Towns County Emergency Medical Service They’re there trained and ready when you need them By Frank Bradley Sentinel writer HIAWASSEE–Forty years ago, Towns County provided no emergency medical service for its residents. If you got bad sick or were seriously injured in a traffic accident,...

SAR Recognizes Local Public Service Officers At the November 16, 2011 Towns County Commissioner’s meeting, the Blue Ridge Mountains Chapter of the Sons of the American Revolution presented two public service medals and certificates. The Fire Safety Medal & Certificate was presented to Firefighter...

“The Goats” taps into theme of bullying An interview with the film’s producer By Frank Bradley Sentinel writer Camera’s were rolling again in Towns County on Monday as the movie crew for “The Goats” were getting final shots of kids on the beach. Two weeks earlier,...

Burglary Investigation leads to three arrests Towns County Sheriff’s Investigators, working in conjunction with Clay County and Appalachian Drug Task Force agents, have solved a string of burglaries dating back several months. Towns County Investigator Pat Williams contacted Clay County after learning...

Ethelene Dyer Jones, recipient of Governor’s Award At the 26th Governor’s Awards in the Humanities event held on Thursday, October 6, 2011, at noon at the Old Georgia Railroad Freight Depot in downtown Atlanta, Ethelene Dyer Jones was among 10 Georgians who received medals. The purpose of...

Bill Elliott Visits Mountain Education Center High School for “Race to the Finish” Cookout Students and staff at Mountain Education Center High School welcomed Bill Elliott of NASCAR fame to their annual Fall Family Cookout on Tuesday. He donated his time to attend and encourage students to finish...

By Frank Bradley Sentinel writer HIAWASSEE–It’s not Hollywood yet, but earlier this week camera’s were rolling while some local folks scurried around on the beach just outside of town under the direction of a movie mogul. The independent film crew was in town shooting scenes about...

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...

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...