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Last year’s combined Christmas program at Eatonton First Methodist Church involved members, parents, and leaders of Scout Troop 310 and Cub Scout Pack 34. CONTRIBUTED

Last year’s combined Christmas program at Eatonton First Methodist Church involved members, parents, and leaders of Scout Troop 310 and Cub Scout Pack 34. CONTRIBUTED

Golden Eagle awards to benefit Eatonton Scouting

Ian Tocher
Thursday, August 7, 2025
Scouting is alive and well in Eatonton, with two dedicated Scout troops, plus a pair of Cub Scout packs to serve and benefit local youth.
Firefly Festival’s “Kids Night” featured various activities for participants, including face painting, petting zoos, and lots of giant bubbles. SKYLA MORRIS/Staff

Firefly Festival’s “Kids Night” featured various activities for participants, including face painting, petting zoos, and lots of giant bubbles. SKYLA MORRIS/Staff

Firefly Festival returns to Madison

Skyla Morris
Thursday, July 31, 2025
The City of Madison hosted its annual “Firefly Festival” in the city’s town park on July 25-26. The end-of-summer event held its Kids Night on the 25th, from 6-8 p.m., with its Date Night concert the following evening, from 7-9:30.
Ronda Rich/Columnist

Ronda Rich/Columnist

Rich: Jay, the good shepherd

Ronda Rich
Thursday, July 24, 2025
It is conventional wisdom that you should never do business with family. And, for the most part, that is probably true.Unless that family member is an honorable, God-fearing man like the one that my niece, Nicole, was wise enough to marry and bring into our family.
The Sisters of Faith, out of Griffin, opened the second half of Saturday night’s Mothers Against Crime Gospel and Praise Concert at Putnam County Middle School’s Little Theater in Eatonton. IAN TOCHER/Staff

The Sisters of Faith, out of Griffin, opened the second half of Saturday night’s Mothers Against Crime Gospel and Praise Concert at Putnam County Middle School’s Little Theater in Eatonton. IAN TOCHER/Staff

Annual gospel concert entertains and inspires

Ian Tocher
Thursday, July 24, 2025
The spirit was strong Saturday evening at Putnam County Middle School’s Little Theater, where six talented, local gospel groups gathered for the annual Mothers Against Crime (MAC) Gospel and Praise Concert.
An assistant gets into the box ready for the show July 10 at Festival Hall. LEIGH LOFGREN/Staff

An assistant gets into the box ready for the show July 10 at Festival Hall. LEIGH LOFGREN/Staff

Greensboro’s Festival Hall hosts magic show

Leigh Lofgren
Thursday, July 17, 2025
Mark the Magic Man entertained a large audience on July 10 at Festival Hall, having the crowd laugh, have fun, and try to figure out how things magically appeared and disappeared.
Ronda Rich/Columnist

Ronda Rich/Columnist

Rich: The intelligence quotient

Ronda Rich
Thursday, July 17, 2025
Tink was in his office, supposedly, working. We both have home offices because we are both writers and work from home. I am a serious writer who composes prose for books and this column.You would be surprised how much harder it is to write this column of 650 words than it is to write an entire book.
Members of the Athens-based John W. Hancock Memorial Chapter 531 of the Military Order of the Purple Heart pose with the daughter of Charlie Bonner Award for Advancing Education winner Richard “Ole” Olsen, holding a photo of her father. IAN TOCHER/Staff

Members of the Athens-based John W. Hancock Memorial Chapter 531 of the Military Order of the Purple Heart pose with the daughter of Charlie Bonner Award for Advancing Education winner Richard “Ole” Olsen, holding a photo of her father. IAN TOCHER/Staff

STMA Bonner Award presented to UGA’s Olsen

Story & Photos By Ian Tocher
Thursday, July 17, 2025
The Steffen Thomas Museum of Art held its annual Founder’s Day Celebration on Saturday to honor the memory of Sara Douglass Thomas, who in 1997 opened the museum in rural Buckhead to showcase and honor her husband’s prodigious efforts in many varied art disciplines.
LEIGH LOFGREN/Staff

LEIGH LOFGREN/Staff

Harbor Club celebrates 4th of July

Leigh Lofgren
Thursday, July 10, 2025
Harbor Club’s annual July 4 celebrations began Friday with the raising of the flag ceremony in front of the Clubhouse by Greene County Sheriff Donnie Harrison and firefighter Bob Welsh.
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