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Georgia USDA Rural Development Director Reggie Taylor, left, and acting Region 1 Director Holly Selph, right, look on as Georgia Mountains Health (GMH) CEO Steven Miracle, center, speaks during a groundbreaking ceremony for a new GMH medical and dental office in East Ellijay.

Georgia USDA Rural Development Director Reggie Taylor, left, and acting Region 1 Director Holly Selph, right, look on as Georgia Mountains Health (GMH) CEO Steven Miracle, center, speaks during a groundbreaking ceremony for a new GMH medical and dental office in East Ellijay.

Ground broken for new health care facility

Michael Andrews - Mountain Life Editor
Wednesday, August 10, 2022
Construction will soon begun on a new multipurpose health care clinic in East Ellijay, which is expected to open next spring. Ground was officially broken on the new Georgia Mountains Health facility Monday, Aug. 8. The almost 12,000-square foot clinic is being funded by a $4.
Gilmer High School car riders map

Gilmer High School car riders map

Changes made to GHS traffic routes

Robbie Bills - Sports Editor
Wednesday, August 3, 2022
Safety and efficiency led to alterations to Gilmer High’s traffic patterns for the new school year. GHS unveiled its revamped traffic diagrams last week, and the main changes are where buses and parents drop-off and pickup students.
The East Ellijay government is not in favor of Mountain View Drive (pictured above as it intersects with Highway 515) being used by a proposed subdivision.

The East Ellijay government is not in favor of Mountain View Drive (pictured above as it intersects with Highway 515) being used by a proposed subdivision.

East Ellijay against proposed subdivision using road

Michael Andrews - Mountain Life Editor
Wednesday, August 3, 2022
The City of East Ellijay is not in favor of allowing one of its roads to be used by a subdivision in the early planning stages.
Times-Courier

Times-Courier

Aldi store in future for East Ellijay

Michael Andrews - Mountain Life Editor
Wednesday, August 3, 2022
An Aldi supermarket planned for East Ellijay has begun filing its preconstruction paperwork, East Ellijay’s city planner told city councilmembers during a council meeting last Tuesday.
Volunteer Ray Costa re-arranges the shoe rack at Cartecay Thrift Store.

Volunteer Ray Costa re-arranges the shoe rack at Cartecay Thrift Store.

Cartecay Thrift to close for good at end of September

Michael Andrews - Mountain Life Editor
Wednesday, August 3, 2022
One of the managers at Cartecay Thrift Store calls the downtown Ellijay shop’s imminent closing “the worst kept secret in town,” as word about it has been circulating for several months now. “The thrifters group that hits Ellijay is pretty strong,” said Bill Ford, store manager.
Times-Courier

Times-Courier

Water board OKs exploring Carmeuse property as groundwater source

Michael Andrews - Mountain Life Editor
Wednesday, August 3, 2022
Ellijay-Gilmer County Water and Sewerage Authority board members gave the go-ahead for the water authority to explore using the Carmeuse mines in southern Gilmer County as a potential groundwater source when meeting Monday, July 25.
Gilmer Bobcats

Gilmer Bobcats

Open house next week for GCSS

Robbie Bills - Sports Editor
Wednesday, July 27, 2022
Gilmer County students and parents will have the opportunity to see what lies ahead for the upcoming school year. The Gilmer County School System will hold open house at its six schools next Tuesday, Aug. 2.
John Weaver poses with the prosthetic leg he lost in the Cartecay River four years ago; a diver from Tennessee found it downstream recently. Of the tattoo of a cross on his arm, he said there were “no doubts” God has helped him on his journey, and he wants it to be a witness. “That’s the reason I put it there,” he said.

John Weaver poses with the prosthetic leg he lost in the Cartecay River four years ago; a diver from Tennessee found it downstream recently. Of the tattoo of a cross on his arm, he said there were “no doubts” God has helped him on his journey, and he wants it to be a witness. “That’s the reason I put it there,” he said.

Prosthetic leg lost in river found four years later

Mark Millican - Special to the Times-Courier
Wednesday, July 27, 2022
John Weaver was 13 when diagnosed with juvenile “brittle” diabetes. “I didn’t know what it was,” he said of the prognosis that includes disruption of daily life. “They explained it to me, but still, when you just turn a teenager you don’t really comprehend it.