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Property tax dates run through April

Drew Dotson
Wednesday, January 22, 2020
The Hart County Tax Commissioner’s office is urging residents to file for property tax returns before the deadline on April 1. Certain people may be eligible for homestead exemptions from ad valorem taxation.
Sunshots by Michael Hall - Hart County Probate Court Judge Merry Kirk, left, conducts the swearing-in ceremony for Pruitt Manley, center, the new mayor of Bowersville, as his wife Lori Manley, right, holds the Bible.

Sunshots by Michael Hall - Hart County Probate Court Judge Merry Kirk, left, conducts the swearing-in ceremony for Pruitt Manley, center, the new mayor of Bowersville, as his wife Lori Manley, right, holds the Bible.

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New Bowersville mayor, council sworn in

Michael Hall
Wednesday, January 22, 2020
Bowersville has a new mayor, two new town council members and a new public comment policy. Mayor Pruitt Manley and council members Melissa Holloway and Ted Yeargin all took their oaths of office at the Bowersville Community Center on Jan. 16, the town’s first regular meeting of 2020.
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Art Center hosting Black History Month exhibit

Michael Hall
Wednesday, January 22, 2020
Hart County’s African-American history and art will be on display in February at The Art Center in downtown Hartwell. The Black History Month Exhibit will kick off with an opening reception from 6-8 p.m. Feb. 13 and will run through March 7 at the center, 338 E. Howell St.
Sunshot by Grayson Williams - American Legion Post 109 members Charles Howard, left, and Sidney Reed, right, look at pictures on the wall at the Post’s clubhouse in Hartwell.

Sunshot by Grayson Williams - American Legion Post 109 members Charles Howard, left, and Sidney Reed, right, look at pictures on the wall at the Post’s clubhouse in Hartwell.

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American Legion serves local veterans for a century

Grayson Williams
Wednesday, January 22, 2020
Through all of the technological advancements, political shifts and other changes that have occurred in the last century, one constant has remained in Hart County — American Legion Post 109’s unwavering dedication to veterans.
Sunshot by Drew Dotson - Matthew Strickland, left, and Arnold Strickland, right, pose for a photo in the chapel at Strickland Funeral Home in Hartwell. The funeral home is turning 45-years-old this year.

Sunshot by Drew Dotson - Matthew Strickland, left, and Arnold Strickland, right, pose for a photo in the chapel at Strickland Funeral Home in Hartwell. The funeral home is turning 45-years-old this year.

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Strickland Funeral Home turns 45

Drew Dotson
Wednesday, January 22, 2020
While the Strickland Funeral home is having it’s 45th anniversary this year, the Strickland family legacy in the funeral business goes back even further. “My dad started this business from the ground up in ‘75. He had been working for another firm for 32 years before that.
Sunshot by Michael Hall - From left to right are Quality Foods store manager Tony Lark, Joan Kimbrell, Curtis Seymour, Eric Bailey, Shannon Vickery and Tex Maxwell.

Sunshot by Michael Hall - From left to right are Quality Foods store manager Tony Lark, Joan Kimbrell, Curtis Seymour, Eric Bailey, Shannon Vickery and Tex Maxwell.

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Quality Foods notes 25 yrs. in Hart

Michael Hall
Wednesday, January 22, 2020
Tony Lark has been around the grocery business since he was 13 years old. Now at 61, he knows he found where he wants to be — Quality Foods. His career with Quality Foods began in 1997 after being with other companies when he was a co-manager of the Hartwell store that opened two years earlier.
Sunshot by Michael Hall - The Rev. Jermaine Drinkard speaks at the annual Martin Luther King Jr. Day ceremony presented by the Hart County NAACP on Monday, Jan. 20, at Sardis Missionary Baptist Church.

Sunshot by Michael Hall - The Rev. Jermaine Drinkard speaks at the annual Martin Luther King Jr. Day ceremony presented by the Hart County NAACP on Monday, Jan. 20, at Sardis Missionary Baptist Church.

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Ceremony recognizes MLK Day

Michael Hall
Wednesday, January 22, 2020
Standing for the future means standing with God was the spiritual message provided by the Rev. Jermaine Drinkard on Jan. 20 at the annual Martin Luther King Jr. Day program put on by the Hart County NAACP.
Sunshot by Grayson Williams - Hartwell Police chief Anthony Davis, right, talks to Paul Simpson, left, at the GBI’s gang awareness event on Jan. 16 in Lavonia.

Sunshot by Grayson Williams - Hartwell Police chief Anthony Davis, right, talks to Paul Simpson, left, at the GBI’s gang awareness event on Jan. 16 in Lavonia.

Cops talk gangs at gathering

Grayson Williams
Wednesday, January 22, 2020
Gang activity might not be out in the open everyday in Northeast Georgia like it is in metro Atlanta, but agents with the Georgia Bureau of Investigation say it’s here and they want to put an end to it. A gang awareness event was held last Thursday, Jan.
This 2002 photo of the burned Hailey building in downtown Hartwell ran on the front page of The Sun.

This 2002 photo of the burned Hailey building in downtown Hartwell ran on the front page of The Sun.

#THROWBACK THURSDAY

News Staff
Wednesday, January 22, 2020
Jan 16, 2002 — Our Daily Bread, known as the Hailey’s Drug Store building burned for more than four hours in the early hours of the morning. The fire left the historic building on the square of Hartwell badly damaged. The fire started in the rear  of the bakery.
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News Staff
Wednesday, January 22, 2020
The Hartwell Police Department reported the following incidents and citations: One following too closely; one child seat belt law; one failure to dim headlights; two expired tags; two hands-free violations; one driving without a license on person; four adult seat belt violations; one handicap...