Letter to the Editor: Questions and concerns about proposed development

Dear Editor,I have many questions and concerns about the 275 homes (the actual number keeps changing) residential rental development on Harmony Road connected to the Goodwill project.

Letter to the Editor: County may still reconsider HB 581

Dear Editor,I was mildly amused by Putnam County Commission Chairman Sharp’s reason for voting against holding public hearings on HB 581 (The Eatonton Messenger, A2, Jan. 30). Did Chairman Sharp not listen to any of the discussion? Did he not read the bill?

Letter to the Editor: Informed decisions require informed citizens

Dear Editor,In a Letter to the Editor last week, Commissioner Hersey expressed understandable concern about the draft agreement between Harmony Road GA LLC and the Putnam Development Authority (PDA) to build 275 houses (primarily for rent) in the Lake Oconee area.

Rich: The joy of the rain

It was in the gloaming of a hot, July evening. I was dressed in jeans, an Elvis tee shirt, and farm boots, cleaning weeds near the stream that runs under our driveway.A bristling wind suddenly lifted the leaves, and I saw the skies darkening further. I called to the dogs.“Y’all c’mon.

Yarbrough: Some random thoughts on random subjects

Well, that’s over and done with. Donald John Trump, the 45th president of the United States, has been officially sworn in as our 47th president, joining Grover Cleveland, who was president No. 22 and No. 24 as in, then out, then back in office.

Letter to the Editor: Remembering Charles Person

Dear Editor,We lost a great American hero earlier this month in Charles Person, one of the original Freedom Riders, back in 1961. He was one of the original 13 who came south to show the country and the world the racism in the South.

Letter to the Editor: Bait-and-switch on Putnam BOC?

Dear Editor,At its Feb. 7 meeting (10 a.m.), the Putnam County Board of Commissioners (BOC) will vote on approving an agreement between the Putnam Development Authority (PDA) and a developer, Harmony Road, LLC, which could cost taxpayers millions of dollars.

Rich: My cousin

It was a simple gesture.Probably meaningless to anyone but me.We were at the funeral home, celebrating the well-lived, godly life of our Aunt Kathleen. Tink and I were seated on the sofa near her beautiful casket when my cousin, Wanda, plopped down in my lap and threw her arm around me.

Yarbrough: Some facts of life for a new great-grandson

Dear Samuel Knox Wansley:Who are you, and who am I? The answer is that you are the family's youngest member, still awaiting your first birthday, and I am your great-grandfather who doesn’t have that many birthdays left ahead. So, we should have this conversation while I can still write it down.

Crane: What’s the deal with Greenland?

I recall the factoid from high school geography that Iceland was purposefully deceptively named and is quite green. Greenland is essentially a massive slab of ice, though not quite as icy as it used to be. But more on less ice later.