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Responders exposed to Fentanyl

Andy Ashurst - Publisher
Wednesday, May 25, 2022
Two Gilmer County deputies and five EMS personnel were hospitalized following exposure to suspected Fentanyl at the site of a vehicle crash. “All seven exposed members have been treated and released from the hospital,” said Gilmer County Public Safety Director Keith Kucera.
On Election Day, voters Mike and Gina Putman, with grandson, Ezra McClure, are helped by poll worker Andy Broughton, right, at the Ellijay Northeast (Lions Club) polling place.

On Election Day, voters Mike and Gina Putman, with grandson, Ezra McClure, are helped by poll worker Andy Broughton, right, at the Ellijay Northeast (Lions Club) polling place.

Early voting high for primary election

Michael Andrews - Mountain Life Editor
Wednesday, May 25, 2022
As Election Day commenced, 3,406 Gilmer County voters didn’t have to worry about setting time aside for the Tuesday, May 24, primary. That many had already voted early in person, according to the Gilmer Registrar’s Office. “We couldn’t ask for better in early voting.
Apple Country Auto Club members Mike Keesee, left, and Mike Bramlett, right, present two new tool chests and an array of tools, also seen below, to Gilmer High School Auto Tech students Robby Sanders, second from left, and Nick Chadwick, third from left.

Apple Country Auto Club members Mike Keesee, left, and Mike Bramlett, right, present two new tool chests and an array of tools, also seen below, to Gilmer High School Auto Tech students Robby Sanders, second from left, and Nick Chadwick, third from left.

GHS auto students receive tools of the trade

Michael Andrews - Mountain Life Editor
Wednesday, May 25, 2022
Two of the top students in the auto tech program at Gilmer High School (GHS) should have little trouble finding the right tools for future repairs.
Shrine Club Drive is pictured before, below, and after, above, it was paved and striped last week.

Shrine Club Drive is pictured before, below, and after, above, it was paved and striped last week.

Shrine Club Drive fully paved

Michael Andrews - Mountain Life Editor
Wednesday, May 25, 2022
The timing couldn’t have been better for recent paving of a cut-through road adopted last year by the City of Ellijay. Shrine Club Drive was paved last week, just a few days before the Tuesday, May 24, general primary election in which the nearby Coosawattee Shrine Club was used as a polling place.
Times-Courier

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GCSS pledges to ‘keep students fed’

Robbie Bills - Sports Editor
Wednesday, May 18, 2022
The Gilmer County School System has money to keep its kitchens stocked, now it just needs to find someone willing to deliver the food. Gilmer and surrounding school systems are in a similar pickle as distributor U.S. Foods appears to be no longer interested in doing business in the K-12 sector.
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Times-Courier

Hotel/motel tax passes first vote

News Staff
Wednesday, May 18, 2022
Gilmer County’s hotel/motel excise tax moved one step closer to rising from 5 percent to 8 percent. Gilmer County commissioners passed the first of two votes on the issue following a public hearing on the matter May 12.
Michael Bramlett, Jacob Callihan, Michele Penland, Sam Snider

Michael Bramlett, Jacob Callihan, Michele Penland, Sam Snider

Q&A for Board of Education candidates

News Staff
Wednesday, May 18, 2022
In advance of the upcoming May 24 general primary election, the Times-Courier asked candidates running for Board of Education Districts 4 and 5 to answer four questions. District 4 candidates are Michael Bramlett (incumbent) and Michele Penland.
Insurance agents Brett Cantrell, left, and Chris Wang, seated, were among those who spoke about local housing issues during a recent meeting of the Ellijay Downtown Development Authority.

Insurance agents Brett Cantrell, left, and Chris Wang, seated, were among those who spoke about local housing issues during a recent meeting of the Ellijay Downtown Development Authority.

County’s housing issues discussed, questioned at DDA meeting

Michael Andrews - Mountain Life Editor
Wednesday, May 18, 2022
Discussion of the county’s housing shortage and participation in a state housing plan development program became heated at times as the Ellijay Downtown Development Authority (DDA) heard comments from a concerned citizen and personal stories from local professionals at City Hall last Tuesday.