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Walkers gather for a photo before making the mile-long walk. LEIGH LOFGREN/Staff

Walkers gather for a photo before making the mile-long walk. LEIGH LOFGREN/Staff

Harbor Club residents participate in Walk to Remember

Leigh Lofgren
Thursday, September 18, 2025
Harbor Club once again held its annual Walk to Remember with residents and friends, walking more than a mile from the cart barn to the flagpole at the security entrance of Harbor Club.
Ronda Rich/Columnist

Ronda Rich/Columnist

Rich: The cabin

Ronda Rich
Thursday, September 18, 2025
Dust to dust, ashes to ashes is the way we often say it. But the King James Bible says it more eloquently, “For dust thou art and unto dust, thou shall yield.
Last year’s Dual Vision: Art Through Different Eyes show attracted a huge crowd to downtown Eatonton’s Barrel 118 event center and a similar turnout is expected. IAN TOCHER/Staff

Last year’s Dual Vision: Art Through Different Eyes show attracted a huge crowd to downtown Eatonton’s Barrel 118 event center and a similar turnout is expected. IAN TOCHER/Staff

Dual Vision reception returning to Barrel 118

News Staff
Thursday, September 11, 2025
In May, 78 members of The Artisans Village Guild selected 139 photos from samples provided by 15 Lake Country Photo Club photographers.Guild members then spent much of the summer creating artwork in a variety of mediums, from jewelry to paintings to sculpture to textile art and beyond.
GP HR Business Partner Ashby Smith, GP HR Manager Hadiya Gayle, MCHS Career Academy Director Jennifer Butler, and GP Operations Manager Trainee John Danielak. CONTRIBUTED

GP HR Business Partner Ashby Smith, GP HR Manager Hadiya Gayle, MCHS Career Academy Director Jennifer Butler, and GP Operations Manager Trainee John Danielak. CONTRIBUTED

Georgia-Pacific Madison employees donate school supplies

News Staff
Thursday, September 11, 2025
During the month of August, employees at Georgia-Pacific Madison Plywood came together to support local teachers by collecting and donating school supplies, along with some GP household products, to Morgan County High School.
Ronda Rich/Columnist

Ronda Rich/Columnist

Rich: The cowboy rides away

Ronda Rich
Thursday, September 11, 2025
Three years ago, Tink and I attended my all-time favorite event. It is the induction into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame. Songwriters are my favorite of all writers. In three minutes, they tell a story that hangs in your heart meaningfully.
The Tytan crew, including (back, l-r) Nathan Ross, Drew Waters, Jim Stone, and Katie Hopwood, with (front, l-r) Roxy Stone, Addie Brown, and Darnell Jordan at the Southeast Emmy Awards on June 14, at the Hyatt Buckhead in Atlanta. IAN TOCHER/Staff

The Tytan crew, including (back, l-r) Nathan Ross, Drew Waters, Jim Stone, and Katie Hopwood, with (front, l-r) Roxy Stone, Addie Brown, and Darnell Jordan at the Southeast Emmy Awards on June 14, at the Hyatt Buckhead in Atlanta. IAN TOCHER/Staff

Tytan brings Emmy to Eatonton

Ian Tocher
Thursday, September 11, 2025
When Jim Stone accepted a prestigious industry award in Atlanta early this summer, the Eatonton-based filmmaker wasn’t thinking about himself or even his wife and longtime creative partner, Roxy.
Downtown Eatonton’s elegant Barrel 118 will again host Habitat for Humanity of Putnam County’s annual Building Hope Gala in November. IAN TOCHER/Staff

Downtown Eatonton’s elegant Barrel 118 will again host Habitat for Humanity of Putnam County’s annual Building Hope Gala in November. IAN TOCHER/Staff

Habitat’s 2nd annual Building Hope Gala returns

News Staff
Thursday, September 4, 2025
Habitat for Humanity of Putnam County (HFHPC) will host its 2nd annual Building Hope Gala on Thursday, Nov. 13, at Barrel 118 in downtown Eatonton.
Ronda Rich/Columnist

Ronda Rich/Columnist

Rich: Grave digging

Ronda Rich
Thursday, September 4, 2025
Most of the local tellings — it’s not gossip — come from two places: the beauty shop and the funeral home.When Tink moved to the rural South, he had only been to two funerals in his life. On average, we have a visitation or a funeral about once a week. He’s become a pro.
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