Craig Danner Graybill Mr. Craig Danner Graybill, age 72, of Smyrna RD, Blairsville, passed away Thursday, September 15, 2011 at Union General Hospital after a brief illness. Craig was born, November 23, 1938, in Manheim, PA a son of the late Noah B. and Evelyn Graybill. He had lived here for the past...

Dorothy Jean Pochis Mrs. Dorothy Jean Pochis, age 81, of Sweet Bay Dr, Blairsville, passed away Monday, September 12, 2011 at her home after an extended illness. Mrs. Pochis was born, December 6, 2011, in Tampa, FL, daughter of the late John and Violet Shaddick Broack. She was a member of ROTC At Hillsborough...

Mrs. Hilda Boling Burnette, age 74, of Blue Ridge, Georgia passed away September 15, 2011 at her home.  Mrs. Burnette was born January 17, 1937 in McCaysville, GA to the late Thomas Clark and Othella Smith Boling. She was Methodist in faith and she was preceded in death by her parents, one brother,...

ARTICLE WRITTEN BY STUDENT COLBY MOORE Shootout at high noon During the break between NGTC’s last quarter and the inaugural semester, a group of seven students from the Commercial Photography Program went on an unusual series of field trips.  Katherine Clardy of Toccoa, Melissa Henderson of...

North Georgia students can engineer their future Since 2009, Southern Polytechnic State University (SPSU) and North Georgia Technical College (NGTC) have been working hand-in-hand, with the support of the Technical College System of Georgia (TCSG), to aggressively pursue a program that matches the SPSU...

Auction to help animals Friends of Gilmer County Animal Shelter (FOGAS) and Castaway Critters Pet Rescue (CCPR) have joined forces to hold a Fundraising Auction in Blue Ridge, Georgia at the Kiwanis building at the fairgrounds, 124 Jones St., in Blue Ridge. The date is Saturday, Oct. 1 at 6:30 p.m. Preview...

Electric Co-op builds for the future Progress report provided at annual meeting By Frank Bradley Sentinel writer HIAWASSEE–Exactly 483 members of Blue Ridge Mountain Electric Membership Cooperative either registered on-line or showed up and signed in for the annual membership meeting last Saturday....

Paying homage to the old Unicoi Turnpike The commissioner puts county on pay as you go plan By Frank Bradley Sentinel writer Bids were opened for materials to be used at the Foster Farm Memorial Park. Low bid winners were: Storm drain pipe went to Culvert Sales with a total cost of $32,363.59; Weir...

By Frank Bradley Sentinel writer HIAWASSEE–On a nippy morning last Friday, a week before fall, about 50 folks gathered on the Hiawassee town square to hear the Appalachian Trail Conservancy designate the cities of Hiawassee, Young Harris and Towns County as an Appalachian Trail Community. “Every...

YOUR HEALTH MATTERS – for September 21, 2011 Can you imagine that some of the BEST THINGS in life—like eating a meal, talking to a friend or even kissing your husband (or wife) would feel like more trouble (painful) than it’s worth?   You may have a condition known as TemporoMandibular Disorder...