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Anne DeStefano arranges a table for last year’s Christmas Cookie Walk at Ellijay Good Samaritan Catholic Church. The event will not be held this year due to the continuing COVID-19 pandemic.

Anne DeStefano arranges a table for last year’s Christmas Cookie Walk at Ellijay Good Samaritan Catholic Church. The event will not be held this year due to the continuing COVID-19 pandemic.

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Good Samaritan Cookie Walk will not be held this year

Michael Andrews - Mountain Life Editor
Tuesday, December 15, 2020
A popular fundraising bake sale long hosted by Ellijay Good Samaritan Catholic Church will not take place this year, the church has decided.
Alan Starks (left) and Ted Stanfield

Alan Starks (left) and Ted Stanfield

‘Cousin Eddie’ in Ellijay

News Staff
Tuesday, December 15, 2020
When Ted Stanfield (right) got a call from his best friend of 30-plus years, Alan Starks (left) suggesting that, since it’s been such a crazy year, they dress up like cousin Eddie from the 1989 comedy National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation, and take some pictures on the Square in Ellijay, he...
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Rapid COVID-19 testing now available at health department

Michael Andrews - Mountain Life Editor
Tuesday, December 15, 2020
Rapid COVID-19 tests are now being given at the Gilmer County Health Department.  Krystal Sumner, the local health department’s nurse manager, said the BinaxNOW rapid tests are given to patients who have coronavirus symptoms.
Pictured above, from left, are: ETC Chief Operating Officer Jason Smith, ETC’s John and Cathy Harrison, Sen. Steve Gooch, Rep. Rick Jasperse, ETC’s David and Marianne Bowman, Georgia EMC CEO Dennis Chastain and Amicalola CEO Todd Payne.

Pictured above, from left, are: ETC Chief Operating Officer Jason Smith, ETC’s John and Cathy Harrison, Sen. Steve Gooch, Rep. Rick Jasperse, ETC’s David and Marianne Bowman, Georgia EMC CEO Dennis Chastain and Amicalola CEO Todd Payne.

Details of broadband expansion project officially announced

News Staff
Tuesday, December 15, 2020
Details of a forthcoming project in which local service providers Amicalola Membership Corporation (AEMC) and Ellijay Telephone Company (ETC) will partner to expand high-speed internet access in portions of their shared north Georgia service areas were officially announced Wednesday, Dec.
Keep Gilmer Beautiful advisory board members Jay Zipperman, Karen Vitelli, MyKey Cook and Jim Harris are pictured in front of a truck that was filled during the group’s first e-waste recycling event.

Keep Gilmer Beautiful advisory board members Jay Zipperman, Karen Vitelli, MyKey Cook and Jim Harris are pictured in front of a truck that was filled during the group’s first e-waste recycling event.

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Keep Gilmer Beautiful among governor’s award winners

Michael Andrews - Mountain Life Editor
Tuesday, December 15, 2020
Though some of their projects for this year may have been cut short or reshuffled, members of Keep Gilmer Beautiful are happy to have recently received a commendation from statewide organization Keep Georgia Beautiful and Gov. Brian Kemp.