As we have passed the mid-term day of this grading period, students received progress reports on November 17 to let parents know how they are doing in their classes.
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Washington-Wilkes FFA Member Greg Callaway participated in the Georgia-Carolina State Fair in Augusta where he won grand champion and reserve champion with his steers. He is the son of Brian and Tonya Callaway of Washington. More...
The Athens Chamber Singers will celebrate the 30th anniversary of the group with "Music from Around the World" -- Yuletide Musical Dinners, December 3, 4, and 5, at Trumps in the Georgian Hotel in downtown Athens. More...
Applications for the 2010 Brown Bag program sponsored by the Golden Harvest Food Bank will be taken at the Roy Burns Senior Center, 108 Marshall St., Washington, from 9 a.m. until 11:30 a.m. on Wednesday and Thursday, December 2 and 3. More...
The Washington Little Theater will present "Tidings of Great Joy" by Duo Intermezzo: Ruth Berry, cello, and Kevin Pollock, piano, on Sunday, December 6, at 3 p.m. at the Bolton Lunceford Playhouse on North Alexander Avenue. More...
Jack W. Bentley Jr., a dairy farmer in Tignall, has been elected to the Board of Directors for AgGeorgia Farm Credit, an agricultural lending cooperative. The announcement was made last week following the company's stockholder election. More...
The annual Optimist Club Friend of Youth (FOY) Auction and Barbeque will be held Thursday, November 19, at the VFW Post 5899 on Andrew Drive in Washington. More...
The annual Christmas at Callaway Plantation will be held Friday and Saturday, and Sunday, December 11, 12, and 13, at the plantation located five miles west of Washington on Highway 78. More...
The story of black Confederate soldiers will be told to the Washington Civil War Round Table meeting on Monday evening, November 23, at 6 p.m. at the Jockey Club restaurant on The Square in Washington. More...
By R.M. WILLINGHAM JR.
This Saturday, November 21, at 8 p.m., the curtain will rise on the Washington Wilkes Historical Foundation's presentation of Connye Florance in concert. More...
At last week's city council retreat, the Washington City Council completed work on its proposed 2010 annual budget for the city, and the public is now invited to review and comment on the proposed budget. More...
By CAROLYN GAMMON Please call 706-285-2736
While traveling along the highway last Sunday night I noticed many places already decorated for Christmas. Did I miss Thanksgiving? Are we rushing things? More...
Pole Branch Missionary Baptist Church honored its pastor, Rev. Joe L. Glaze, his wife, Diana, and daughter, Kennedy, for seven years of faithful and dedicated service to the church Sunday, November 8. Pastor Glaze's special guests included Rev. More...
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