek Campground

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County to lease Payne’s Creek

Grayson Williams
Wednesday, October 14, 2020
The operation of Payne’s Creek Campground could soon change hands. The Hart County Board of Commissioners moved Tuesday night to lease the camp site from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, who faced budget challenges with the park recently and considered closing it.
Sunshot by Michael Hall - Thomas Morrison, left, and Michael Partlow, right, unveil the new historical marker from the Georgia Historical Society at the former Hart County Training School on Richardson Street on Oct. 10.

Sunshot by Michael Hall - Thomas Morrison, left, and Michael Partlow, right, unveil the new historical marker from the Georgia Historical Society at the former Hart County Training School on Richardson Street on Oct. 10.

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Historical marker placed at Hart County Training School

Michael Hall
Wednesday, October 14, 2020
The Hart County Training School educated generations of Hartwell’s Black youth before it closed in 1970.
Sunshot by Grayson Williams - A 30-ton mausoleum is lowered with a crane onto its foundation at Northview Cemetery on Oct. 2.

Sunshot by Grayson Williams - A 30-ton mausoleum is lowered with a crane onto its foundation at Northview Cemetery on Oct. 2.

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Northview Cemetery is in the midst of a facelift

Grayson Williams
Wednesday, October 7, 2020
If you drive down Carolina Street in Hartwell, you may not notice the quaint cemetery located just past the jail — but officials are hoping to change that. The cemetery would have been hard not to notice on Friday. A 30-ton mausoleum moved into the Northview Cemetery on Oct.