Pete Nance Boys & Girls Club volunteer Jim Boreland sees the Club as a place to give back for a positive return in the lives of the youth.

The Board of Directors of the Georgia Writers Museum has agreed to purchase the storefront location it currently occupies in downtown Eatonton, as well as two adjacent buildings now occupied by retail businesses.  

Jimmy Britt Chevrolet Buick GMC partnered with Lake Oconee Academy in Greensboro, and joined forces with the national Chevrolet Youth Baseball program to provide new equipment, invitations to free instructional clinics, and a monetary donation. 

Henry J. Pope, Jr., President and Chief Executive Officer of Exchange Bank (Milledgeville-Gray-Lake Oconee), who has served for over 45 years, was recently inducted into the Georgia College School of Business Hall of Fame. 

Gather your friends and family, Greensboro is prepping for the eighth annual Pickin’ on the Greene. It will be on Friday, June 21, from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m.

Pete Nance Boys & Girls Club members took a field trip to Atlas Ministry recently to lend a helping hand. 

Jenni Black won one year of preventive dentistry or teeth whitening, a $485 value, sponsored by Lake Oconee Dentistry, in the Rotary Week 20 raffle.

I am sure that most people are aware that during the course of 2017 and early 2018 home prices made a giant 10 percent jump. Home prices are estimated to rise in 2019, but at a much slower pace, and the number of homes for sale is expected to increase by a mere 1 percent.

Teenage years. Remember yours? Have you raised teenagers? Are you now? The teen brain goes through an incredible growth period on its way to full maturity. I want to share some information on this phenomenon so that a greater understanding may lead to some enlightenment and possible behavior…

Jeffrey Wells, artistic director of OPAS entertained along with his wife Jo Ellen Wells  romantic songs for the February meeting at Ladies at the landing. The hostesses for this meeting were Susie Schlich, Darlene Marlow, Linda Alfred, Vicki Fenton, Pam Luke who welcomed Jeffrey and Jo Ellen…

Springtime in Georgia is beautiful, from the birds singing to the spectacular flowers and blooming trees, everything is coming alive once again.  But with this awakening of nature, many people also experience the “awakening” of seasonal allergies. The dense clouds of pine pollen hanging in t…

EATONTON, Ga. — Rock Eagle 4-H Environmental Education Program is excited to host another session of Camp EcoAdventure! Campers will explore the wonder of our natural environment with hands-on, action packed adventures. This spring break camp will take place April 1-5, and is open to ages 6 …

This is a reminder that Second Harvest and all of its dedicated volunteers are holding a food distribution on Saturday, March 16from 9 a.m. to 10:30 a.m.  Distribution will be held at Greensboro Elementary School located at 1441 Martin Luther King Jr Drive in Greensboro. If you need food, pl…

On Saturday, Dec. 8, a group of Lake Oconee Elk members, along with Greene County Boy Scout Troop 30 went to the Madison County Boys and Girls Club to host a robot building party with the boys and girls from the club. It was a rainy, cold day so not everyone was able to attend that had signe…

GREENSBORO, Ga. — On Tuesday, Feb. 12, members of the Greene County Chamber of Commerce’s Public Affairs Committee, Education and Workforce Development Committee and students from Youth Leadership Greene visited the State Capitol for the inaugural Greene County Chamber Day at the Capitol. 

“You are the lifeblood of what we do,” Mike O’Neal, Pete Nance Boys & Girls Club Advisory board president said to more than 60 donors and volunteers gathered at Da Corrado Ristorante. The occasion was to celebrate the gifts given in 2018 and the gifts collectively the community can give …

Jim Peterson tells us that there are three elements of personality involved in making any significant decision. They are the emotions, the intellect, and the will.

GREENSBORO, Ga. — Hosted by The Episcopal Church of the Redeemer, the Georgia College Music Department presents the second annual Heartfelt Harmonies — an entertaining evening of "feel good" music on Tuesday, March 12 at 7:30 pm at Festival Hall in Greensboro. 

Greensboro, Ga. — Regarded as one of the top collegiate golf events in the nation, the 14th annual Linger Longer Invitational (LLI) at Reynolds Lake Oconee will take place at the historic Landing course, March 14-17.

Recently the Pete Nance Boys & Girls Club teens and tweens gave an entrepreneurship presentation as a part of their Money Matters Program. 

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Fifty-eight local Putnam and Greene County School students loaded busses in the early morning hours of Feb. 9, and headed to the Shoe Carnival in Augusta.

Reynolds Lake Oconee Properties, LLC is pleased to announce Chip Perry as Salesperson of the Month for January 2019 with three transactions totaling over $1.3 million.

Lake Oconee Academy junior Ryan Smith has verbally committed to play golf at the University of Wisconsin in the fall of 2020. 

Jeff Edwards recently won four tickets to the Lake Oconee Food and Wine Festival sponsored by Exchange Bank. 

In an effort to honor Greensboro’s past, Coldwell Banker Lake Oconee Realty/Lake Country recently sponsored the restoration of a Chero-Cola mural advertisement on the outside of the Oconee Brewing Company building in downtown Greensboro. 

A Lake Oconee Youth was on target at the Elks Regional Soccer Shoot in January. 

The Blue Pickleholics were the winners of the second annual Lake Country Team Pickleball Tournament at the Greene County Recreation Center.  

The Oconee Performing Arts Society is pleased to announce the 2019 board inductees as well as the new chair. 

The Greene County Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors and President, Terry Lawler, announce a winner for the 2019 Reboot Logo Contest in collaboration with high school students across Greene County. 

In Week 3 of the Rotary Super Raffle, Danelle Borland won an olive oil and balsamic vinegar pairing per month for 12 months.

Downtown Greensboro is prepping for the 21^st Southland Jubilee on Saturday, April 20, 2019, from 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.

For many years, the Rotary Club of Greene and Putnam Counties has been helping local needy families during the holidays.  This past holiday season was no different. Members of the Rotary Club were busy during Christmas being Santa’s helpers in order to make Christmas a little brighter for fo…

ATHENS, Ga. – CARF International announced that St. Mary's Center for Rehabilitative Medicine (CRM) has been accredited for a period of three years for its inpatient rehabilitation program, including a specialty accreditation for adult stroke care. The latest accreditation is the fifth conse…

On Jan. 18, parishioners from Christ Our King and Savior Catholic Church in Greensboro and other local churches, participated in a peaceful Pro-Life demonstration. Others participating in the march included Congressman Jody Hice and representatives from First Call Pregnancy Center. The local…