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Vol. I, No. 1 · Saturday, May 30, 2026

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Helen Mountain Coaster's Geodetic Axis Is Offset 3.7 Degrees From The Ley Line Identified By The 1972 Chattahoochee River Study, A Deviation Dr. Brüning Called "Unusual"

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Helen Mountain Coaster's Geodetic Axis Is Offset 3.7 Degrees From The Ley Line Identified By The 1972 Chattahoochee River Study, A Deviation Dr. Brüning Called "Unusual"

By Dr. Wilhelm "Willy" Brüning · July 20, 2026 · 6 min read

The Cleveland Food Lion Incident Of January 2026 Now Correlates With Three Unrelated Helen Infrastructure Projects That Each Began Within Nine Business Days Of The Incident

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The Cleveland Food Lion Incident Of January 2026 Now Correlates With Three Unrelated Helen Infrastructure Projects That Each Began Within Nine Business Days Of The Incident

By Edmund Crowe · Jun 22, 2026 · 6 min

Baby Land General Hospital's 2023 Adoption Ceremony Featured A Guest Book Entry Signed By A Figure Who Once Briefed Henry Kissinger, According To A Source Who Photographed The Guest Book

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Baby Land General Hospital's 2023 Adoption Ceremony Featured A Guest Book Entry Signed By A Figure Who Once Briefed Henry Kissinger, According To A Source Who Photographed The Guest Book

By Margaret Holcomb · Jun 15, 2026 · 6 min

Dr. Wilhelm Brüning Identifies An Unmarked Concrete Obelisk At The Intersection Of Bruckenstrasse And Chattahoochee Street As "Almost Certainly" A Pre-1969 Property Corner For The Original Orbanyi Estate

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Dr. Wilhelm Brüning Identifies An Unmarked Concrete Obelisk At The Intersection Of Bruckenstrasse And Chattahoochee Street As "Almost Certainly" A Pre-1969 Property Corner For The Original Orbanyi Estate

By Dr. Wilhelm "Willy" Brüning · Jun 8, 2026 · 6 min

Helen Festhalle Bandshell Stage Height Precisely Matches A Widely-Circulated 2017 Construction Diagram Of A Structure In The Caribbean, Per A Professional Theater Rigger Interviewed By Bavarian Brainrot

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Helen Festhalle Bandshell Stage Height Precisely Matches A Widely-Circulated 2017 Construction Diagram Of A Structure In The Caribbean, Per A Professional Theater Rigger Interviewed By Bavarian Brainrot

By Dr. Wilhelm "Willy" Brüning · May 20, 2026 · 7 min

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The Housing Authority Board Appointment Scheduled For April 21 Is The First Such Appointment In Helen Since The Housing Authority's Last Public Minutes Filed In 1982

By Garrett "Buck" Pendergrass · May 9, 2026 · 6 min
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The Island Area: A Discussion Item About City Property Whose Boundaries Have Not Been Defined In Any Public Document Issued Since 2017

By Margaret Holcomb · May 6, 2026 · 6 min
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Five Sites Under The Lenzen Tract: Why Helen Chose One Specific Parcel For Its Next Well, Out Of The Five Its Hydrogeologist Identified

By Margaret Holcomb · May 5, 2026 · 19 min
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"Approval Of Matrix Signs" Appears On The Helen City Commission's April 21 Agenda Under Item G With No Further Detail, No Attached Materials, And No Dollar Amount

By Garrett "Buck" Pendergrass · May 4, 2026 · 5 min

Business

Eleven Magazines Are Currently Running Helen CVB Advertisements; Two Are Published Exclusively For Members Of Electric Cooperatives

By Tasha Pemberton · May 14, 2026 · 5 min
Helen Has Been Featured On WorldAtlas.com In Seven Distinct Listicles This Calendar Year And Has Not Paid WorldAtlas.com A Dollar

By Tasha Pemberton · May 13, 2026 · 7 min
Following The Pretzel Salt Money (Part II): The 2026 Beer Garden Constitutes The City's Largest Fermentation-Adjacent Capital Project Since The Festhalle Bandshell Retrofit Of 2008

By Margaret Holcomb · May 12, 2026 · 23 min
The Legal Entity Behind Pink Pig Southern BBQ Is Named "Day Late Dollar Short LLC"

By Connor McAllister · May 8, 2026 · 5 min

Tourism

A Brief Explanation Of Rising Fawn, Georgia, And Why Helen's CVB Director Attended A Two-Day Conference There In March

