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East Ellijay Police Chief Larry Callahan

East Ellijay Police Chief Larry Callahan

Police chief’s quick thinking saves life

Michael Andrews - Mountain Life Editor
Wednesday, August 10, 2022
When an emergency medical call came across the scanner on a recent July morning, East Ellijay’s police chief knew time would be crucial to its outcome. A woman wasn’t breathing at a home on Cherry Street, near the East Ellijay City Hall and Police Station.
Times-Courier

Times-Courier

Fuel charge added to solid waste contract

Andy Ashurst - Publisher
Wednesday, August 10, 2022
Waste Pro took over hauling Gilmer County’s solid waste at the beginning of 2022, but at a special called meeting, commissioners were putting the finishing touches on the contract. Gilmer County Chair Charlie Paris said everything has been running smoothly with the company.
This photo was taken on a cell phone by Ellen Parks, who lives off Roundtop Road in southern Gilmer County. Parks met with the reporter of this article and shared her phone’s data. The date (June 25) and time (2:36 p.m.) stamps were verified, and the reporter also saw the tree and surrounding area where the photo was taken. The phone showed other data such as the camera’s f-stop (aperture) setting and has a standard 28mm lens. In the photo above, Parks zoomed out to 130mm, according to the data on her phone

This photo was taken on a cell phone by Ellen Parks, who lives off Roundtop Road in southern Gilmer County. Parks met with the reporter of this article and shared her phone’s data. The date (June 25) and time (2:36 p.m.) stamps were verified, and the reporter also saw the tree and surrounding area where the photo was taken. The phone showed other data such as the camera’s f-stop (aperture) setting and has a standard 28mm lens. In the photo above, Parks zoomed out to 130mm, according to the data on her phone

Big cat sighting stirs controversy

Mark Millican - Special to the Times-Courier
Wednesday, August 10, 2022
When Ellen Parks heard a neighbor’s cat crying outside her home in Creekside Estates, she ventured outside to see what was wrong. “It was way up in the top of a tree, and at that point I didn’t see the big cat,” she said of an alleged panther on a lower limb of the tree.
Times-Courier

Times-Courier

East Ellijay no longer allowing fireworks stands

Michael Andrews - Mountain Life Editor
Wednesday, August 10, 2022
East Ellijay will no longer allow outside fireworks vendors to temporarily set up shop following a recent vote by its city council.
Mark Millican is shown with a copy of his new book Some Gave All, which profiles the young men from Gilmer, Murray and Whitfield County who died serving in the Vietnam War.

Mark Millican is shown with a copy of his new book Some Gave All, which profiles the young men from Gilmer, Murray and Whitfield County who died serving in the Vietnam War.

Millican’s book honors lives of north Georgia soldiers cut short in Vietnam

Michael Andrews - Mountain Life Editor
Wednesday, August 10, 2022
A new book by a Times-Courier family member shines light on young Georgia soldiers who died in the Vietnam War. In Some Gave All, Mark Millican profiles 23 young men from Gilmer, Whitfield and Murray counties, some of whom arrived in Vietnam as young as age 18.
Times-Courier

Times-Courier

Shoe drive till Aug. 28 at Ellijay Hope Lutheran

Michael Andrews - Mountain Life Editor
Wednesday, August 10, 2022
Ellijay Hope Lutheran Church is again collecting shoes, many of which will travel around the world to children in need. The church, located at 3295 Old Highway 5 South, began its annual shoe drive July 31.
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.