• Over 50 ways to “Eat Your Apple” Delicious Recipes

    Gilmer County is known as the  “Apple Capital of Georgia” and holds an annual Georgia Apple Festival.  August through November is Apple Season in Gilmer County! Enjoy our many apple houses, where you can pick your own apples. In October visit the Georgia Apple Festival and Apple Arts on the Square.  FYNTV.com will be broadcasting LIVE […]

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  • Gilmer County – State Election Results (FINAL)

     2018 Georgia Election Results from Gilmer County Unofficial and Complete   Governor: Brian Kemp (R) – 10,439 Stacey Abrams (D) – 1,911 Ted Metz (L) – 121       Lieutenant Governor: Geoff Duncan (R) – 10,050 Sarah Riggs Amico (D) – 1,956         Secretary of State: Brad  Raffensperger (R) – 10,026 John […]

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  • University of North Georgia breaks ground on standalone Blue Ridge Campus

    The University of North Georgia (UNG) broke ground Oct. 17 on a new standalone Blue Ridge Campus facility, with a host of state officials, community members and university representatives joining President Bonita C. Jacobs to mark the occasion. The sunny fall day in the Fannin County mountains matched the excitement about the opportunities the new […]

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  • PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT SEWER OVERFLOW

    On Monday October 15, 2018, the Ellijay-Gilmer County Water & Sewerage Authority (Authority) experienced a sewer manhole overflow on River Street just west of Sailors Drive in the City of Ellijay. The overflow volume was less than 5,000 gallons; most of which was contained in a culvert pipe with poor drainage. The Authority hired a […]

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  • Survey Weeds Now

      By: Eddie Ayers, County Extension Agent Late summer/early fall is an excellent time for you to survey or map the weeds in your pastures, hay fields, orchards, and lawns, but it’s not the best time to spray. The majority of weeds growing in early fall are usually summer annuals and summer perennials. Many people […]

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  • Blue Ridge Soap Box Derby Sponsorship

    Thanks for your consideration in sponsoring this community event! We are The Blue Ridge Soap Box Derby, a 501c3 organization. With a festival or event almost monthly, there is always something exciting to do here. However, most of the events are tourist driven and not geared towards kids in particular, so we set out to […]

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  • Public health staff in North Georgia recognized as Immunization Champions

    NORTH GEORGIA – The North Georgia Health District was honored with the 2018 Walt Orenstein Champions for Immunization Award at the Immunize Georgia Conference, recently held for the 25th year by the Georgia Department of Public Health in Atlanta. The conference is an occasion to give special recognition to public health immunization champions for their […]

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  • SOCIALISM OR CAPITALISM – YOU CHOOSE THIS ELECTION!

    In the 2018 election for Governor in Georgia the NAMES DON’T MATTER. The election this year is very simple, you are either voting for Socialism or Capitalism, plain and simple. Don’t let the media fool you and don’t bother listening to the campaign ads. The trash about either candidate is meaningless. And, if you are […]

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  • Political Language at War

    The great political philosopher George Orwell once opined: ”Political language is designed to make lies sound truthful and murder respectable, and to give an appearance of solidity to pure wind.” Once, well crafted political speech, like that Winston Churchill and Ronald Reagan produced, were magical in their rhetorical realism and their prophetic truths. Political speech […]

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  • Myth’s, Illusions or Truths?

    Most of our nation’s young people under the age of 30, are the products of some form of government control. They enjoyed free meals at schools, health care, education, housing, etc.. The expected requirement of their acceptance was to obey teachers and school administrators. The punishment that followed, if they deviated from the official dogma, […]

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  • Is Institutionalization The Answer?

    Mary Todd Lincoln moved to Chicago after the assassination of her husband at the end of the Civil War. In her grief she continued her old habits of flittering away her money, a trait that drove her husband Abe, almost nuts when he was alive and driving her son Todd nuts as well and so, […]

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  • The Weekly Word Devotional

    Stephen A. Brown, Marketplace Ministries, inc. In 2005 my wife Mary Ann was diagnosed with cancer. I posted signs in our home that read: Too Blessed to be Stressed. Following surgery, she underwent months of radiation treatments. Today she is cancer free! We were shocked to learn that her surgeon lost her life to cancer. […]

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  • ECHOES OF THE PAST

    The United States has only seen the face of war one time. That time was during the Civil War and was mostly in the Southern states from 1861 to 1865. It was an ugly time of brother against brother and the first time total war was practiced on the civilian population by General William T. […]

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  • Brian Kemp silent on allowing voters to decide on official English

     Pro-English voters should ask questions By: D.A. King  A December 2015 Rosetta Stone poll showed that a bipartisan 76% of Georgians support making English Georgia’s constitutional official language. The idea is English as official, not “English only” as goes the portrayal by dishonest opponents. Policy differences for candidates in the race for Georgia governor may […]

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