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Rich: Brent’s extraordinary father

Ronda Rich

Thursday, June 12, 2025

Brent’s birth, when he joined his sister, Laurie, and brother, Jay, on an Autumn day, was joyous.Brent, looking straight into his mother’s eyes, smiled with an abundance of sweetness.

The Georgia Writers Museum invites everyone to stop by the downtown Eatonton Museum on Walk-in Wednesdays, beginning June 11. CONTRIBUTED

Georgia Writers Museum introduces ‘Walk-in Wednesdays’

News Staff

Wednesday, June 4, 2025

The Georgia Writers Museum invites everyone to stop by the downtown Eatonton Museum on Walk-in Wednesdays, beginning June 11 and scheduled to continue until the highly anticipated reopening of Sylvia’s Coffee Shop, once its operators return from an unavoidable absence.So, make GWM your mid-week...

Club President Martha Franks, Henry Esau, Kara El-Kadi, Michelle Hernandez Araugo, and Donna O’Neal. CONTRIBUTED

Rotary announces winners for Georgia Laws of Life contest

News Staff

Wednesday, June 4, 2025

The Georgia Laws of Life Essay Contest, a signature program of Rotary Clubs across Georgia, is a character education and ethical literacy program for Georgia high school students. It provides students with an opportunity for personal reflection and character development.

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Rich: Too funny to be true

Ronda Rich

Wednesday, June 4, 2025

This story sounds too remarkable to be true. You may doubt its veracity.But trust me: the truth it is.It began decades ago.

The East Georgia Concert Chorale sings at Lake Oconee Lutheran Church’s benefit concert. LEIGH LOFGREN/Staff

Lake Oconee Lutheran hosts benefit concert

Leigh Lofgren

Thursday, May 29, 2025

Lake Oconee Lutheran Church hosted a benefit concert on May 20, raising $3,400 for The Victory Train.This free concert was presented by the East Georgia Concert Chorale, directed by Dr. Brian Williams, and accompanied on piano by his wife, Dr. Jana Williams, who is also a singer and harpist.The...

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Rich: The colors of war

Ronda Rich

Thursday, May 29, 2025

There is a multi-awarded country song, written by Jamey Johnson and Bill Anderson, with a line about two soldiers in World War II in a black-and-white photo: “You can’t see what those shades of gray keep covered; You should have seen it in color.”Last week, I was going through a drawer when I found...

L-R: Trumpeter Col. Larry McClendon, Georgia Bulldogs broadcaster Jeff Dantzler, singer Katie Berry Moody, and event organizer Larry Edwards. IAN TOCHER/Staff

Milledgeville honors military heroes at Duke’s

Hudson Taylor

Thursday, May 29, 2025

For the sixth straight year, Duke’s Lounge and Dawg House hosted its Memorial Day tradition, the solemn playing of “Taps” by trumpeter Col. Larry McClendon.As the sun began to dip toward the waters of Lake Sinclair, a quiet stillness fell over the lakeside lawn at Duke’s, where McClendon started to...

The North Georgia Pipes and Drums play for the Scottish Heritage Sunday. LEIGH LOFGREN/Staff

Scottish Heritage Sunday celebrated

Story And Photos By Leigh Lofgren

Thursday, May 29, 2025

Greensboro’s First Presbyterian Church held Scottish Heritage Sunday on May 18, during which the church explored its Scottish roots.Following the ringing of the bell, the Athens Piper Band began the processional with the Highland Cathedral, accompanied by Moona Yu on piano.Pastor Rev. Meg Jackson...

The all-women “Pour Choices” crew clearly enjoyed their Saturday afternoon on Lake Sinclair, which included two crewmembers taking home prestigious pirate awards.

Lake Sinclair pirates on parade

Ian Tocher

Thursday, May 22, 2025

For the second-straight year, overcast weather did nothing to dampen spirits for the 14th annual Pirate Parade on Lake Sinclair.

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Rich: When a landmark died

Ronda Rich

Thursday, May 22, 2025

Perhaps, it is the older we get, the more it hurts.Or perhaps it is the more sentimental we get, the more it hurts.Growing up, we rarely ate out.

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