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Wellsprings Psychological Resources staff members are (front, from left) Laura Huddleston, Amy Swails, Rebecca Stinson, Beverly Oxley, Mara Davis, Harold Rhoades, Tammy Arnold, Charity Parker, Cortney Puntervold, (back) Terry Morris, Elizabeth Gilchrest, Christopher Caldwell, Danny Bird, Noreen Braswell, Andeena Oxley and Tina Hart. Not pictured are Megan Al-Chacar and Wanda Heath.

Wellsprings Psychological Resources celebrates 10 years

FRANKLIN SPRINGS – More than a decade ago, Dr. Beverly Oxley had a vision. The vision itself was simple: provide a facility and personnel dedicated to mental health and wellness in the Northeast Georgia area. One leap of faith and 10 years later…

Lisa W. Manus

Thursday, January 23, 2020

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Franklin Springs Mayor Lee Moore said that a plan for a sales tax for roads should come with a promise to cut the millage rate.

Mayor urges millage cut for road pennies

Shane Scoggins

Thursday, January 23, 2020

CARNESVILLE – If local officials really want voters to pass a sales tax for roads, they should pledge to cut the millage if it passes.

Judge Lauren A. Watson announced Tuesday in a letter that she would not seek election to her seat.

Watson won't seek election

News Staff

Wednesday, January 22, 2020

CARNESVILLE – The Northern Judicial Circuit’s newest Superior Court judge won’t be running for a full term.

The Franklin County School System won't go along with an effort to double a property tax exemption for senior citizens this year. Officials are moving ahead with putting the idea of the exemption increase for property taxes that go to Franklin County and the Industrial Building Authority.

Effort to raise tax exemption won't include schools

Shane Scoggins

Friday, January 17, 2020

CARNESVILLE – The Franklin County School System will not be joining an effort to raise a property tax exemption for senior citizens.

At least not this year.

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Blair Housely is ready to raise a glass to the upcoming Dahlonega Brewery.

Mead maker taps into brewery market

News Staff

Tuesday, January 21, 2020

While some would say Dahlonega is late to the local brewery party, which has exploded in Georgia over the past few years, when the city’s first brewery opens later this spring, it’ll be the first of its kind in the state. Etowah Meadery, which opened in 2017, will be opening up Dahlonega...

Living in the Lavender at Red Oaks Lavender Farm

UNWIND: Living in the Lavender

News Staff

Friday, December 13, 2019

“It’s about giving back to the community.” For Tina and David Duffey, operating the Red Oak Lavender Farm is a way to interact with the community and to stay active postretirement. Originally from Atlanta, Tina has always preferred the outdoors and living in the country. Ten years ago, she...

Helen Dortch was born in Carnesville in 1863.

A woman ahead of her time

Shane Scoggins

Monday, December 9, 2019

Helen Dortch Longstreet was no stranger to controversy or fighting for the causes she believed in by the time the Georgia Railway and Power Company began work to dam Tallulah Falls in the 1910s.