Franklin county police sucks when I called and tried to get my sister some help they told me she…read morelives in hart county and live in Franklin county there is nothing they can do they told me to go home.they are rude and hateful.they don't care to help someone who needs help they need to be retrained with a better attitude and working with the public.no thanks to the police officers for not helping me with my sister even tho she lived in hart county line but she was up in the Franklin county line they could of helped me with her now my sister is really bad off.i blame the Franklin county police officers for not helping they should be ashamed of their self and they should be fired from their job

My brother and I were pulled over about 1.38pm on a Thursday. They pulled us over for driving on…read morethe left lane slower than usual and not passing, the officer stated that he had a gut feeling to pull us over because he had a hunch. Officer had my brother and I standing outside in the rain to search our Chile with our permission. After 7 min of rain poring he kindly moved us to a gas station with a cover for us to stand under. 45 min later he uncuffed my brother after searching our vehicle inside out and in and out the hood and trunk he was kind enough to give us a warning and let us go. My brother says that the back seat was comfortable and warm and the sheriff was very kind, he states he will def get arrested by them again due to their kindness and understanding. Great job keep up the good work

We went to sign up for Medicare. I had heard so many horror stories about what an ordeal it was to…read morego to any social security office. It opened at 9:00 am and we were in a line of maybe 8 people and other folks trickled in as we waited. When you go into the office there is a kiosk for you to sign in and to indicate why you are there. You can make an appt prior to your visit for many things but not enrolling in Medicare. You are issued a number that pops out of the kiosk and you wait to be called. Apparently your number correlates with the type of service you require. We probably waited 15-18 minutes and then were called up to a booth. The young man assisting us was very professional and polite. It all went very smoothly . I would recommend this location.

I am applying of SS benefit's this year and I could not find the answer to two important questions…read morethat I had anywhere on the website. I called the Winder SS office and after a short wait I was connected with fantastic agent named Alexa who was able to provide me with the answers that I needed. What a great experience!!

Social Security Administration when can I get my hearing rescheduled? I've been waiting so long I…read morecan't take it anymore. Waited 3 years total now. Denied twice. Reconsideration was denied in December. My hearing date was scheduled for June 12th, on the 11th I was called and they said it was canceled/postponed and would send a reason. Never got one. Lawyer said the judge would be unavailable. In November on the same day, my mom died, I lost my part time job, and my house. Two weeks later my car. Ive been homeless for months sleeping in a shed behind someone's house with a tarp as a roof. I am miserable and just can't keep going like this. I called the hearing office and they said it could be 75 days before you even reschedule my hearing with the judge. I waited 6 months just to get the one I was supposed to have. Will someone please help me. Im trying to reach out to a congressman next. Senator or something, I seriously feel like you all are just waiting for me to die so you don't have to give me benefits so I can live and be a human being.

tried all day to get an appointment by phone . Impossible to get through. @hour wait time on hold…read morethen they say hang up and we will call you back and hold your place in line. they give a link to put it in on line . it takes you right where you stareted. not allowed to ask for an appointment at the door. They really don't want to help you*

I have brought my granddaughter for children's time on Thrus and Fri's several times. Decorated…read moreValentine cookies etc. I always brag on what yall do. Came to the Prom yesterday, which was such a cute idea. My thoughts are that it was too dark in the room, and the music should have been more appropriate for the age of the children. Will definitely come back to the wonderful programs y'all have, but hope the next prom will have improvements. Several parents made these same comments to me. Please continue the wonderful things y'all do for the community. Thank you

I paid $10 to deliver a letter in 2 days the cashier gave me a receipt that stated it would be…read moredelivered by 3/16/24 it didn't get there till the 18th I went to get my $10 back & the same cashier that said it would be there the 16th told me that the $10 I paid was NOT guaranteed so I couldn't get my money back So in other words I paid $10 for a stamp to send it All I can say if you need something to arrive sooner than a week Go to FED EX or UPS at least they stand by there word The Carnesville Post Office is not a good place to send anything

