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L-R: Becky Smith, Nancy DiSpirito, Dasiania Bell, and Tonya McWhorter of the Greene County Food Pantry; Connie Karpinsky, Event Founder; Beth Eldridge, and Margaret Pedersen of Bread of Life.

L-R: Becky Smith, Nancy DiSpirito, Dasiania Bell, and Tonya McWhorter of the Greene County Food Pantry; Connie Karpinsky, Event Founder; Beth Eldridge, and Margaret Pedersen of Bread of Life.

Upscale Resale Raises a Record $35,400

News Staff
Wednesday, December 10, 2025
This year’s Upscale Resale raised an extraordinary $35,400, the highest total in the event’s history.
Carmenza Moreno contributed a collection of stitched artwork featuring Mickey Mouse and gang in winter attire. BAILEY BALLARD/Staff

Carmenza Moreno contributed a collection of stitched artwork featuring Mickey Mouse and gang in winter attire. BAILEY BALLARD/Staff

Allied Arts hosts Deck the Walls

Bailey Ballard
Wednesday, December 10, 2025
Milledgeville-Baldwin County Allied Arts debuted its Deck the Walls exhibit Dec. 5 at the John Marlor Arts Center.“This is our first holiday showcase, bringing artists together to create artwork that reminds them of the holiday season.
Bailey Ballard (left front), associate editor of The Baldwin Bulletin, is joined by Lonnie Howell, Kyle Churchwell, and Ansley Browne in activating the new “Hug a Tree” attraction at Lockerly in Lights. BAILEY BALLARD/Staff

Bailey Ballard (left front), associate editor of The Baldwin Bulletin, is joined by Lonnie Howell, Kyle Churchwell, and Ansley Browne in activating the new “Hug a Tree” attraction at Lockerly in Lights. BAILEY BALLARD/Staff

Lockerly in Lights: Milledgeville arboretum lights up the holidays

Bailey Ballard
Wednesday, December 10, 2025
Lockerly Arboretum in Milledgeville is shining with a wide variety of lights, the scent of popcorn and s’mores, and the “Ho, Ho, Ho” of Santa Claus.Returning for its fifth year, Lockerly in Lights offers an hour-long walk with tunnels of lights, shooting stars strung among the trees, a corn field...
The East Georgia Concert Chorale performed “Hearts and Minds United in Song,” a benefit concert for the Lake Oconee Youth Alliance at Christ Our King and Savior Catholic Church. LEIGH LOFGREN/Staff

The East Georgia Concert Chorale performed “Hearts and Minds United in Song,” a benefit concert for the Lake Oconee Youth Alliance at Christ Our King and Savior Catholic Church. LEIGH LOFGREN/Staff

EGCC entertains at Lake Oconee Youth Alliance fundraiser

Leigh Lofgren
Thursday, December 4, 2025
In front of a large crowd last Tuesday evening, the East Georgia Concert Chorale (EGCC) performed “Hearts and Minds United in Song,” a benefit concert for the Lake Oconee Youth Alliance (LOYA) at Christ Our King and Savior Catholic Church.The program was a celebration of American choral music and...
'The Running Man'

'The Running Man'

Movie Review: ‘The Running Man’ hits close to home

Gordon Columbine
Tuesday, November 25, 2025
It’s not possible to watch Paramount’s new movie “The Running Man,” based on a short 1982 novel of the same name by horror master Steven King (under the pseudonym Richard Bachman), without equating it to the political/entertainment climate we find ourselves in today.Coincidentally, King/ Bachman...
LEIGH LOFGREN/Staff

LEIGH LOFGREN/Staff

Festival Hall features new artwork

Leigh Lofgren
Tuesday, November 25, 2025
On your next visit to Greensboro’s Festival Hall, you will find some new artwork on the walls by local Georgia artists, including works of collage, oil on canvas and board, acrylics, transparent watercolor, photography, and patterned rag rugs.
Ronda Rich/Columnist

Ronda Rich/Columnist

Rich: Sharing Thanksgiving

Ronda Rich
Tuesday, November 25, 2025
At first blush, this might seem like a Christmas tale, but soon, you will see the joy of Thanksgiving in it.When I left home to work in a land far away, Mama said, “I’ll give you the same advice my Daddy gave me when I left the mountains: Forget not to assemble thyself in the house of the...
Members of the Habitat for Humanity of Putnam County Board of Directors and staff join Justice Verda Colvin (center) at last week’s Building Hope Gala, where the Lake Country community helped raise more than $100,000 for affordable housing. CONTRIBUTED

Members of the Habitat for Humanity of Putnam County Board of Directors and staff join Justice Verda Colvin (center) at last week’s Building Hope Gala, where the Lake Country community helped raise more than $100,000 for affordable housing. CONTRIBUTED

HFHP hosts ‘Building Hope’ gala in Eatonton

News Staff
Thursday, November 20, 2025
Habitat for Humanity of Putnam County (HFHP) celebrated a landmark event last Thursday with its 2nd annual Building Hope Gala at Barrel 118 in downtown Eatonton.
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