National Hospital Week comes May 7-13 this year and Putnam General Hospital (PGH) is already gearing up for a week-long celebration.

Eatonton Fire Department firefighters now have a new weapon up their sleeves for fighting fires. The department recently received a Blitzfire Nozzle, donated by Gro Tec in Eatonton, a subsidiary of Pennington Seed.

The Gatewood Gators basketball team wrapped up the 2022-23 regular season on a high note last week. With wins over Westminster Christian (66-45) and Brentwood Academy (70-64), Gatewood secured the GIAA Region 2-AA regular season title for a second-consecutive year under Don Keiser.

Let’s travel back in time to Dec. 4, 1956, to a night known in rock-n-roll history as the night stardom was born.

In front of audiences of teachers and students, and later parents, Gatewood Schools first- and second-graders performed “Stone Soup” on Feb. 3, a play that teaches the value of sharing.

The bridge over Lake Oconee on Old Phoenix Road was completely closed for a brief time Saturday night and then again on Monday morning. In both instances, surrounding residences were without electricity because a pickup truck had crashed into a utility pole, Putnam County Sheriff Howard Sills said.

Roads and rentals – and their place in Lake Oconee’s long-term character and drawing power – bubbled up in discussions at the Putnam County Board of Commissioners’ first monthly meeting last Friday.

Gatewood boys basketball dropped its first region game 69-66 last Tuesday at Westminster Christian Academy in Watkinsville but rebounded nicely at home on Friday with a 54-47 victory over Piedmont Academy.

Part of the stated mission for The Plaza Arts Center in Eatonton is to bring the arts to the local community. Late last month, during the pre-show sound check for The Doo Wop Project at The Plaza, a group of local students ranging from high school freshmen to college-aged – each interested in pursuing a career in the arts – had the unique opportunity of speaking one-on-one with the show’s stars.

The New York City-based Doo Wop Project played to a full house Saturday night at The Plaza Arts Center in Eatonton, treating nostalgic fans, young and old(er), to a wide array of songs from the 1940s to the present day.