No "shadows of a bear" for me, I passed through Highlands in order to see this famed covered…read morebridge. There really aren't many of them left in the US and very few remain in North Carolina! The bridge is the entrance to the Bascom Center, a six-acre campus of indoor and outdoor artworks. It was named for artist Will Henry Stevens (1881-1949) who lived and painted and taught here in Highlands. The bridge dates back about 200 years when it was originally build in New Hampshire over the Warner River. Disassembled rather than destroyed, it was put into storage in 1966. And then purchased and moved here to Highlands forty years later. Now it's been recreated as an Ithiel Town lattice using traditional techniques and materials including 1100 tree-nails, towels and trunnels with no metal fasteners! Unfortunately, when I arrived it was closed for reconstruction and repair. Blocked off on both sides and surrounded by piles of rough-hewn beams and planks. I'll need to come back when it's all fixed up. [Review 20018 overall - 3458 in North Carolina - 993 of 2023.]

I came to Highlands, NC in search of a bear, or more accurately the "shadow of a bear". A natural…read morephenomenon that happens from mid-October through early November when the setting sun casts a shadow onto the valley below Whiteside Mountain. The shadow takes on the appearance of a bear and I simply could not not miss this one-of-a kind opportunity. The shadow begins at 5:30 p.m. I arrived in town super early (around 1pm) so I decided to do a little exploring. There was a waterfall here I wanted to visit, but I discovered The Bascom Visual Arts Center and decided to make that my first stop. To know me is to know I have a profoundly deep love for old structures, particularly covered bridges. So to discover a covered bridge I was not aware of (that was also historic) in a gorgeous mountain setting was almost orgasmic... and I mean that literally. When I get super excited about something, it makes me wanna go poop! TMI right?, but it's true. There is no greater laxative for me than showing me a picture of someplace gorgeous that I've never been. It's why I keep travel magazines in a woven basket in our bathroom. The excitement for new adventures twists my stomach into knots. So, actually realizing I'm live on location of a place I would have seen in the pages of a magazine brings on a different excitement! LOL --- THE BRIDGE You simply can't get more picturesque than Will Henry Stevens Covered Bridge. A little research revealed this bridge was once considered the oldest covered bridge in New Hampshire. It was named Bagley Covered Bridge and it crossed the Warner River, until it was considered a hazard from its aging condition. The bridge was scheduled to be destroy until Milton & Arnold Graton, lovers of historic bridges, purchased it in 1966 and placed it in storage for the next 42 years. The bridge was built in approximately 1807 out of old growth pine. It is around 14 feet wide and almost 88 feet long. In February of 2008 it was gifted to the Bascom Art Center as a perfect entrance to their facility and reconstruction completed in 2009. This bridge looks like a totally new structure, but in fact is now over 200 years old. The design is Town lattice and uses over 1,100 wooden fasteners in keeping with the original 1800's bridge building traditions. I'm guessing the flares at the bottom were not original to the bridge, but are characteristic of Carolina-style covered bridges. SIDE NOTE: Famous people said to have once crossed this bridge are General Lafayette, President Theodore Roosevelt & President Franklin Pierce. --- FINAL THOUGHTS I am in awe of the dedication to conservation that led this bridge from New Hampshire to the Mountains of North Carolina. What love and genuine concern for the preservation of such an important artifact from a dying era! It truly brings a mist to my eyes to know that someone loved this bridge so much that they saved it, carefully dismantled it, stored it, nurtured it for 4 decades, and rebuilt it once they found it the perfect home. In Georgia, there were once over 600 covered bridges, but only 15 historic ones remain. Most met their end by arson or neglect. So I am very proud to see one of these beauties survived by being blanketed with a great deal of love. I wish we all honored such important structures & relationships in our lives and were less quick to deem things that were once important as antiquated and useless. I read an article about the father and son who saved the bridge, the Grafton's. It highlighted a quote which stated: "To me, to write-off the remaining usefulness of so faithful an old bridge... is like sentencing [someone] without hearing [their] witness. Should not this old bridge have a chance to be heard even through an interpreter?" AMEN 2016/119

This local attraction is a curiosity in that some professor deeded the land surrounding to the tree…read moreitself as a sort of thought experiment. This is kind of silly, but it hearkens back to the purpose of having colleges and college towns in the first place, which is doing thought experiments. It's on a residential street in a cramped, historic neighborhood. All the surrounding houses are private properties, so there's not much to see here. You can just walk by and ponder whether trees can actually have property rights.

