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Photo by Emma Harper

Photo by Emma Harper

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Polar Bear Plunge coming March 1

News Staff
Wednesday, January 29, 2025
The Northeast Georgia Council on Domestic Violence’s 29th annual Polar Bear Plunge and Winter Festival will take place Saturday, March 1 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Gum Branch Mega Ramp.
Alan Powell

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2025 Legislative Newsletter – Week 3

News Staff
Wednesday, January 29, 2025
The Georgia General Assembly was set to return to the Gold Dome on Tuesday, January 21, 2025, to commence “budget week.”  Passing a balanced budget is our one constitutional obligation. Governor Kemp declared a State of Emergency on Monday anticipating winter storms across the state.
The Hartwell Sun

The Hartwell Sun

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Don’t put on airs…and other lessons from book interviews

News Staff
Wednesday, January 29, 2025
You can learn something from just about everybody, I believe. Jessica Phillips Henricks, a former Foxfire student, and I confirmed that belief when we interviewed scores of folks for a book titled “Travels with Foxfire: Stories of People, Passions, and Practices from Southern Appalachia.
The Hartwell Sun

The Hartwell Sun

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BOE misses the point of HB 581

News Staff
Wednesday, January 29, 2025
No. 1 –  Georgia House Bill (HB) 581 is not a tax exemption. The point of the bill is to limit the increase in your property value for tax purposes to no more than the rate of inflation. This bill in and of itself will not reduce your taxes. No. 2 – HB 581 is to increase transparency.
The Hartwell Sun

The Hartwell Sun

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Three of President Donald Trump’s promises

Dink NeSmith
Wednesday, January 29, 2025
Somewhere among my shelves of books is a New York Times best-seller, circa 1987. I helped to make it popular by being one in the masses who purchased the 372 pages about a Big Apple real-estate phenom, Donald J. Trump.
The Hartwell Sun

The Hartwell Sun

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Chamber banquet will be a highlight for everyone

News Staff
Wednesday, January 29, 2025
In less than a month from now, the Hart County Chamber of Commerce will gather for its annual award banquet. The banquet, which was recently moved up one day to Feb. 21 in order to not conflict with a benefit concert for the local YMCA, is set to honor the best of the best in Hart County.
The Hartwell Sun

The Hartwell Sun

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Local students named to collegiate honor rolls

News Staff
Wednesday, January 29, 2025
Kipling Phillips, of Hartwell, was named to the University of Mississippi’s Fall 2024 Honor Roll lists. Phillips, in the B.B.A. in Finance program, was named to the Dean’s Honor Roll, which is reserved for students who earn a semester GPA of 3.50-3.74.
The Hart County Humane Society will hold its monthly “Second Saturday” adoption event from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Feb. 8.

The Hart County Humane Society will hold its monthly “Second Saturday” adoption event from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Feb. 8.

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Hart County Humane Society to hold Second Saturday adoption event Feb. 8

News Staff
Wednesday, January 29, 2025
The Hart County Humane Society will hold its monthly “Second Saturday” event Saturday, Feb. 8 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the J. Robert Mauldin Animal Sanctuary located at 1364 Reed Creek Highway. Stop by to discuss adoptions, fostering and volunteering with the shelter.
2024 Georgia Farm Bureau Young Farmer Committee Chair Cleve Jackson, left, and GFB President Tom McCall, right, present a check for the proceeds of the 2024 Harvest for All campaign to Georgia Food Bank Association Executive Director Danah Craft (center) during the 2024 GFB Annual Convention on Jekyll Island. Photo courtesy of Georgia Farm Bureau.

2024 Georgia Farm Bureau Young Farmer Committee Chair Cleve Jackson, left, and GFB President Tom McCall, right, present a check for the proceeds of the 2024 Harvest for All campaign to Georgia Food Bank Association Executive Director Danah Craft (center) during the 2024 GFB Annual Convention on Jekyll Island. Photo courtesy of Georgia Farm Bureau.

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Hart County Farm Bureau donates to Georgia Food Bank Association

News Staff
Wednesday, January 29, 2025
MACON, Ga. – Hart County Farm Bureau recently donated 100.00 to the Georgia Food Bank Association (GFBA) during the statewide Harvest for All campaign coordinated by the Georgia Farm Bureau Young Farmers & Ranchers Committee.