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Trunk-or-treat planned in Benton

Mollie Morrow
Tuesday, October 20, 2020
Ghosts and goblins are invited to journey around the mountain and across the lake to Benton, Tennessee, Halloween night for the second annual trunk-or-treat event. The annual Halloween fun is  sponsored by Polk County Clerk of Court Melissa Keith. Saturday, October 31, from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m.
West Fannin Elementary School fifth grade student Brody Graham was one of six elementary school students from across the state to participate in the Georgia Department of Education’s virtual STEM/STEAM panel series Tuesday, October 13. Shown are, from left, STEM teacher Kim Patterson, Graham and Principal Alison Danner.

West Fannin Elementary School fifth grade student Brody Graham was one of six elementary school students from across the state to participate in the Georgia Department of Education’s virtual STEM/STEAM panel series Tuesday, October 13. Shown are, from left, STEM teacher Kim Patterson, Graham and Principal Alison Danner.

West’s Brody Graham among six on state panel

Sydney Criteser
Tuesday, October 20, 2020
West Fannin Elementary School fifth grade student Brody Graham represented his school as one of six elementary school students from across the state to participate in the Georgia Department of Education (GADOE)’s STEM/STEAM Panel Series Tuesday, October 13.
COVID-19 Update

COVID-19 Update

COVID-19 numbers decreasing in Fannin County

Sydney Criteser
Tuesday, October 20, 2020
Fannin County has seen an increase of 66 cases of COVID-19 over the last two weeks as of Monday, October 19. This brings the county’s total up to 780 positive cases since the pandemic began. Twenty-eight of those people who had contracted the virus have died, and 68 have been hospitalized.
The News Observer

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Gingerbread house builders invited to annual contest

Sydney Criteser
Tuesday, October 20, 2020
Light Up Blue Ridge is calling all gingerbread house builders to enter Blue Ridge’s 4th Annual Gingerbread House Contest. Following judging, each house will be displayed in the Blue Ridge Gingerbread Village at the Blue Ridge Mountains Arts Association’s Art Center.
Feed Fannin volunteers harvested sweet potatoes Monday, September 28, at their farm on Ada Street in Blue Ridge. Shown are, from left, front, Dave Ricker, Lory Conte, Kathy Corey; back, Curt Hinnant, Priscilla Cashman, Sheryl Osborne and Toby, Catherine Sugg and Zora Herr.

Feed Fannin volunteers harvested sweet potatoes Monday, September 28, at their farm on Ada Street in Blue Ridge. Shown are, from left, front, Dave Ricker, Lory Conte, Kathy Corey; back, Curt Hinnant, Priscilla Cashman, Sheryl Osborne and Toby, Catherine Sugg and Zora Herr.

Feed Fannin buys local produce

Mollie Morrow
Tuesday, October 20, 2020
This past June, Feed Fannin began purchasing needed produce from local farmers. Although the organization produced some 7,500 pounds of food in their own garden, more was, and is, needed in order to keep Fannin County Family Connection’s food pantry stocked.