It's a tree that was planted with love and desire. A must…read moresee if you are in Athens. The Tree That Owns Itself is a white oak tree that, according to legend, has legal ownership of itself and of all land within eight feet of its base. Also known as the Jackson Oak, the tree is at the corner of South Finley and Dearing Streets in Athens, Georgia, US. The earliest-known telling of the tree's story comes from "Deeded to Itself", a front-page article in the Athens Weekly Banner on August 12, 1890. The article explains that the tree had been located on the property of Colonel William Henry Jackson.[1] William Jackson was the son of James Jackson, a soldier in the American Revolution as well as a Congressman, US Senator, and Governor of Georgia, and the father of another James Jackson, a Congressman and Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Georgia. He was the brother of Jabez Young Jackson, also a Congressman. William Jackson was reportedly a professor at the University of Georgia and is sometimes mentioned with the title of Doctor. The nature of his military service and the source of the title Colonel are unknown.] Jackson supposedly cherished childhood memories of the tree, and, desiring to protect it, deeded to it the ownership of itself and its surrounding land. By various accounts, this transaction took place between 1820 and 1832. **THE TREE IS NEXT TO A PRIVATE HOME AND PRIVATE DRIVE PLEASE DO NOT PARK**

Super friendly and nice people here. Very fast and helpful, they were also very sweet to my…read morechildren who loved to talk to everyone.

It is a very nice building. Only issue I had was in the interview room there was profanity words…read moreetched in the table.

Similar to what everyone says, the City of Helen is a tourist trap and a little on the cheesy side,…read morebut that's exactly what my family and I wanted for a quick weekend getaway in North Georgia. We stopped by in Cleveland to check out a dog friendly waterfall, and drove about 20 minutes to our cabin in downtown Helen. Tubing was great! Unfortunately, we visited during peak season, so it was slammed - but it was a great experience nonetheless. There's a ton of hidden natural beauty on and around this city. We were able to fully unplug and just enjoy each other's company while doing something each of us wanted to do. Traffic can get a bit overwhelming, but the walkability in this city if great. My advice, do what you need to do on the earlier side of things to get ahead of the crowds. Overall, we had a great time. Helen is a great beginner level city for those wanting to explore the North Georgia mountains.

We were fortunate enough to visit Helen when it wasn't too packed or during an Oktoberfest, I'm…read moresure that would have been fun, but we were here for a short time and were getting ready to go to an eventful 3-day music festival in Gatlinburg, so a more mellow experience on our first visit was just what we hoped for. Helen is a unique place to visit, with plenty of shopping, eating, and drinking abound, you are sure to find something fun to do while you are here. During the slower tourist peaks, there were still some activities and live music in the main downtown area at the Biergarten and Bandshell off Main St. We didn't find any live German Polka, dancers of that sort; mostly a one-man band with karaoke, not what I was hoping for but at least there was some live music. There are plenty of spots for great photo op's and from a distance Helen looks really beautiful but when walking around town and assessing the buildings we noticed how dirty and dilapidated everything was. It seems like no one cares to keep up on this place except for a few exceptional stores. This is one of the main reasons we didn't stay long, we originally planned to stay two nights but only stayed one and left the next evening. A few places that you should check out if you are in or around Helen, GA are the Anna Ruby Falls, The Glass Blowing Shop, Lindenhaus Imports, Jolly's Toys, The Nacoochee Village Antique Mall, The Folk Pottery Museum, Tim's Wooden Toys, Betty's Country Store, and the Visitor Center. Helen is also known for the fantastic tubing down the Chattahoochee River. All-in-all, we had just an ok experience during our visit to Helen. Nancy say's it's a once and done, so we might not go back but if we are in the area again, I wouldn't mind going tubing.