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Curtis Whitsel

Curtis Whitsel

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Morgan County Landmarks Society presents history lessons

News Staff
Thursday, October 6, 2022
The Morgan County Landmarks Society hosted a look at 200 years of changing landscapes and architecture Sept. 18, with guest speakers Joe Smith, a preservation architect, and preservation builder Curtis Whitsel.

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GWM Interview with Tell It True: A Novel author John Pruitt

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Thursday, October 6, 2022
John Pruitt will be the Georgia Writer Museum’s (GWM’s) Meet the Author presenter Oct. 11, with doors open at 6:30 p.m. for a 7 p.m. start. Pruitt will be presenting on his new book Tell It True: A Novel. Admission is $35 per person or $30 each for two or more.
Banks & Shane are celebrating 50 years of making music together. CONTRIBUTED

Banks & Shane are celebrating 50 years of making music together. CONTRIBUTED

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Banks & Shane ready to say ‘Farewell, Friends’

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Thursday, October 6, 2022
This year, folk music duo Banks & Shane are celebrating 50 years of making music together. Known as “Georgia’s No. 1 Party Band,” they have entertained innumerable crowds with their original tunes and covers of beloved folk, pop, and bluegrass classics.
Chris Hewatt, Rich Johns and Bob Miller with Alliance Home & Land Group earned the Luxury Collection Specialist accreditation. CONTRIBUTED

Chris Hewatt, Rich Johns and Bob Miller with Alliance Home & Land Group earned the Luxury Collection Specialist accreditation. CONTRIBUTED

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Local BHHS realtors named Luxury Collection Specialists

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Thursday, October 6, 2022
Berkshire Hathaway Homeservices (BHHS) RPA Realty recently announced that Chris Hewatt, Rich Johns and Bob Miller with Alliance Home & Land Group in Greensboro, have earned BHHS Luxury Collection Specialist accreditation.

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Rotary Club hosts Shoes 4 Kids event

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Thursday, October 6, 2022
The Rotary Club of Greene and Putnam Counties hosted its bi-annual Shoes 4 Kids event Sept. 17, in which 50 local students loaded into school busses in the early morning hours and headed for the Shoe Carnival store in Augusta.
Ted and Riezl Baker welcome real estate veteran Leslie Clark (center) to their sales team at Luxury Lake Oconee Real Estate Group. CONTRIBUTED

Ted and Riezl Baker welcome real estate veteran Leslie Clark (center) to their sales team at Luxury Lake Oconee Real Estate Group. CONTRIBUTED

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Luxury Lake Oconee adds to sales force

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Thursday, October 6, 2022
Luxury Lake Oconee Real Estate Group has added veteran real estate professional Leslie Clark to its sales team. Clark brings more than 22 years of experience as a realtor, associate broker, mortgage lender and licensed builder.
O come, angel band

O come, angel band

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O come, angel band

Ronda Rich
Thursday, October 6, 2022
It was Friday night. We had just walked in from a supper of hamburgers and Cokes, with all the family, at the Soda Fountain. A friend, Barbara, texted urgently that our mutual friend, Dinah, was being rushed to the hospital. Possibly a stroke.
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Taste of Eatonton

Story And Photos By Ian Tocher
Thursday, October 6, 2022
For the first time since 2019, the Chamber of Commerce presented a Taste of Eatonton Oct. 1, from 5-9 p.m. in the park outside The Plaza Arts Center, near downtown Eatonton.
Kennell L. Jordan

Kennell L. Jordan

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Confrontation escalates to gunshots at local bar

Lynn Hobbs
Thursday, October 6, 2022
An Eatonton man was arrested after he fired a gun in the parking lot of a local bar this past weekend, according to jail reports. Kennell Lamont Jordan, 38, of Oakwood Drive, Eatonton, was arrested around 3 a.m. Sunday, Oct. 2, by Putnam County Deputy Sheriff Mark Adams.
The severity of the crash is visible in the extensive damage sustained by both the Kia Optima and BMW. CONTRIBUTED/PCSO

The severity of the crash is visible in the extensive damage sustained by both the Kia Optima and BMW. CONTRIBUTED/PCSO

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26-year-old killed in head-on collision

Lynn Hobbs
Thursday, October 6, 2022
A young Eatonton man lost his life Tuesday morning on his way home from work. Jermaine Mathis, 26, of Eatonton, was returning from working the night shift at his job in Social Circle when he crashed into an oncoming vehicle on Harmony Road in Eatonton around 8 a.m., authorities say.
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