Can a movie be good if it is shallow? Surely, you have seen movies that a critic may have called shallow or without depth, but later thought you saw plenty of depth. But I feel rather confident in saying that Mission: Impossible – Fallout is a shallow movie. They spend maybe ten minutes developing a plot […]
Read More »BOE Sets Millage Rate
Ellijay, Ga. – Holding their special meeting on July 31 after final consolidated numbers became available, the Gilmer County Board of Education presented their 5-year-tax-history and voted on their millage rate. The 2018 Consolidated Tax Digest showed a 13% increase in real and personal property values and a 20.8% decrease in motor vehicle values. Alongside […]
Read More »Gilmer CLC dedicates new building
East Ellijay, Ga. – The Gilmer Christian Learning Center (CLC) opened the doors of its new addition at the Clear Creek Campus this week to dedicate the building and allow the public to see where students will be learning and growing in the coming years. The new campus adds on to the already well-established work […]
Read More »Gilmer Foundation’s new CORE in business
ELLIJAY, Ga. – New life is springing from an older foundation in Gilmer County this week with the CORE Facility on River Terrace, just off of Maddox Drive. Called the CORE (Collaboration on River’s Edge), the facility will host business offices and incubation locations for entrepreneurs and start-ups in need of an office or workspace […]
Read More »Fannin offers memorial jersey to honor Larry Walker
BLUE RIDGE, Ga. – It may seem like a small gesture to some, but for those in Gilmer County, Georgia, a simple jersey is relating a lot more than meets the eye as they receive a memorial jersey to honor Gilmer’s middle school principal, the late Larry Walker. With a special moment before the middle […]
Read More »Principal Walker services and school announcement
UPDATE: ELLIJAY, Ga. – The Gilmer County School System has updated their announcements saying that they will be canceling school Thursday, instead of an early release. While they will hold a partial day for staff, they will release at 1 p.m. in order to allow for those wishing to attend services. The school has also […]
Read More »Gilmer Preps for Florence
ELLIJAY, Ga – Not even two months have passed since Gilmer suffered through one of the worst storms it has seen in decades near the end of July, yet Hurricane Florence threatens to be just as bad, if not worse, according to reports from the National Weather Service and State Governments along the East Coast. […]
Read More »Editorial: Are we still remembering 9/11?
Seventeen years ago, I’m certain you were inundated with people saying “Never forget” and newscasts saying “We will always remember.” Indeed, the entire nation, and even the world, poured out its heart for America and the major wound we were struck with. It is the kind of thing that people everywhere will remember. The kind […]
Read More »Ellijay’s Night Out Against Crime shows off Police
ELLIJAY, Ga. – Most of the time, when you meet a police officer, it really isn’t a pleasant experience. It has nothing to do with the people, and everything to do with their job. You may meet them when you’re getting a ticket because you were in a big hurry and may have gone a […]
Read More »“Vaping” incident part of a larger problem
Ellijay, Ga. – An incident report from the Gilmer County Sheriff’s Office confirmed reports of a student “blacking out” and suffering seizures after inhaling a substance from a SMOK Vape device. The male student was hospitalized from the incident and later released. The incident, however, did prompt officials to call in K-9 units to search […]
Read More »County drafts support of IMBA Ride Center
ELLIJAY, Ga. – The Gilmer County Board of Commissioners officially took action in support of mountain biking in the county. With two separate actions, the county is beginning to explore the mountain biking potential of our county. Led by Post Commissioner Travis Crouch, now well into the second half of his final year as Post […]
Read More »Timber Cuts into Commissioner’s meeting
ELLIJAY, Ga. – The Gilmer County Board of Commissioners August meeting saw an unexpected addition to its agenda as citizens from the Rainbow Lake area met to ask the board to stop the clear cutting of over 500 acres of Timber in the area. “Devastation,” the word kept arising as citizen after citizen walked to […]
Read More »Fire and Rescue Weekly Status Report 7/29-8/4
Dates Fire Alarms Emergency Med Calls (EMS) MVC (Vehicle Accidents Vehicle Fires 7/29/18-8/4/18 4 91 10 1 Haz. Conditions Search/Tech. Rescue Other Total Calls 17 1 3 127
Read More »BOC Sets Millage
ELLIJAY, Ga. – The Gilmer County Board of Commissioners held their Special Called Meeting in which discussion of the county’s Millage Rate and decisions were made. Considered their calculations of accepting the Rollback Rate at 6.370, the generalized budget for the county would wind up relatively the same, with only a possible $10,000 difference over what […]
Read More »Fetching Features: a look at former Superintendent Mark Henson
Have you ever had a goal that you wished to achieve? Something became a driving force in your life as it took a point of focus. It may have been that you wanted to become something, maybe a firefighter, an astronaut, or a soldier. You strove to follow that dream, to grow closer to that […]
Read More »BOC says Wrestling Capital “is what you’ve earned”
ELLIJAY, Ga – The Gilmer County Board of Commissioners are moving forward with plans to seek state recognition of the school system’s major success in the wrestling world with a proclamation of Gilmer as the State Wrestling Capital. Parents and Coaches filled the Commissioner’s conference room on Wednesday, September 12, to ask the board for […]
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