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Deadline Friday for free, reduced lunch applications

Robbie Bills - Sports Editor
Tuesday, September 15, 2020
The Gilmer County School System is urging families in need to complete the free and reduced lunch applications this week. A student’s free and reduced status from last school year carries over  30 days into the 2020-2021 school year, which means the deadline for applications  is Friday, Sept. 18.
Pictured is a back issue of the Georgia Farmer’s Market Bulletin dated Jan. 7,1948, that is among hundreds of vintage issues of the publication that can now be read for free at the Digital Library of Georgia’s online archive.

Pictured is a back issue of the Georgia Farmer’s Market Bulletin dated Jan. 7,1948, that is among hundreds of vintage issues of the publication that can now be read for free at the Digital Library of Georgia’s online archive.

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Vintage back issues of Market Bulletin can now be read online for free

Michael Andrews - Mountain Life Editor
Tuesday, September 15, 2020
By Mandy Mastrovita Digital Library of Georgia Thanks to a partnership with the Georgia Department of Agriculture, the University of Georgia Map and Government Information Library (MAGIL) and the Digital Library of Georgia, more than 1,712 issues of the Farmers and Consumers Market Bulletin...
The pygmy goats from the petting zoo at Hillcrest Orchards.

The pygmy goats from the petting zoo at Hillcrest Orchards.

Gilmer Chamber launches This Is Ellijay initiative

Michael Andrews - Mountain Life Editor
Tuesday, September 15, 2020
The Gilmer Chamber is using both a new Facebook group and its website to share stories about interesting local residents.
Kids Ferst volunteers gather for a 2019 group photo. From left, front: Carolyn Thompson, Stan Ashworth, Rena Ashworth, Dottie Piehler, Joan Blomquist, Lynne Becker and Eileen Bailey; center: Galen Forbes, Judy Serritella, Susan Marler, Jacqueline Poole, Kathy Stephens, Judy Harvey, Eileen Below, Ben Bailey and Ann Buehler; back: George McClellan and Emil Harvey.

Kids Ferst volunteers gather for a 2019 group photo. From left, front: Carolyn Thompson, Stan Ashworth, Rena Ashworth, Dottie Piehler, Joan Blomquist, Lynne Becker and Eileen Bailey; center: Galen Forbes, Judy Serritella, Susan Marler, Jacqueline Poole, Kathy Stephens, Judy Harvey, Eileen Below, Ben Bailey and Ann Buehler; back: George McClellan and Emil Harvey.

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Kids Ferst seeing decline in new registrations, fundraising

Michael Andrews - Mountain Life Editor
Tuesday, September 8, 2020
Kids Ferst, a nonprofit childhood literacy group that’s the Gilmer County affiliate of the statewide Ferst Readers program, is still functioning and providing books to local children.
Alcoholics Anonymous: Unity, Service, Recovery

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Local AA group needs new place to meet

Michael Andrews - Mountain Life Editor
Tuesday, September 8, 2020
An Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) group that serves the Gilmer County area is searching for a new, and hopefully long-term, place to meet.
Tiffany Watson, new executive director for Gilmer Family Connection, is pictured in back with her three sons, from left, Luke, Sam and Jake Watson.

Tiffany Watson, new executive director for Gilmer Family Connection, is pictured in back with her three sons, from left, Luke, Sam and Jake Watson.

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Gilmer Family Connection welcomes new executive director

Michael Andrews - Mountain Life Editor
Tuesday, September 8, 2020
The new executive director of Gilmer County’s Family Connection office is happy to begin her work, despite some of the program’s events and meetings being sidelined by the COVID-19 pandemic.  Tiffany Watson officially became the county’s new Family Connection director Aug.
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Gilmer students to receive free meals

Robbie Bills - Sports Editor
Tuesday, September 8, 2020
The U.S. Department of Agriculture has provided emergency funding that will feed Gilmer County students attending in-person instruction. The department’s Aug. 31 press release stated, “The USDA will extend several flexibilities through as late as Dec. 31, 2020.
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Labor Day backwoods rescue

Andy Ashurst - Publisher
Tuesday, September 8, 2020
Gilmer County Public Safety personnel put their training into practice during a rescue in the Rich Mountain area. An individual on a Labor Day motorcycle ride was 8 miles up a forest service road when he was involved in a crash, said Gilmer County Public Safety Director Keith Kucera.
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Bracing for Nov. 3 election

Andy Ashurst - Publisher
Tuesday, September 8, 2020
Preparations for the Nov. 3 election, which includes the presidential election as well as two senate seats in Georgia, are ramping up. Gilmer County Chief Registrar Tammy Watkins has a request for local voters. “Be prepared to be patient,” she said.