The First Annual Wild and Wooly Art and Nature Music Festival was held May 5th at the North Georgia Community Center. The festival was held by the Georgia ForestWatch to raise awareness and funds.
Read More »May is Asthma Awareness Month
Asthma is one of the most common lifelong chronic diseases. There are almost 26 million Americans living with asthma. The disease affects the lungs, causing repeated episodes of wheezing, breathlessness, chest tightness, and coughing. Although asthma cannot be cured, it is possible to manage asthma successfully to reduce and prevent asthma attacks, also called episodes. […]
Read More »May is Stroke Awareness Month
Every 40 seconds, someone in the United States has a stroke. In 2008 alone, more than 133,000 Americans died from stroke—or one person every four minutes— making it the fourth leading cause of death in the United States.
Read More »National Child Immunization Week April 21-28
It is important for children to be fully immunized. Diseases that can be prevented with vaccines can be very serious – even deadly – especially for infants and young children. For example, children younger than 2 years old are at the highest risk for serious pneumococcal disease like pneumonia, blood infection (sepsis), and meningitis. Before […]
Read More »Mountain Ridge Easter Egg Hunt
Dozens of children turned out for the Mountain Ridge Garden Shop’s 2nd Annual Easter Egg hunt on Saturday, April 7. The children enjoyed a warm, sunny morning while the searched for the 700 plastic eggs filled with candy and prizes hidden in the field beside the garden shop.
Read More »The Beast Comes to Ellijay
The Ellijay Elementary Fourth Grade Class delighted the near-capacity crowd at the school’s auditorium on March 24 with their performance of “Beauty and the Beast Jr”. The audience cheered as the children danced and sang to the songs from the 18th century classic French fairy tale made famous by Walt Disney Pictures after the 1991 […]
Read More »Gilmer Nursing Home Pageant 2012
On February 9, the 35th Annual Gilmer Nursing Home Pageant was held in the cafeteria. This year’s pageant theme was “Follow the Yellow Brick Road.” The cafeteria was decorated with reminders of the 1939 film The Wizzard of Oz and the nursing home staff on hand dressed as characters from the film. Members of Girl […]
Read More »Fifth Grade Spelling Bee
Fourteen Gilmer County fifth graders vied for the championship title at the annual spelling bee that was held on February 9 at the Ellijay Elementary Auditorium.
Read More »Flat Bed Semi Stuck on Hump in the Asphalt
Police responded to a call on January 25 around 10:30 a.m. after an unidentified flat bed semi truck tried to navigate a right turn onto Highway 52 West from Boardtown Road and became “stuck” on a hump in the asphalt.
Read More »Gilmer Middle School Wins Award
On January 13, an announcement was made by the Governor’s Office of Student Achievement that Gilmer Middle School was chosen as a platinum award winner in the 2011 Single Statewide Accountability System (SSAS) awards. The school was chosen because of their gains in student achievements. Gilmer Middle School is one of only 10 middle schools […]
Read More »Superintendent Bryan Dorsey Speaks About Contract, Accomplishments and Goals
On Tuesday, December 11, the Gilmer County Board of Education (B.O.E.) returned from executive session to announce the three year contract extension of Superintendent Bryan Dorsey. The contract will be in effect from January 1, 2012 through December 31, 2014. The contract has the same terms with no increase in salary and no change in […]
Read More »Board of Education Moves into New Building
The Gilmer County Board of Education (B.O.E.) is moving into their new office building, the former Bank of Ellijay location.
Read More »Good Samaritan Cookie Walk
Good Samaritan Catholic Church held their fifth annual “Cookie Walk” on December 16 and 17. The event was previously held in the church fellowship area, but due to the renovations, this year’s cookie walk was held at the Ellijay Civic Center. Proceeds benefit the church renovations.
Read More »Position Shuffle Brings New Principal to Gilmer High School
After the Board of Education (B.O.E.) executive session on Tuesday, December 11, an announcement was made that Adam Hathaway would assume the position of Principal of Gilmer High School (GHS). The office will be vacated by Erick Hofstetter when he starts a position at the B.O.E. offices.
Read More »Reindeer Rally 2011
Dozens of festively-clad participants and spectators turned out for the Reindeer Rally on December 10 in Downtown Ellijay. The 5K run/walk started at 6 P.M. and the bicycle “fun ride” began shortly after 7 P.M.
Read More »East Ellijay Police Car Found in Chattanooga
An East Ellijay police vehicle was sold to an individual in another state with all equipment fully intact after the vehicle was “totaled” out by an insurance company.
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