SANTA’S ANGELS SHOW UP CHRISTMAS MORNING AT MOUNTAIN SHELTER HUMANE SOCIETY Blairsville by Mary Lynn Durfee VOLUNTEERS (Left to Right): Harrison Garner, Emma Reddy, Jill Reddy, Michael Mustin, Barbara and Dennis McLendlen, Don and Suzy Saunders, Andrew and Carol Domino. Not photographed: Alice Bates...

On December 9, the Red Hat Mamas of Hiawassee held their Christmas luncheon at Brasstown Valley Resort. During this affair, Barbara Dardick, representing the Red Hatters presented a monitory contribution to Teresa Stephens, representing  the Towns County Food Pantry. Barbara shared that the Red Hatters...

Andrea Gibby, the Mayor of the City of Young Harris will be our special guest! Happy New Year everyone from the Towns County Republican Party. I am happy to announce a very special guest speaker at our meeting on Thursday, January 12th at Daniels Steakhouse at 6:30 pm. Andrea Gibby, the Mayor of the...

Blue Ridge Rotary supports “Celebrate our Mountains” campaign The Rotary Club of Blue Ridge lead by President Phil Cook returned as a donor and presented a very generous check to the Community Council of the Georgia Mountains Research and Education Center as part of the “Celebrate our Mountains”...

Old Unicoi Trail Chapter of the National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution gave DAR Anniversary Certificates to members who celebrated membership anniversaries in 2011 at their December 10, 2011 Christmas meeting and Scholarship Benefit Sale at the Sharp United Methodist Church Community...

Christmas Puppies and Kittens There is nothing more exciting than the joy in a youngsters face when they first receive the surprise Christmas gift that is a brand new puppy or kitten. Grown ups get just as delighted. We watched my son’s fiancé open a typically wrapped large box and out bounced a puppy...

Hiawassee Garden Club’s Christmas Party Hiawassee Garden Club’s annual Christmas party was held in the clubhouse on Thursday, December 15th. A traditional covered dish supper was served to a full house of members, husbands, and guests. President Diann Nichols was ill, so Vice President Cheryl Gehring...

Swallows Creek Structure Fire The day before New Years Eve, Friday the 30th, a Swallows Creek retiree and his family were gathering fire wood in the yard to add to their winter stock, when the home owner noticed an excess of smoke coming from his chimney. Earlier in the day he had stoked the wood stove,...

James Lloyd McCollum Date March 21, 1930 – January 07, 2012 Obituary James Lloyd McCollum, age 81, of Hayesville, NC passed away Saturday, January 7, 2012 at Murphy Medical Center. He was a native of Ecorse, MI and the son of the late Oscar and Stella Frances LeBlanc McCollum....

James Sanford Huff December 28, 1927- January 1, 2012 James Sanford Huff, age 84 passed away January 1, 2012 at Chatuge Regional Hospital in Hiawassee, Ga. after a brief illness. James was born December 28, 1927 , a native of Lawrenceville, Ga., but lived in Hayesville, N.C. for the past  14 years. ...