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Huff’s Drug Store pharmacists Danny Postell, Justin Hildreth and Steve Purvis are shown with some of the Deterra pouches the local pharmacy is offering. Funded by an opioid abuse reduction grant from Mercer University, the pouches can be used to safely de-activate and dispose of certain prescription medications.
Ashley Hoppers, Gilmer County Extension Agent, right, joins Georgia Forestry Commission employees including, from left, forester Ben Cobb, North Georgia Community Forester Lea Clark and Gilmer forester Richie Mullen to spread mulch around a newly planted serviceberry tree. The community tree planting was held in recognition of Georgia Arbor Day.
Pictured front row, from left, Lisa Anders, Explore Gwinnett; Jennifer Grimmer, Gilmer Chamber President and CEO; Caitlin Neal, Gilmer Chamber Communications Director; Natalie Knight, Gilmer Chamber Events Director. Back row, Ron Cheslock, Pick Ellijay Tourism Director; Jay Markwalter, Georgia Association of Convention and Visitors Bureaus’ Executive Director.
Karon Warren, left, holds a copy of her book, “100 Things to Do in the North Georgia Mountains Before You Die,” alongside Samantha Callihan, of The Pink Pig. The Cherry Log barbecue restaurant is among several Gilmer County businesses and attractions featured in the travel guide.
Dr. David Roberson, of VCA Appalachian Animal Hospital, holds a feral cat that is in the first group of ferals to be fixed under a trap, neuter and release program led by Friends of the Gilmer Animal Shelter.
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Longtime East Ellijay Mayor Mack West is pictured with wife, Ann.
Gilmer County Sheriff’s Office personnel gather around the memorial marker for late Gilmer deputy Brett Dickey as a ceremony held to honor Dickey’s memory began Monday morning outside the courthouse. Dickey was killed in the line of duty on Feb. 13, 1996.
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