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2024 Mardi Gras Court Member Christian Williams flaunts her masquerade mask in preparation for this inaugural event. CONTRIBUTED

2024 Mardi Gras Court Member Christian Williams flaunts her masquerade mask in preparation for this inaugural event. CONTRIBUTED

Mardi Gras masquerade ball coming to MMCC

News Staff
Thursday, November 30, 2023
The Madison-Morgan Cultural Center (MMCC, 434 S. Main St., Madison) will be holding a Mardi Gras-style masquerade ball Feb. 10, 2024. Guests are invited to arrive “dressed to the nines” for a ballgown and black-tie affair.
Family-friendly Christmas show presented by MMCC

Family-friendly Christmas show presented by MMCC

Family-friendly Christmas show presented by MMCC

News Staff
Thursday, November 30, 2023
The Madison-Morgan Cultural Center (MMCC) is holding a Christmas-themed, family-friendly event on Dec. 8, as “A Burchfield Family Christmas” appears in The Hall on Foster Street.
Dave Thillen of Thillen Education Foundation welcomes all to the first award reception held at the Greene College & Career Academy. PHOTOS CONTRIBUTED

Dave Thillen of Thillen Education Foundation welcomes all to the first award reception held at the Greene College & Career Academy. PHOTOS CONTRIBUTED

Thillen Education Foundation, Greene College & Career Academy Announce quarterly Dave Dollar recipients

News Staff
Thursday, November 30, 2023
Thillen Education Foundation, in collaboration with Greene College & Career Academy, proudly revealed the latest recipients of the Dave Dollar Awards during its quarterly reception on Tuesday, Nov. 14.
The 12 Angry Jurors (l-r): Phil Armstrong (2), Michelle Saarela (12), Brent Mero (10), Sue Strange (9), Lou Benjamin (8), Bill Dudley (3), Sandy Young (6), Darlene McCumiskey (7), Becky Nipper (5), Dianne Bennett Shinneman (4), Johnny Wagoner (1, Foreman), and Gretter Naranjo (11). IAN TOCHER/Staff

The 12 Angry Jurors (l-r): Phil Armstrong (2), Michelle Saarela (12), Brent Mero (10), Sue Strange (9), Lou Benjamin (8), Bill Dudley (3), Sandy Young (6), Darlene McCumiskey (7), Becky Nipper (5), Dianne Bennett Shinneman (4), Johnny Wagoner (1, Foreman), and Gretter Naranjo (11). IAN TOCHER/Staff

‘12 Angry Jurors’ takes on difficult deliberations

Ian Tocher
Wednesday, November 22, 2023
The Plaza Alliance for the Performing Arts (PAPA) completed its six-show run of “Twelve Angry Jurors” Sunday night at The Plaza Arts Center, with each performance bringing its own energy and feedback from the audience to its cast of 15 actors.
Please help support a child by taking a new, unwrapped toy to one of the locations or events listed.

Please help support a child by taking a new, unwrapped toy to one of the locations or events listed.

GCCSF announces toy collection box locations

News Staff
Wednesday, November 22, 2023
The Greene County Christmas Stocking Fund (GCCSF) will be providing toys this Christmas season to more than 300 children, ages 13 and younger. Please help support a child by taking a new, unwrapped toy to one of the locations or events listed.
The statewide Youth Lead Georgia will be built on Fanning’s experience with youth leadership programs for Georgia communities. CONTRIBUTED

The statewide Youth Lead Georgia will be built on Fanning’s experience with youth leadership programs for Georgia communities. CONTRIBUTED

UGA Youth LEAD Georgia inaugural class announced

News Staff
Wednesday, November 22, 2023
Thirty 10th- and 11th-graders from across Georgia – including Carolyn Thomas of Eatonton and Mary Hollis Pugmire from Madison – have been selected to participate in the inaugural statewide Youth LEAD Georgia program run by the University of Georgia.
GWM welcomes new junior board

GWM welcomes new junior board

GWM welcomes new junior board

Emme Clause
Thursday, November 16, 2023
The Georgia Writers Museum (GWM) welcomed its new 2023-24 Junior Board last Friday, made up of Rebekah Esau’s Service Leadership class at Putnam County High School. The GWM’s third junior board will create a class project involving the museum during the school year.
Tony Barnhart/File Photo

Tony Barnhart/File Photo

GWM presents sports author Tony Barnhart

Tony Barnhart
Thursday, November 16, 2023
From Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird to Maya Angelou’s I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, there have been many great books written about the challenges of racial integration.
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Chamber of Commerce hosts ribbon cutting for Firefly Trail

News Staff
Thursday, November 16, 2023
On Friday, Nov. 3, the Greene County Chamber of Commerce held a ribbon cutting to celebrate the completion of the Greene County Project of the Firefly Trail. The ceremony was held in Union Point at the new pedestrian and cyclist bridge crossing of the trail that passes over North Rhodes Street.
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