A chained-down Toys for Tots donation box like this one was recently taken from downtown shop TJ and Company Antiques. The pictured box sits on the store’s front counter, while the tampered-with box was in its rest room.

North Georgia Mountain Crisis Network representatives Julia Gilliam, left, and Kimberly O’Neal, right, join Gilmer Commission Chairman Charlie Paris for the signing of a proclamation that designates April as Sexual Assault Awareness Month in the county.

A forthcoming project will provide improvements to the downtown Ellijay roundabout, including preventing damage to the traffic circle’s concrete curbing.

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Gilmer High School STAR Student Morgan Todd, right, is pictured with his STAR Teacher Joe Pflueger, center, and Ellijay Lions Club President Sam Burrell, left.

Pictured is a semi-feral cat that arrived at the Gilmer Animal Shelter pregnant with kittens. The purpose of a new trap, fix and release program is to reduce an overpopulation of feral cats in the county.

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Periodical cicadas have red eyes, a black body and orange wings. By contrast, annual cicadas, which can be seen each year, have black eyes and green wings. (UGA picture)