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Special teams win the game

| November 11, 2020

Junior Quinzaibian Jackson took the second half kickoff on the 22 yardline and raced untouched by 11 Lincoln County Red Devils all the way to the goal line for a...

City hires Atlanta firm for study of possibilities at Gordon Street

| November 11, 2020

The first step in finding a new “anchor” for the City of Washington’s Gordon Street property was taken Monday when the City Council voted to hire a planning and development...

Rekord Tent opens North American headquarters here

| November 11, 2020

Rekord Tent was heartily welcomed to the community last week at an official ribbon cutting ceremony held at the entity’s new facility in the Industrial Park. This Polish company has...

GEFA approves loan to fund city’s truck, cans

| November 11, 2020

The City of Washington was awarded a $290,000 Georgia Fund loan by the Georgia Environmental Finance Authority (GEFA) board of directors last Thursday, November 5. The loan will finance the...

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News

Little Theater reopens this weekend with production of ‘Charley’s Aunt’


The cast of Charley’s Aunt has spent the past few months rehearsing and is excited to be ready finally to perform the hilarious comedy-farce. The show will run Friday, Saturday,...

Claims in Georgia drop nearly 6,500 from earlier week


First-time unemployment claims in Georgia continued to decline last week, the state Department of Labor reported last Thursday. More than 37,000 Georgians filed claims last week, down 6,442 from the...

Hometown Commandments nearly 100 years old are still worth heeding


1. Thou shalt love thy home town above all other towns. Thou shalt be loyal to her people and her institutions. 2. Thou shalt guard thy home town from the...

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Sports

Tigers just squeak by Red Devils 14-13


The offense just couldn’t get going for some reason last Friday night in Lincolnton but the special teams took care of business with a spectacular second half kickoff return for...

Adult basketball registration goes through Dec. 19


The Washington-Wilkes Parks and Recreation Department is offering an adult basketball program and signup has already started. For a fee of $300 per team, cagers who are beyond youth leagues...

TOP 10 in Georgia Class A Public as ranked by MaxPreps


1..........Brooks County.......... 8-1 2........... Irwin County............ 6-2 3................ Metter................. 8-0 4................ Dublin................. 7-1 5...... Washington-Wilkes...... 7-0 6.......... Wilcox County.......... 7-2 7... Chattahoochee County... 7-0 8..........Macon County.......... 7-1 9.......... Clinch County.............

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Opinions

THE POSTSCRIPT

By CARRIE CLASSON
columnist/author
| November 11, 2020

This has been a year that defies explanations. I spoke with my parents a week or so ago. We have...

Throw me in the briar patch when it comes to bourbon

By LORAN SMITH
columnist
| November 11, 2020

LEXINGTON, Ky. – For years, Georgia, played Kentucky in Lexington the last weekend in October, which just happened. It was...

ACROSS THE SAVANNAH

By TOM POLAND
a southern writer
| November 11, 2020

Remember the old drugstores? Most have faded into the night. They retreated to a place called “Obscurity” but I recall...

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Obituaries

William Clarence Branan


Private family services for Dr. William Clarence “Bill” Branan were held at 2 p.m. at Washington First United Methodist Church Monday, November 9, 2020. Interment followed at Resthaven Cemetery in...

Lizzie Mary Crew


A private funeral service for Lizzie Mary Crew of Washington, Georgia, was held at 11 a.m. Thursday, November 5, 2020, at the New Salem Baptist Church cemetery. She died on...

Kristine Kvalheim Fisher


Memorial services for Kristine Kvalheim Fisher, 59, of North Alexander Avenue in Washington, Georgia, will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, November 14, 2020, at the Hopkins Funeral Home Chapel...

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Kitty Bits

Kitty Bits

| November 11, 2020

An email from Lori Branson, Executive Director of the W-W Chamber of Commerce updated us on things there. “On Monday, October 12, I formally re-opened our Visitor Center and since...

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Personalities

Woman’s Club members hear program by deBin about city


City of Washington Administrator Jerry deBin presented the program to the Washington Woman’s Club on Monday, November 9, at the clubhouse. deBin, whose background is from years of public service...

Allison Leigh Stone marries Rhodes McKennon Johnson


Allison Leigh Stone of Washington and Rhodes McKennon Johnson of Tignall were united in marriage in a beautiful double-ring ceremony Saturday, October 10, at four o’clock in the afternoon at...

New Beginnings


Luke Eugene Strother Emily and Gabriel Strother of Tignall announce the birth of their son, Luke Eugene, on Thursday, April 2, at St. Mary’s Hospital in Athens. Luke, as he...

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Don’t Forget

Don’t Forget


The Washington Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) Post 5899 will host its monthly Steak Night on Monday, December 14, 6-8...

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