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A full house faced Putnam County District 3 commissioner candidates last Thursday at Lake Oconee Lutheran Church Community Center, where former candidate Charles Trumbo (at podium) served as emcee for the event.

A full house faced Putnam County District 3 commissioner candidates last Thursday at Lake Oconee Lutheran Church Community Center, where former candidate Charles Trumbo (at podium) served as emcee for the event.

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STRs dominate Putnam County candidate forum

Story And Photos By Ian Tocher
Thursday, October 19, 2023
The Putnam County Republican Party presented a candidate forum on Oct. 12 at Lake Oconee Lutheran Church Community Center on Greensboro Road.
Deer season opens this weekend in Georgia. CONTRIBUTED

Deer season opens this weekend in Georgia. CONTRIBUTED

Deer season opens this weekend in Georgia

News Staff
Thursday, October 19, 2023
The Georgia statewide deer hunting firearms season opens this Saturday and continues through Jan. 14, 2024. “The deer hunting firearms season is right around the corner, and I am expecting a fantastic season ahead,” said Charlie Killmaster, state deer biologist for the Wildlife Resources Division.
Eatonton Messenger/File Photo

Eatonton Messenger/File Photo

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Council on Literacy tackling tough challenge head-on

Dave Williams
Thursday, October 19, 2023
Georgia’s low literacy rate can be fixed despite the dismal statistics currently plaguing educators, the head of a council of state legislators, literacy experts, teachers, and school district officials said Tuesday.
Led by Putnam County Manager Paul Van Haute (far right), approximately 30 attendees to a Breast Cancer Awareness event Oct. 6, went on a reflective walk around the surrounding facilities at the county administration building.

Led by Putnam County Manager Paul Van Haute (far right), approximately 30 attendees to a Breast Cancer Awareness event Oct. 6, went on a reflective walk around the surrounding facilities at the county administration building.

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Putnam County cares about breast cancer awareness

Story And Photos By Ian Tocher
Thursday, October 19, 2023
October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, when individuals, businesses, and communities come together each year to demonstrate support for the many people affected by breast cancer, whether as patients, family members, friends, or colleagues.
Eatonton Messenger/File Photo

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BOE hears feedback on Georgia Milestones

Bailey McCully
Thursday, October 19, 2023
The Putnam County Board of Education met Monday to listen to a presentation on Georgia Milestone scores and hear updates about the new elementary school.
A 2018 aerial view of two ponds on the Plant Branch site north of Milledgeville. Lake Sinclair is in the foreground. MARK ENGEL/File photo

A 2018 aerial view of two ponds on the Plant Branch site north of Milledgeville. Lake Sinclair is in the foreground. MARK ENGEL/File photo

Coal ash processing facility coming to Plant Branch

Mark Engel
Thursday, October 19, 2023
Georgia Power Company says it will be a decade or more before work is completed on the transfer of toxic coal ash from four ponds to a new 115-acre landfill on the old Plant Branch site.
Eatonton Messenger/File Photo

Eatonton Messenger/File Photo

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Putnam County passes state election integrity test

Rufus Adair
Thursday, October 19, 2023
Putnam County’s voting systems – hardware and software – have been deemed “secure, unaltered, and fully functioning,” according to the office of Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger.
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