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A message in a bottle has arrived at Ninety Mile Beach after months in the ocean.

Ken Fergusson found the bottle at Ninety Mile Beach. Photo: Supplied Contact details inside have connected the Awanui community with a Greek seafarer who has never been to New Zealand. At first fisherman Ken Fergusson thought the wine bottle was just another piece of litter when he found it last week. "Somebody would be running over it and breaking it, [I thought it would] cause a problem for people's feet. So I stopped and picked it up and threw it on the back of my truck, got home, went to throw it in the rubbish and I noticed there was a card in it."

Habersham Commission to decide election date to fill newly vacant seat Habersham Commission to decide election date to fill newly vacant seat Habersham County voters could head back to the polls early this year to decide who will fill the District 5 county commission seat left vacant by Tim Stamey. Commissioners have the option to call a special election on September 21 or wait until the general election on November 2. Stamey Stamey resigned from the commission on April 19, citing health reasons. He was first elected to the board in December 2019 after winning a special election to fill the ...

Starting Monday, Feb. 22, the state opens up four locations where COVID-19 vaccinations can be administered to thousands of Georgians in a short period of time. One of the sites is the Habersham County Fairgrounds in Clarkesville.  Habersham County Manager Phil Sutton said in a press statement this past week that county officials are glad to accommodate officials from the Georgia Emergency Management Agency (GEMA) as they set up the facility. "I am excited for our county to take part in such an important process," said Sutton. “We are ready to get started.” On Friday, GEMA officials w...

What the ‘Amazon Effect’ means for local companies, workers Corporate Storage forklift operator Kyle Hawkins works a shift Tuesday, Feb. 16, 2021, at the large warehouse on Atlanta Highway in Gainesville. - photo by Scott Rogers While working full-time elsewhere, Jamila Brady took a seasonal job at Amazon to pick up some extra cash and pay off credit cards. “It was hard work, but it was fun,” she said. Eventually, she quit Amazon but soon realized she was “miserable” in her high-travel, pressure-filled job in soft...