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Gilmer High School senior football players carry flags onto the field last Friday to honor first responders and military personnel.

Gilmer High School senior football players carry flags onto the field last Friday to honor first responders and military personnel.

GHS football honors military, first responders

News Staff
Tuesday, September 22, 2020
Gilmer High School senior football players carry flags onto the field last Friday to honor first responders and military personnel. First responder and military appreciation night was originally scheduled for the Sept. 11 game versus Fannin County before the Rebels canceled.
Times-Courier

Times-Courier

Project looks at alternate routes

Andy Ashurst - Publisher
Tuesday, September 22, 2020
Voices of Boardtown Road residents were heard, and Georgia Transmission Corporation is studying two alternate routes for transmission lines. Originally the project involved the installation of 10 miles of subtransmission line and poles along Boardtown Road.
Times-Courier

Times-Courier

County’s cabin rentals a booming business despite pandemic, shutdown

Michael Andrews - Mountain Life Editor
Tuesday, September 22, 2020
The COVID-19 pandemic has not closed the doors on cabin rentals in Gilmer County.  In fact, information provided by the Gilmer Chamber and Board of Commissioners points to the short-stay rentals increasing for 2020 thus far.
JC Sanford

JC Sanford

Former commission chairman, Gilmer native JC Sanford passes

Michael Andrews - Mountain Life Editor
Tuesday, September 15, 2020
Humble, honest and hard working are some of the ways that family and friends are remembering JC Sanford. The former county commissioner and longtime business owner passed away Saturday at the age of 78.
Drive-thru coronavirus testing is currently being offered in Gilmer County Monday, Wednesday and Friday, from 9-11 a.m., at the ETC Pavilion on Legion Road.

Drive-thru coronavirus testing is currently being offered in Gilmer County Monday, Wednesday and Friday, from 9-11 a.m., at the ETC Pavilion on Legion Road.

Gilmer Board of Health updated on county’s COVID-19 cases, testing

Michael Andrews - Mountain Life Editor
Tuesday, September 15, 2020
The number of new COVID-19 cases in Gilmer County has slowed since the most recent spike was seen in July, but cases are still being reported, the director of the North Georgia Health District told members of the Gilmer County Board of Health during a teleconference meeting held Tuesday, Sept. 8.
Gilmer Health Department nurse Jennifer Vick vaccinates a patient during one of the health department’s past drive-thru flu shot clinics.

Gilmer Health Department nurse Jennifer Vick vaccinates a patient during one of the health department’s past drive-thru flu shot clinics.

Drive-thru flu shot clinic scheduled

Michael Andrews - Mountain Life Editor
Tuesday, September 15, 2020
Getting a flu shot is even more important this year, advised the director of the North Georgia Health District during a meeting of the Gilmer County Board of Health last week. “I would encourage everyone to get an influenza vaccination this year for several reasons,” said Dr. Zachary Taylor.
Times-Courier

Times-Courier

COVID-19 cancels Gilmer, Fannin game

Robbie Bills - Sports Editor
Tuesday, September 15, 2020
The COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic nixed Gilmer’s home football game against Fannin County last Friday. FCHS reached out around noon Thursday to inform GHS head coach Kevin Saunders that the Rebels’ football team had been exposed to the virus.
Times-Courier

Times-Courier

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.

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...