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Attendees enjoyed a variety of literacy-themed activities and games during the first Family Literacy Night at Huff-Mosley Memorial Stadium in 2019.

Attendees enjoyed a variety of literacy-themed activities and games during the first Family Literacy Night at Huff-Mosley Memorial Stadium in 2019.

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Family literacy night returning to stadium April 29

Michael Andrews - Mountain Life Editor
Wednesday, April 13, 2022
A family literacy night will soon return to Huff-Mosley Memorial Stadium after a two-year absence. The event will take place Friday, April 29, from 6-8 p.m., at the Bobcat football stadium on the campus of Gilmer High School. Admission is free.
By Michael Andrews Mountain Life Editor The Gilmer Arts Community Chorus invites the public to enjoy a program of heartfelt singing and exciting music at its upcoming spring concert. The chorus concert will be held Sunday, April 24, at Ellijay First United Methodist Church (FUMC), 75 McCutchen Street. It will begin at 4 p.m. Admission is $10 for adults, $5 for ages 12-18 and kids under 12 are free. It will be the longstanding community chorus’ first concert in two years after no spring or fall shows i

By Michael Andrews Mountain Life Editor The Gilmer Arts Community Chorus invites the public to enjoy a program of heartfelt singing and exciting music at its upcoming spring concert. The chorus concert will be held Sunday, April 24, at Ellijay First United Methodist Church (FUMC), 75 McCutchen Street. It will begin at 4 p.m. Admission is $10 for adults, $5 for ages 12-18 and kids under 12 are free. It will be the longstanding community chorus’ first concert in two years after no spring or fall shows i

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Community chorus bringing spring concert to FUMC

Michael Andrews - Mountain Life Editor
Wednesday, April 13, 2022
The Gilmer Arts Community Chorus invites the public to enjoy a program of heartfelt singing and exciting music at its upcoming spring concert. The chorus concert will be held Sunday, April 24, at Ellijay First United Methodist Church (FUMC), 75 McCutchen Street. It will begin at 4 p.m.
Jamie Willis Whitener, 44, and Natalie Lynn Scogin, 47, both of Murphy, N.C., were charged with trafficking heroin after being stopped on Hwy. 515 North in Gilmer County March 30.

Jamie Willis Whitener, 44, and Natalie Lynn Scogin, 47, both of Murphy, N.C., were charged with trafficking heroin after being stopped on Hwy. 515 North in Gilmer County March 30.

Two charged with trafficking heroin

News Staff
Wednesday, April 6, 2022
Two North Carolina residents were arrested and 10.9 grams of heroin were seized in Gilmer County. Jamie Willis Whitener, 44, and Natalie Lynn Scogin, 47, both of Murphy, N.C., were charged with trafficking heroin after being stopped on Hwy. 515 North in Gilmer County March 30.
A forensic artist’s rendering of the man provided by the GBI.

A forensic artist’s rendering of the man provided by the GBI.

GBI seeks help identifying man

News Staff
Wednesday, April 6, 2022
An unidentified man has been found dead on Springer Mountain. The man was found off the Benton MacKaye Trail in Fannin County Jan. 21. He is believed to be a hiker. Georgia Bureau of Investigation agents are seeking the public’s help in identifying the man.
Jonathan Litke, an AEMT with Gilmer Fire and Rescue, checks supplies in back of one of the department’s ambulances. A recent allocation of ARPA funding by East Ellijay will allow Gilmer Fire to put new equipment, including ventilators, on its ambulances.

Jonathan Litke, an AEMT with Gilmer Fire and Rescue, checks supplies in back of one of the department’s ambulances. A recent allocation of ARPA funding by East Ellijay will allow Gilmer Fire to put new equipment, including ventilators, on its ambulances.

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East Ellijay funding new ambulance equipment

Michael Andrews - Mountain Life Editor
Wednesday, April 6, 2022
The East Ellijay City Council has approved letting $40,000 of unused American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) grant funding go to the county fire and rescue department. If not spent, the grant funding received by East Ellijay has to be sent back, noted Mayor Mack West during a March 22 city council meeting.
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Ellijay council hires website company, tables liquor store ordinance

Michael Andrews - Mountain Life Editor
Wednesday, April 6, 2022
The Ellijay City Council approved hiring a web design company to maintain the City of Ellijay website, while also tabling the second reading of a packaged liquor ordinance, when meeting at City Hall Monday, March 21.
Ryan Swartz, of Highland Rivers Health, leads the Narcan training presentation at the Craddock Center.

Ryan Swartz, of Highland Rivers Health, leads the Narcan training presentation at the Craddock Center.

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Nonprofits partner to offer Narcan training

Michael Andrews - Mountain Life Editor
Wednesday, April 6, 2022
The medicated nasal spray Narcan can mean the difference between life and death for someone in the throes of an opioid overdose.
Kids Ferst volunteer Eileen Below reads to Gilmer County schoolchildren during a past Dr. Seuss Day.

Kids Ferst volunteer Eileen Below reads to Gilmer County schoolchildren during a past Dr. Seuss Day.

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Kids Ferst marks 15 years of books, early reading for Gilmer families

Michael Andrews - Mountain Life Editor
Wednesday, April 6, 2022
As a Gilmer childhood literacy nonprofit turns 15, its members are glad to be back out in the community registering kids to receive free books after being unable for much of the COVID-19 pandemic.
A new parking lot will be put in the area of River Park where the old tennis courts were recently torn down.

A new parking lot will be put in the area of River Park where the old tennis courts were recently torn down.

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More park parking to come

Michael Andrews - Mountain Life Editor
Wednesday, April 6, 2022
The area where Gilmer Parks and Rec. tennis courts sat for many years will eventually provide something that River Park always needs more of — parking spaces. The courts just off South Main Street have been demolished over the past few months, and piled rubble is all that remain of them now.