David Cravens, local McDonald's owner/operator was recognized at a reception held in his honor for 35 years of service. The reception, held at the J.W.
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The Episcopal Church Women of the Church of the Mediator will be serving their traditional luncheon on Saturday, December 5, at 11:30 a.m. at the Parish House. More...
The Wilkes County Board of Education and Wilkes County Community Partnership are the recipients of the 21st Century Community Learning Centers Grant. More...
The current surge in the price of gold is the definition of a "bubble." Of all investment assets perhaps gold has the largest component of psychology "baked" into the price. Commercial and industrial uses of goal are limited. More...
A holiday gift certificate from Bi-Lo expressed appreciation from the Wills Memorial Foundation directors to the Wills Memorial Hospital dietary staff last week. More...
Taylor Randall, a senior at Presbyterian College in Clinton, S.C., has amassed an impressive record of activities and accomplishments at the college during the past four years. More...
Washington-Wilkes FFA member Greg Callaway (right) participated in the Georgia-Carolina State Fair in Augusta where he won grand champion with his steer, Tex, (right); and reserve champion with Oreo (left.) Greg is the son of Brian and Tonya Callaway 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...
In more than a half century of service through the Washington Lions Club, Grady E. More...
The Washington-Wilkes Christmas parade will be held Sunday, December 13, at 3 p.m., using as a theme, "Washington-Wilkes' Winter Wonderland." The parade will line up at the Pope Conference Center on Lexington Avenue and will end at the Washington More...
Students at Washington-Wilkes Primary School collected food to help stock God's Marketplace Food Pantry, and ended the drive with 1,489 cans and other items. More...
Preparing for Thanksgiving, Jason Tanner (at right) buys 10 pounds of pecans from Roy Cates' stand on East Robert Toombs Avenue Saturday morning. More...
The Mary Willis Library will close this week through December 1, and will close several extra days this year due to furloughs, Bartram Trail Librarian Lillie Crowe said. "Our first Georgia furlough day is Monday, November 30," she said. 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...
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