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Animal-themed signs go up around downtown Ellijay prior to the Woofstock pet party presented by Friends of the Gilmer Animal Shelter.

Animal-themed signs go up around downtown Ellijay prior to the Woofstock pet party presented by Friends of the Gilmer Animal Shelter.

FOGAS to present Woofstock pet party

Michael Andrews - Mountain Life Editor
Wednesday, April 10, 2024
Peace signs will be plentiful among pet owners and their pals when Friends of the Gilmer Animal Shelter (FOGAS) present their Woofstock pet party Saturday, April 13.  The Woofstock festivities will be centered in the courthouse parking lot on Broad and Dalton Street starting at 10 a.m.
Classic cars, trucks and hot rods will be lined up at the park and ride on Craig Street during the Apple Country Auto Club’s upcoming series of monthly cruise-ins.

Classic cars, trucks and hot rods will be lined up at the park and ride on Craig Street during the Apple Country Auto Club’s upcoming series of monthly cruise-ins.

Car club gets rolling with cruise-ins

Michael Andrews - Mountain Life Editor
Wednesday, April 10, 2024
Ellijay’s charitable car club will be lining up the hot rods and popping the hoods when the club’s run of spring/summer cruise-ins gets rolling this week.  The Apple Country Auto Club will start its 2024 cruise-ins Friday, April 12. They will be held the second Friday of each month until September.
Janice Blanchard and her husband, Bill, traveled to Washington, D.C., in March to see her father’s unit be honored with a Congressional Gold Medal. However, after Janice tested positive for COVID, they watched the ceremony online. Here she displays some of the memorabilia of her father, Jack Stanley, who died in 2012.

Janice Blanchard and her husband, Bill, traveled to Washington, D.C., in March to see her father’s unit be honored with a Congressional Gold Medal. However, after Janice tested positive for COVID, they watched the ceremony online. Here she displays some of the memorabilia of her father, Jack Stanley, who died in 2012.

‘Ghost Army’ recognized in Congressional Gold Medal Ceremony

Mark Millican - Special to the Times-Courier
Wednesday, April 10, 2024
After a German army tank parked astride his foxhole one night during World War II, Sergeant Jack Stanley probably wondered about his prior decision to join the monumental conflict.
A plant sale hosted by the Gilmer County Master Gardeners will be part of the upcoming Coosawattee River Resort Earth Day Fair at River Park.

A plant sale hosted by the Gilmer County Master Gardeners will be part of the upcoming Coosawattee River Resort Earth Day Fair at River Park.

Earth Day Fair returns to River Park April 20

Michael Andrews - Mountain Life Editor
Wednesday, April 10, 2024
The Earth Day Fair sponsored by Coosawattee River Resort (CRR) will return to Ellijay’s River Park Saturday, April 20, from 11 a.m.-2 p.m. Earth Day is observed the following Monday, April 22.
Times-Courier

Times-Courier

Problems with courthouse HVAC

Andy Ashurst - Publisher
Wednesday, April 3, 2024
Gilmer County Commissioners have authorized an emergency expenditure of $685,000 to fix the control system for the HVAC system at the courthouse. Gilmer County Chair Charlie Paris said the current control system installed during the winter of 2023 was installed by Runyan and Associates.
Times-Courier

Times-Courier

Gilmer County hit by ransomware attack

Andy Ashurst - Publisher
Wednesday, April 3, 2024
Gilmer County government offices are working through a ransomware attack which hit their computer system last week. “We’re making progress,” County Chair Charlie Paris said. “For the most part, we are able to do business.
A crowd gathers outside the Gilmer County Library for the 2017 solar eclipse.

A crowd gathers outside the Gilmer County Library for the 2017 solar eclipse.

Gilmer should have good view of solar eclipse

Michael Andrews - Mountain Life Editor
Wednesday, April 3, 2024
Gilmer County may be able to see more than three-fourths of the full magnitude of an upcoming total solar eclipse — but that’s only a prediction.  The eclipse will take place  Monday, April 8.
Times-Courier

Times-Courier

Water authority board OKs plant repair projects

Michael Andrews - Mountain Life Editor
Wednesday, April 3, 2024
Members of the Ellijay- Gilmer County Water and Sewerage Authority approved a couple of expenses for pending repair projects at the water and wastewater treatment plants when meeting last week. One expense was for an overhaul of a worn influent pump at the wastewater treatment plant.
Brothers Attila and Vajc Atkinson wear their protective beekeeping gear during a recent mentoring session at the apiary maintained by the Beekeepers of Gilmer County.

Brothers Attila and Vajc Atkinson wear their protective beekeeping gear during a recent mentoring session at the apiary maintained by the Beekeepers of Gilmer County.

Bee club hopes to reach next generation of keepers

Michael Andrews - Mountain Life Editor
Wednesday, April 3, 2024
Two young aspiring beekeepers are getting hands-on experience tending hives with guidance from a local beekeeping club.  The Beekeepers of Gilmer County recently adopted their first family as part of the club’s effort to interest younger generations in beekeeping.