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Left, Cicily Sykes, of Powder Springs, sets up shop at the Springs BBQ Affairs booth before the Apple Festival gets underway. Right, Pat Lewis, proprietor of Crafts by Pat, traveled from Covington to set up her Apple Festival booth with help from the Grinch.

Left, Cicily Sykes, of Powder Springs, sets up shop at the Springs BBQ Affairs booth before the Apple Festival gets underway. Right, Pat Lewis, proprietor of Crafts by Pat, traveled from Covington to set up her Apple Festival booth with help from the Grinch.

Apple Festival brings smiles

News Staff
Tuesday, October 15, 2019
Joe Sewell, of the Gilmer Chamber, surveys the Ellijay Lions Club Fairgrounds after spaces for Georgia Apple Festival vendor booths had been flagged and set last week.

Joe Sewell, of the Gilmer Chamber, surveys the Ellijay Lions Club Fairgrounds after spaces for Georgia Apple Festival vendor booths had been flagged and set last week.

Apple Festival setup no small potatoes

News Staff
Tuesday, October 15, 2019
The tens of thousands who attend and spend at the Georgia Apple Festival aren’t the only important numbers related to the banner annual event.
2019 Apple Festival Magazine

2019 Apple Festival Magazine

Welcome to the 48th Annual Georgia Apple Festival!

News Staff
Wednesday, October 9, 2019
This year's magazine is full of great information about the variety of things to do and see in the area this fall season! Find information about the Apple Festival itself, other area festivals, our rivers, mountains, apple houses, vineyards, complete with maps and details on how to find them.
The uniquely outfitted bicycle once ridden by the late RT Henson will be on display at the Gilmer Chamber’s Downtown Ellijay Welcome Center from Oct. 11-20. The lacquered bike is seen above next to a painting of Henson by artist Daniel Norris during a 2009 public tour of the artist and inventor’s equally unique Ellijay home.

The uniquely outfitted bicycle once ridden by the late RT Henson will be on display at the Gilmer Chamber’s Downtown Ellijay Welcome Center from Oct. 11-20. The lacquered bike is seen above next to a painting of Henson by artist Daniel Norris during a 2009 public tour of the artist and inventor’s equally unique Ellijay home.

RT’s bike on display at downtown welcome center

News Staff
Wednesday, October 9, 2019
Visitors who stop by the Gilmer Chamber’s Downtown Ellijay Welcome Center between Oct. 11 and 20 will be greeted by a display that pays tribute to a late Ellijay man who’s been described as reclusive, brilliant and ahead of his time.
The mountain scenery of Carters Lake and its many recreational opportunities beguile a half-million people to visit these shores each year, according to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. (Photo by Mark Millican)

The mountain scenery of Carters Lake and its many recreational opportunities beguile a half-million people to visit these shores each year, according to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. (Photo by Mark Millican)

Citizens ask board to keep Carters Lake facilities open

News Staff
Wednesday, October 9, 2019
Extra chairs were brought in the Board of Commissioners meeting room to accommodate the citizens who showed up at a special called meeting. Still some citizens had to stand during the Oct. 8 meeting.
Ralph Heller is pictured at the start of the approach trail to the Appalachian Trail. The location is at the visitor center at Amicalola State Park.

Ralph Heller is pictured at the start of the approach trail to the Appalachian Trail. The location is at the visitor center at Amicalola State Park.

MacKaye Trail subject of historical society speaker

News Staff
Tuesday, October 8, 2019
The Gilmer County Historical Society and Museum will welcome a past president of the Benton MacKaye Trail Association (BMTA) to discuss the past and present of the popular footpath named for the man who envisioned the Appalachian Trail (AT).
Times-Courier

Times-Courier

$1 million in cuts facing commissioners

Andy Ashurst - Publisher
Tuesday, October 8, 2019
Gilmer County’s Commission Board is facing the prospect of cutting $1 million from the budget requests they received last week. Chairman Charlie Paris said the budgets presented by the department heads had $500,000 more in spending than projected revenues.
Tracie Sanchez, of the Explore Georgia Tourism Product Development Resource Team, talks about how the tourism potential for outdoor recreation in Ellijay can be increased.

Tracie Sanchez, of the Explore Georgia Tourism Product Development Resource Team, talks about how the tourism potential for outdoor recreation in Ellijay can be increased.

State team outlines tourism report, recommendations for Ellijay

News Staff
Tuesday, October 8, 2019
Personnel from the City of Ellijay, Gilmer County government and others were given recommendations on how to increase Ellijay’s tourism potential during an Oct. 1 presentation at the Piedmont Community Center.
Wrapping gifts is one big way that volunteers help the local Toys for Tots distribution effort come together each year.

Wrapping gifts is one big way that volunteers help the local Toys for Tots distribution effort come together each year.

Gilmer’s Toys for Tots campaign underway

News Staff
Tuesday, October 8, 2019
The Toys for Tots team that typically provides presents for more than 1,000 local children each Christmas is gearing up for its 2019 toy drive and distribution campaign. The campaign led by the local U.S.