By Tasha Pemberton · May 10, 2026 · 6 min
Helen Will Set A Price For Restaurant Restroom Use: The Agenda Item That Appeared On April 21 With No Preceding Debate In The Prior Three Meetings

By Tasha Pemberton · May 7, 2026 · 5 min
A Brief Explanation Of Rising Fawn, Georgia, And Why Helen's CVB Director Attended A Two-Day Conference There In March

By Tasha Pemberton · Apr 25, 2026 · 6 min
Helen Will Set A Price For Restaurant Restroom Use: The Agenda Item That Appeared On April 21 With No Preceding Debate In The Prior Three Meetings

By Tasha Pemberton · Apr 25, 2026 · 5 min

Culture

"Respectfully Prepared By City Clerk Marilyn Chastain": The Closing Line That Has Appeared On Every Single City Of Helen Meeting Minute Since 2019

By Tasha Pemberton · May 1, 2026 · 5 min
"Respectfully Prepared By City Clerk Marilyn Chastain": The Closing Line That Has Appeared On Every Single City Of Helen Meeting Minute Since 2019

By Tasha Pemberton · Apr 25, 2026 · 5 min
Helen Pretzel Shop Claims To Have 'Stabilized A Rogue Vitamin B1 Molecule' In Its Hefeweizen. Chemistry Professor: 'I Cannot, In Good Conscience, Rule This Out.'

By Dr. Wilhelm "Willy" Brüning · Apr 19, 2026 · 4 min
Local Man Completes 27-Day Sock-Burning Vigil On Robertstown Road Bridge To 'Welcome Summer.' Summer Arrived On Day 19. He Continued.

By Dr. Wilhelm "Willy" Brüning · Apr 18, 2026 · 4 min

Outdoors

Unicoi State Park Prohibits The Use Of The Word 'Fun' On All Guided Interpretive Tours, Effective Immediately

By Margaret Holcomb · Apr 20, 2026 · 7 min
Helen's Oldest Croquet Player, 103, Has Challenged New Zealand's 101-Year-Old Guinness Record Holder To A Match. Match Scheduled For Mid-July, On An Unmowed Lawn, At The Unicoi Lodge.

By Garrett "Buck" Pendergrass · Apr 19, 2026 · 4 min
Meteorite Fragment Recovered From Anna Ruby Falls Parking Lot. Park Service: 'It Was There On Tuesday.'

By Garrett "Buck" Pendergrass · Apr 18, 2026 · 4 min
Local Man Claims He Is 'The Quiet Tuber.' No One Has Seen Him Tube. He Sits By The River.

By Garrett "Buck" Pendergrass · Apr 17, 2026 · 7 min

Lifestyle

Helen Little League Names A Tortoise 'Assistant Field Manager.' Tortoise Is Not A Member Of The League. Tortoise Does Not Know.

By Connor McAllister · Apr 19, 2026 · 3 min
Helen Fire Chief's Cat Has Begun, Every Morning At 8:04 A.M., Reading Democracy Now! Headlines Aloud. Transcripts Follow.

By Ramona "Romi" Fitzgerald · Apr 18, 2026 · 4 min
Brat-Mart Register Now Accepts Charli XCX's Limited-Edition 'Brat Card' At A Fixed Exchange Rate Of One Card = One Bratwurst

By Connor McAllister · Apr 18, 2026 · 3 min
Dua Lipa Named Global Brand Ambassador For The Helen Pretzel Salt Council. She Has Not Been Informed. The Council Has Already Printed The Banners.

By Ramona "Romi" Fitzgerald · Apr 18, 2026 · 3 min

Opinion

Helen Became A Certified City Of Ethics On An Undated Tuesday; The Certifying Body Has Not Publicly Certified Another Georgia City Since

By Edmund Crowe · May 15, 2026 · 6 min
Helen Became A Certified City Of Ethics On An Undated Tuesday; The Certifying Body Has Not Publicly Certified Another Georgia City Since

By Edmund Crowe · Apr 25, 2026 · 6 min
Helen's Next Real-Estate Acquisition Will Be Discussed In An Executive Session That Began At Exactly 10:58 A.M., As Every Such Session Has Since 2022

By Edmund Crowe · Apr 24, 2026 · 5 min
Editorial: Two Congressmen Resigned On The Same Day For The Same Reason. This Is, Statistically, The Second-Strangest Thing That Has Happened In Helen This Month.

By Edmund Crowe · Apr 19, 2026 · 4 min

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