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EPWSA continues to get the lead out

Rufus Adair
Thursday, August 24, 2023
Little lead remains in Eatonton’s aging water and sewer lines, and steady progress is being made in replacing those older mains, valves, and hydrants.
An Eatonton mother was flown by medical helicopter to an area trauma center following a single-car crash on Pea Ridge Road Saturday.

An Eatonton mother was flown by medical helicopter to an area trauma center following a single-car crash on Pea Ridge Road Saturday.

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Single-car crash slows traffic on Pea Ridge Rd.

Lynn Hobbs
Thursday, August 24, 2023
An Eatonton mother was flown by medical helicopter to an area trauma center following a single-car crash on Pea Ridge Road Saturday. According to Putnam County Sheriff Howard Sills, a 16-year-old was driving south on Pea Ridge Road shortly after 1:30 p.m.
Dr. Meigan Miller, D.M.D., Family Dentistry offers the highest quality of dental care in Eatonton, Ga., and welcomes patients from all over middle Georgia.

Dr. Meigan Miller, D.M.D., Family Dentistry offers the highest quality of dental care in Eatonton, Ga., and welcomes patients from all over middle Georgia.

Miller strives to offer the highest quality of dental care

News Staff
Thursday, August 24, 2023
Dr. Meigan Miller, D.M.D., Family Dentistry offers the highest quality of dental care in Eatonton, Ga., and welcomes patients from all over middle Georgia. They strive to meet all of your dental needs and will help you find the right treatment that will bring out your best smile.
The goal of this competition is for students in grades K-5 to generate knowledge of and appreciation for Georgia’s biological diversity. The initiative is sponsored by the Georgia Department of Natural Resources (DNR), the State Botanical Garden of Georgia, and The Environmental Resources Network (TERN) friends group of DNR’s Wildlife Conservation Section.

The goal of this competition is for students in grades K-5 to generate knowledge of and appreciation for Georgia’s biological diversity. The initiative is sponsored by the Georgia Department of Natural Resources (DNR), the State Botanical Garden of Georgia, and The Environmental Resources Network (TERN) friends group of DNR’s Wildlife Conservation Section.

Statewide K-5 wildlife poster contest returns

News Staff
Thursday, August 24, 2023
Teachers and students across Georgia are invited to celebrate wildlife through art by participating in the 34th annual Give Wildlife a Chance poster contest. The goal of this competition is for students in grades K-5 to generate knowledge of and appreciation for Georgia’s biological diversity.
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Parent alleges absence of transparency by LOA board

Maureen Stratton
Thursday, August 24, 2023
Lake Oconee Academy (LOA) parent Todd Ciavola asked to be put on the agenda during public comments at last week’s Greene County Board of Education (BOE) meeting. Ciavola is a 22-year resident of the area with two children who recently graduated and another who is currently a sophomore.
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Tax rate increase by Puntam County commissioners seems inevitable

Rufus Adair
Thursday, August 24, 2023
With the Putnam County Board of Commissioners set to finalize its 2023-24 general fund budget a couple of weeks from now, at least one confounding question lingers: with the county’s tax digest up 20 percent, why do extra revenues from that growth not eliminate any need for an additional millage...
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BOE avoids inflation by rolling back millage rate

Maureen Stratton
Thursday, August 24, 2023
Last week, the Greene County Board of Education (BOE) met to announce a new millage rate of 10.311 and budget for fiscal year 2024. The millage rate has dropped every year since 2018, and the BOE recently broke ground on a new elementary school being built off Meadow Crest Road.
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Morgan County woman hospitalized by dog attack

T. Michael Stone
Thursday, August 24, 2023
An 81-year-old Morgan County woman was flown to Grady Memorial Hospital in Atlanta Aug. 17 after a dog attack at a home on Apalachee Way in Buckhead. Janet Morrison suffered cuts, bruises and a broken hip during the attack.
Maserati found ablaze

Maserati found ablaze

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Maserati found ablaze in Madison

T. Michael Stone
Thursday, August 24, 2023
An expensive Italian luxury car was found ablaze in the early morning hours of Aug. 21, near Davis Academy Road and Newborn Road. Morgan County deputy Christopher Lash was first on the scene. According to Lash’s report, a white Maserati was fully engulfed in flames when he arrived.
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