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Gilmer Tea Party Hosts Senatorial Town Hall Meeting

On Saturday August 20th, The Gilmer County Tea Party will host a Senatorial Town Hall Meeting at The North Georgia…

15 years ago

Messy Start To School In Gilmer County

Ugly. There's just no other way to put it. The first day of school in Gilmer County got off to…

15 years ago

BOE New Administrative Office Building For $667,000 (Video)

Tuesday night, the Gilmer County Board of Education voted to purchase the Bank of Ellijay building from the F.D.I.C. to…

15 years ago

How Raising a Barn Raised The American Spirit In Ellijay

ELLIJAY -- It's been a week since they arrived and just days since they've been gone. Yet, what they brought…

15 years ago

New Pipeline Expected to Lower Price of Natural Gas For Consumers In Ellijay and Blue Ridge

A proposal to extend a natural gas pipeline for 20 miles between Ellijay and Blue Ridge got the green light…

15 years ago

Conviction Reversed: Gilmer Woman To Face Second Trial For Murder of Her Mother

A young Ellijay woman will stand trial for murder a second time, after the Georgia Supreme Court issued a rare…

15 years ago

Get Ready Gilmer: Property Taxes Maybe Going Up

The atmosphere was tense at the Gilmer County Court House as the Board of Commissioners gathered for a hastily called…

15 years ago

The True American Spirit Alive and Thriving In Ellijay: An Army of Volunteers Arrive

Under the sweltering heat of late July, volunteers from around the country flooded the property of Build an Ark Foundation…

15 years ago

The National 9/11 Flag Arrives In Ellijay

You could hear the sirens ... see the flashing lights from a parade of fire and police vehicles ... and…

15 years ago

Gilmer Co. Board of Education Takes Up 2012 Budget and Possible Millage Increase

On Monday night, at a special meeting in a nearly empty conference room, the Gilmer County Board of Education passed…

15 years ago

National 9/11 Flag Arrives in Ellijay Thursday: Rebuilding America One Stitch At A Time:

Five years ago Jimmy Sands went to work ~ just like any other day. As a member of the Fire…

15 years ago

Tax Increase Vote Set For August 11th

Gilmer County Commissioner Will Beattie compared the vote to the feeling of being pushed off a cliff. Yet, after a…

15 years ago

Lightning Strikes Cornerstone Baptist Church in Cherry Log, GA – Total Loss

Updated 6/16 1:40 pm FYN interview with Dr. Paul Mims is now posted. Dr. Mims is the Pastor of Cornerstone…

15 years ago

Fire and Rescue Chief Tony Pritchett, Press Conference /Sad Ending as Search Confirms No Survivors

***Alert*** Updated 11:15 pm: FYN speaks with Chief Pritchett; he confirms there are no survivors. At 11:15pm tonight, Gilmer County…

15 years ago

Georgia Speaker David Ralston Salutes Gilmer Veterans

During Monday’s Memorial Day event in Ellijay, Georgia Speaker of the House David Ralston presented a house resolution that salutes…

15 years ago

Charter School Application to Move Forward without BOE’s Support

"Do not partition Gilmer County into two separate school systems,” this was one of the comments Isaac Lassiter intended to…

15 years ago