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GCBOE corrects error in its strategic plan document

T. Michael Stone
Thursday, June 22, 2023
The Greene County Board of Education approved a Strategic Plan designed to help the school system make significant progress over the next five years and made a correction to an error in the document that slipped past reviewers and made it onto the BOE website, causing quite a bit of consternation...
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Greensboro announces youth council program at meeting

Maureen Stratton
Thursday, June 15, 2023
New Greensboro City Manager Jarvis Sims presented a proposal to the city council Monday for a city-sponsored Georgia Youth Program. Many municipalities have similar councils and youth mentoring programs, and this would be among the first efforts of the city to establish an ongoing program.
Miyah Angelo Pittman/Photo courtesy of The Georgia Gazette

Miyah Angelo Pittman/Photo courtesy of The Georgia Gazette

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Gang members face additional charges; behind held without bond

Lynn Hobbs
Thursday, June 15, 2023
Two Milledgeville teens who were arrested in connection with an early morning shooting at the Shell Food Mart in Eatonton are now facing more charges, including some for firing gunshots inside a residence where two toddlers were at the time. No one was injured in the incident.
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South Carolina man concedes to GSP Challengers

T. Michael Stone
Thursday, June 15, 2023
A chase that began in Greene County and ended in McDuffie County on June 1 was closed out when Georgia State Patrol units got involved and the fleeing suspect gave up. Jaquan Raheem Badger, 26, of West Allendale, S.C.
Purpose-built wakeboard boats are capable of creating sizable wakes that now must originate at least 200 feet from shore or structures, according to new Georgia law. Courtesy Benjamin Klaver/Unsplash.com

Purpose-built wakeboard boats are capable of creating sizable wakes that now must originate at least 200 feet from shore or structures, according to new Georgia law. Courtesy Benjamin Klaver/Unsplash.com

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New no-wake zone for wakeboard boaters

Ian Tocher
Thursday, June 15, 2023
Early last month, Governor Brian Kemp signed House Bill 121, which imposes new restrictions on boaters engaged in towing wakeboarders or providing a boat-generated wake for wake surfers.
More than 100 people gathered to release memorial balloons last Friday night outside a Shell station in Eatonton where Frederick Scott Jr. was murdered June 4, in a broad-daylight shooting.

More than 100 people gathered to release memorial balloons last Friday night outside a Shell station in Eatonton where Frederick Scott Jr. was murdered June 4, in a broad-daylight shooting.

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A community grieves, holds hope for future

News Staff
Thursday, June 15, 2023
Story and photos by Ian Tocher ian@msgrnews.com Frederick Scott Sr. was the first to reach his 32-year-old son Frederick Lamar Scott Jr.
Greene County residents expressed a desire for the county to remain rural. The Future Development Map (above) allows for strategic growth, while maintaining the majority of the county’s land for conservation, farmland and forestry. CONTRIBUTED

Greene County residents expressed a desire for the county to remain rural. The Future Development Map (above) allows for strategic growth, while maintaining the majority of the county’s land for conservation, farmland and forestry. CONTRIBUTED

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Greene County identifies areas for housing, retail and industry

Mark Engel
Thursday, June 15, 2023
The Greene County Board of Commissioners Tuesday approved a wide-ranging update to the Comprehensive Plan that sets up specific areas of the county for future housing, industrial and commercial developments as well as community services, recreation, and broadband internet.
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