*Gainesville’s Newtown Florist Club is poised to celebrate its 75th anniversary next weekend. The civil rights and environmental justice organization will mark its nearly a century of work with a gala at the Gainesville Civic Center Nov. 2. For more information, click here: 75th Anniversary Banquet and Documentary Release | Newtown Florist Club
*Barrow County Sheriff Jud Smith was recently named Sheriff of the Year by the Georgia Sheriffs Association and the county’s coroner, Kenneth Cooper, is this year’s Georgia Coroners Association Coroner of the Year.
*Habersham County’s longest serving employee, Chief Tax Assessor Joan Church, has retired after 57 years with the county.
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