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Dan Dowling was in Greensboro during the downtown Easter hop last month. CONTRIBUTED

Dan Dowling was in Greensboro during the downtown Easter hop last month. CONTRIBUTED

West coast native falls in love with Greensboro

Maureen Stratton
Friday, May 27, 2022
A random lunch run brought former pilot Dan Dowling to Greensboro, and he liked what he saw. He especially liked Greensboro’s tree-lined streets, old brick buildings oozing charm and the Southern hospitality that seemed to pour out of its mortar.

Rivian on track for summer start

T. Michael Stone
Friday, May 27, 2022
According to a spokesman for the Joint Development Authority of Morgan, Newton, Jasper and Walton counties, all JDA-required preliminary due diligence has been completed for the Rivian EV plant to proceed.
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MANNING BROTHERS

News Staff
Friday, May 27, 2022
Q: Give a brief history of your business. A: Manning Brothers was started in 1947 by Dick and Roy Manning in Hartwell, Ga. They moved to Athens in 1980 and died within a month of each other that year. Stewart Manning took over and continued to develop the business.
An Eatonton man died when his car crashed into the traffic light pole on Highway 44 at Scott Road and burst into flames. Passersby pulled the man out of the car before it burned. CONTRIBUTED/PCSO

An Eatonton man died when his car crashed into the traffic light pole on Highway 44 at Scott Road and burst into flames. Passersby pulled the man out of the car before it burned. CONTRIBUTED/PCSO

Wreck kills Eatonton man, snarls traffic

Lynn Hobbs
Friday, May 27, 2022
An Eatonton man was killed Monday in a single-car crash on State Route 44, which rerouted traffic for more than five hours, according to authorities.

CRIME REPORTS

News Staff
Friday, May 27, 2022
MORGAN COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE Holley Broughton, 53, listed as homeless, was arrested May 18 and charged with criminal trespassing.
Greene County High School student Aiden Turner (center) was recognized at the May 19 Board of Education meeting for being selected for the Georgia Governor’s Honors Program. (from left) BOE members Joe Bashore and Clarence Hunt, Chairman Mike Lynch, Turner, School Superintendent Chris Houston and BOE members Steve Kilgore and Perry Lee. MARK ENGEL/ S t a ff

Greene County High School student Aiden Turner (center) was recognized at the May 19 Board of Education meeting for being selected for the Georgia Governor’s Honors Program. (from left) BOE members Joe Bashore and Clarence Hunt, Chairman Mike Lynch, Turner, School Superintendent Chris Houston and BOE members Steve Kilgore and Perry Lee. MARK ENGEL/ S t a ff

Greene BOE meeting upbeat with honors

Mark Engel
Friday, May 27, 2022
Aiden Turner was in the audience wearing his COVID mask. Next to him were his parents, Willie Turner and Tequila Lewis, who were wearing all smiles. It was the monthly meeting of the Greene County Board of Education on Thursday, May 19, and it was clear that behind his mask, Aiden was also beaming.
Georgia Dept. of Transportation contractor workers are making preparations to complete the US Hwy. 441 widening project in Putnam County. MARK ENGEL/Staff

Georgia Dept. of Transportation contractor workers are making preparations to complete the US Hwy. 441 widening project in Putnam County. MARK ENGEL/Staff

Putnam US 441 widening begins

Mark Engel
Friday, May 27, 2022
The project to widen US 441/SR 24 to four lanes from the bypass around Eatonton to the Putnam-Morgan County line got a green light on April 4. Since then, E.R. Snell Contractor Inc. has begun the laborious task of clearing the right of way south of Rock Eagle 4-H Center. The 9.
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