Dillard voters will have the opportunity this November to decide on package sales of alcohol after council members voted May 12 to approve a resolution adding a referendum to the ballot considering the authorization of package sales of distilled spirits. Council members Jack Roberts, Gordon…
Megan Horn/The Clayton Tribune. This LED flashing light stop sign was recently installed at the northern side of the intersection on Franklin Street at Henry Dillard Street in Dillard City Limits. The intersection is now a three-way stop with a resolution adopted by council members on May 12.
Motorists traveling on Franklin Street at Henry Dillard Street in the city of Dillard will now notice a three-way stop sign at the intersection following a resolution adopted by city council members on May 12. Henry Dillard Street has recently reopened after being closed for a brief time due…
Megan Horn/The Clayton Tribune. Veteran Bruce Gant, left and center under the tent, speaks to a large crowd of community members during the May 25 Memorial Day ceremony held in front of the Rabun County Courthouse. Pictured on either side of Gant are Capt. Chris DiNofrio, U.S. Marine Corps, and Major (Ret.) Doug Wayne, U.S. Army. Gant was this year’s special guest speaker. He was a Navy Corpsman from September 1965 to September 1971. He is a Vietnam Combat veteran and two-time Purple Heart recipient.
Community members united on Monday, May 25, for a Memorial Day ceremony honoring the brave men and women who made the ultimate sacrifice in service to our country, as well as all military veterans who have served. The event was held at 11 a.m. at the Veterans memorial in front of the Rabun…
Megan Horn/The Clayton Tribune. Lake Rabun Scholarship Program students from Rabun County High School and Rabun Gap-Nacoochee School were recognized during the May 24 Lake Rabun Association annual Memorial Day meeting.
The Lake Rabun Scholarship Program recipients were honored at the Lake Rabun Association’s annual Memorial Day meeting on Sunday, May 24. Students were introduced to the membership and recognized at the Lake Rabun pavilion. Scholarship winners from Rabun County High School were Zara Aponte,…
It’s officially summer and that means weekends in Rabun County are bustling with activity as there are many fun festivals and events to enjoy. Although it was rainy this past weekend, many people showed out to events for Memorial Day including a ceremony at the Rabun County courthouse on May…
The good news is that the primary elections are over. The bad news is the primary elections are not over. We now have the runoffs. Then it will all be over. Except it won’t all be over. The general election is Nov. 3.The runoffs mean another month of self-serving ads promising us (inhale) lower…
The recent Netflix miniseries Death by Lightning gave viewers a glimpse of the relatively untold story of James A. Garfield, the nation’s 20th president. His presidency, which spanned just six months in 1881, ended when he was assassinated by a deluded individual who had unsuccessfully sought…
Dear President Trump,You are on the way to dismantling an important program – the delivery in our society of excellent family planning services on a completely voluntary basis. This may go down as the worst of your mistakes as President because it affects so many of us personally.I want for you,…
This is the time of year for graduations, and gifting assets to your grandchildren can help them get a good start in life. The simplest approach to gifting is of course, to give the grandchild an outright gift. You may give each grandchild up to $19,000 a year without having to report the gifts. If…
Ishmael Santos, Tirana Vaknin Ciarlo and Nadine Bramlett performed on Cinco de Mayo, May 5, at Frida Taqueria & Cantina in front of a packed restaurant that is located at 77 West Savannah Street, Clayton.
