Putnam County

Summer Camps are back at The Plaza

Summer Camps are back at The Plaza

Summer Camps are back at The Plaza

News Staff
Thursday, May 4, 2023
Summer is all about vacations, time with friends and summer camps. Looking for a way to keep your child or grandchild entertained in a fun and creative way? The Plaza Arts Center has you covered! The Plaza is offering two summer camps this year.
Organizers of the first Masonic Bass Tournament, left to right, past Master and Junior Deacon of Lodge No. 4 Michael Cumbie, GBT owner Michael Tarrer, Senior Steward of Lodge No. 4 Greg Smith, and Worship Master of Lodge No. 4, Michael Gailey. LENA HENSLEY/Staff

Organizers of the first Masonic Bass Tournament, left to right, past Master and Junior Deacon of Lodge No. 4 Michael Cumbie, GBT owner Michael Tarrer, Senior Steward of Lodge No. 4 Greg Smith, and Worship Master of Lodge No. 4, Michael Gailey. LENA HENSLEY/Staff

Eatonton Free Masons raise funds for needy children

Lena Hensley
Thursday, May 4, 2023
A large group of people was ready to set sails at the Dennis Station boat ramp on Lake Sinclair as the first ray of sun lit the horizon on April 22.
At Interfor’s Putnam County facility on Dennis Station Road, massive piles of southern yellow pine are backed by large mounds of sawdust and wood chips, none of which go to waste. CONTRIBUTED

At Interfor’s Putnam County facility on Dennis Station Road, massive piles of southern yellow pine are backed by large mounds of sawdust and wood chips, none of which go to waste. CONTRIBUTED

Putnam A to Z: I is for Interfor

Ian Tocher
Thursday, May 4, 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 of Putnam County every other week this year, looking at something – or someone – unique, significant, unusual, or just plain interesting.
Eatonton Messenger/Graphic

Eatonton Messenger/Graphic

School funding addressed at EPTAH meeting

Rufus Adair
Thursday, May 4, 2023
Pressure on local school boards to come up with an increasingly larger share of funding for public schools was touched on for the third time in four months during member organizations’ activity reports at the monthly meeting of the Eatonton-Putnam Tourism, Arts, and Heritage partnership (EPTAH).
The new roundabout at Scott Road and Highway 44 will replace the recently added traffic signals at that intersection. GEORGIA DOT

The new roundabout at Scott Road and Highway 44 will replace the recently added traffic signals at that intersection. GEORGIA DOT

More Highway 44 roundabouts on the way

Mark Engel
Thursday, May 4, 2023
The Georgia Department of Transportation (GDOT) has decided to create four more roundabouts when it widens Highway 44 (Lake Oconee Parkway) in Putnam and Greene counties. The four would be in addition to the previously announced roundabout at Linger Longer Road near Publix.
Rivian displays vehicles at the Georgia Capitol March 1.

Rivian displays vehicles at the Georgia Capitol March 1.

Judge orders Rivian opponents to pay bond to continue lawsuit

Josh Lurie
Thursday, April 27, 2023
Work to develop the site for one of Georgia’s largest economic development projects continues for EV-maker Rivian as multiple cases work their way through courts. Fulton County Superior Court Judge Thomas A. Cox Jr. ruled on April 21 that the state is entitled to a bond of $364,619.
Going into the event, the Putnam County team was coming off big wins as individuals and as boys’ and girls’ teams after taking first place at the Redskin Invitational early last month at Social Circle. ARELLA CASH/Staff

Going into the event, the Putnam County team was coming off big wins as individuals and as boys’ and girls’ teams after taking first place at the Redskin Invitational early last month at Social Circle. ARELLA CASH/Staff

PCMS closes out T&F season

Arella Cash
Thursday, April 27, 2023
Putnam County Middle School closed out its track-and-field season on April 15, in the 2023 Piedmont Athletic Conference MS Championships at Walnut Grove High School in Loganville.
Eatonton native Abby Boatfield has been recently named the new manager of the Eatonton-Putnam County Library. IAN TOCHER/Staff

Eatonton native Abby Boatfield has been recently named the new manager of the Eatonton-Putnam County Library. IAN TOCHER/Staff

Eatonton-Putnam Library welcomes new manager

Ian Tocher
Thursday, April 27, 2023
The first time Abrielle “Abby” Boatfield visited the Eatonton-Putnam County Library, she entered as a little girl through the old entrance facing Church Street. These days, a major renovation has repurposed that same entrance into the exterior glass wall of her office as the library’s new manager.
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