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County’s short-term rentals committee creates confusion

Rufus Adair
Wednesday, March 1, 2023
The composition of a committee studying recommendations for a new county ordinance on short-term rentals of lakeside properties prompted some in-fighting at last week’s meeting of the Putnam County Board of Commissioners.
Credit coming to Eatonton gas, garbage customers

Credit coming to Eatonton gas, garbage customers

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Credit coming to Eatonton gas, garbage customers

News Staff
Wednesday, March 1, 2023
According to a City of Eatonton press release, Mayor John Reid and the city council approved a utility bill credit on Feb. 7, in the amount of $100 per account for all Eatonton customers with active gas and/or garbage service.
PCSO K-9 Nix and his handler, Deputy Chris Donovan, begin the search in front of Terry’s One Stop on Scuffleboro Road for a man who attempted to hijack a woman’s pickup truck while she drove home. CONTRIBUTED

PCSO K-9 Nix and his handler, Deputy Chris Donovan, begin the search in front of Terry’s One Stop on Scuffleboro Road for a man who attempted to hijack a woman’s pickup truck while she drove home. CONTRIBUTED

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Putnam woman fights off carjacker; suspect sought

Lynn Hobbs |
Wednesday, March 1, 2023
A manhunt that lasted several hours in southeast Putnam County on Wednesday, Feb. 22, yielded the arrest of one man, but he was not the subject of the manhunt, authorities say.
Putnam County’s Rose Acre Farms facilities – one of 15 nationwide – produces 850,000 to 1.1 million eggs daily in the northern end of the county. These eggs are on their way to being sorted. IAN TOCHER/Staff

Putnam County’s Rose Acre Farms facilities – one of 15 nationwide – produces 850,000 to 1.1 million eggs daily in the northern end of the county. These eggs are on their way to being sorted. IAN TOCHER/Staff

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Putnam A to Z: E is for Eggs

Ian Tocher
Wednesday, March 1, 2023
  Editor’s note: The symmetry of 52 weeks in a year and 26 letters in our alphabet inspired us here at The Eatonton Messenger to embark on an alphabetical journey every other week in 2023, looking at something – or someone – unique, significant, unusual, or just plain interesting in Putnam...
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Understanding local homestead exemptions

Rufus Adair
Thursday, February 23, 2023
They can be a bit complicated. They can be a bit confusing. Some homeowners do not even know about them, much less understand them. But they also can be a nice – and steadying – hedge against rises in property taxes.
National Hospital Week is celebrated May 7-13, and PGH is getting ready. IAN TOCHER/Staff

National Hospital Week is celebrated May 7-13, and PGH is getting ready. IAN TOCHER/Staff

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PGH prepares for National Hospital Week

Ian Tocher
Thursday, February 23, 2023
National Hospital Week comes May 7-13 this year and Putnam General Hospital (PGH) is already gearing up for a week-long celebration.
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New rates coming to EPWSA March bills

Rufus Adair
Thursday, February 23, 2023
The March billings to customers of the Eatonton-Putnam Water and Sewer Authority (EPWSA) will more accurately reflect the authority’s 8.7-percent rate increase enacted at the beginning of the year.
Mistress and Master of Ceremonies Lisa Jackson and Jesse Little shared announcing duties throughout the Black History evening at The Plaza. LENA HENSLEY/ Staff

Mistress and Master of Ceremonies Lisa Jackson and Jesse Little shared announcing duties throughout the Black History evening at The Plaza. LENA HENSLEY/ Staff

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Local Black history celebrated at The Plaza

Lena Hensley
Thursday, February 23, 2023
The Plaza Arts Center hosted the sixth annual Putnam County Community Black History Celebration on Feb. 18, presented by Eatonton Mayor John Reid and city Councilmember Janie B. Reid.
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