The state legislature's demand that the University System of Georgia cut its FY2011 budget by $200-$300 million will mean devastating cuts at Gordon College, one official says.
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St. George's Episcopal School’s four year old class had an extraordinary day Feb. 17.
After morning chapel service, fathers and grandfathers gathered with their children to have “Donuts with Dad.” The class had been studying the letter D and each student had written a story and drawn a picture about his or her dad.
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Greenco Environmental president Tim Lesko apologized profusely for odors emanating from his company's composting operation on Roger Brown Drive at a public hearing held Monday night at the Barnesville Civic Center. [Full Story »]
Laura West is the 2010 STAR Student at the high school, scoring 2040 on her SAT out of 2400 possible points. She chose English instructor Jane Mitchell as her STAR teacher.
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Beginning Monday, Impact Christian Ministries will begin serving evening meals at its building at 116 Zebulon St. The kitchen will open at 4:30 p.m. Fridays, plans are to take the dinner to the streets, in keeping with its street ministry mission. That will begin Feb. 19.
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The Georgia Department of Transportation is creating an atlas of the old Dixie Highway – better known around these parts as Highway 41 – and has chosen the stretch between Barnesville and Forsyth as its pilot project.
Historians from New South Associates were in town recently to collect oral histories of the highway, built roughly along the trail of an old stagecoach route. While attendance was sparse, the memories were not. [Full Story »]
Jennifer Clark, the woman accused of bashing her husband’s head in with a baseball bat, heads up a long list of defendants due Lamar superior court Thursday.
Court begins at 9 a.m. with Judge Bill Fears presiding.
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The psychology/sociology club and the athletic department at Gordon College are joining together to sponsor From Gordon to Haiti, an event to aid victims of the Jan. 12 earthquake.
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Lamar Arts is celebrating Black History Month by hosting a very special event called “Roots”. We encourage you to attend the opening this Friday, February 5th, from 6-8 pm at the Depot in Downtown Barnesville.
Also featured in the exhibition is a featuring the Rosenwald Schools. The Rosenwald Schools were elementary schools built by Julius Rosenwald to educate black children throughout the south.
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