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Ally Melrose, former Hemlock Restoration Initiative AmeriCorps Member, and Ben Duerr, Hemlock Restoration Initiative Volunteer.
Help needed to restore the hemlocks
Pictured from left: Bonnie Potts, Craig Nixon, David Moore, John Baumrucker, Jerry Wise, Faviola Olvera, Steve Ham, Cindy Trevthan, Steve Mehder, Jennifer Turner-Lynn, and Mary Adair. Pictured are the two most iconic cars of the 1960s. On the left is the 1967 Corvette Stingray roadster owned by Ricky Siegel. The car on the left is a 1963 Jaguar E-type (XKE) Coupe’ owned by Jack McCullock. These cars represent the festival’s theme for 2026- “250 Years After England verses America; Jag verses Vette”.
REVVED UP FOR CHARITY
Photo/Ned Neidhardt - Ned Neidhardt posted this picture on the Jackson County Emergency Management Facebook page saying his brother, Neil (in shorts), was the hiker rescued last week. “So grateful for the valiant efforts of all the search and rescue crews that worked throughout the night to find my brother.”
Lost hiker found on Whiteside Mountain
Photo by Bill Davis - Students at Blue Ridge School listen as Captain Brandon Green, president of Jackson County Fire & Life Safety, and a firefighter with the Savannah Fire Department, talks about fire safety.
A LESSON ON SAFETY
High Hampton donates conservation easement to HCLT
More than 100 artisan vendors will be spread out along The Village Green this weekend during the annual Leaf Festival.