Around 40 years ago, I was living in a small town near Savannah, and the EPA required all of us to hook up to the county sewer system, because we lived so close to the Intracoastal Waterway and our septic tanks were polluting the waterways. We hired a plumber to dig the trench for hooking…
The Monticello City Council met and had a shorter agenda than previous months, voting unanimously to approve amended text of the zoning ordinance for the city, Article IX, Section 909, Central Business District, to include sales of passenger vehicles as a use permitted by right. The vote was 4-0, as councilwoman Katherine Alexander was not…
The Jasper County Commissioners, minus Chairman Gene Trammell who was absent, heard a presentation Monday from Joe Vail of The Miller Group about road reclamation. He said his company is the leader in the industry for pavement recycling. He gave examples of options to take care of roads, and pointed out that you need to…
Once again I’m overwhelmed by death. Death seems to come in clusters. This time death is overwhelmingly alarming to me. It’s because suddenly there have been several that are near my age who are passing away. A few months ago a former childhood friend died the night before her 51st birthday. She was a very…
Last September while visiting the 9/11 memorial fountains on the sight of the destroyed World Trade Centers, we placed our hands on the cold marble where thousands of names are engraved and realized no man can build a fountain or building that will fill the hole left in the heart of the United States citizens.…
Secretary of State Brian Kemp reminds Georgians they must be registered to vote by October 6 in order to participate in the November 4th General Election. This leaves less than one month before the deadline. “Every Georgian should have the opportunity to vote in the November 4 General Election,” said Kemp. “The good news is…
Jasper County High School (JCHS) students in Tyson Harty’s gifted internship class are learning about professional careers while serving the Jasper County community at the same time. The class meets every day, and students are expected to research their field of interest, take part in interviews and then learn a profession under a mentor. They…
High school juniors and seniors from Piedmont Academy and Jasper County High School (JCHS) trained last week to serve as mentors. The teenagers will serve as mentors in the Jasper County Mentor Program, an organization that matches volunteers with children in the Jasper County schools. “In the first few weeks of school, 50 children were…
We all know the Canes played their first game of the season vs. the 4A Walnut Grove Warriors and lost in the final seconds of the game. Well the exact same thing happened last Friday night vs. long time rival the Jackson Red Devils. The Canes fought hard through all the adversity to try and…
For the second consecutive week, the Piedmont Academy football team cruised to victory as the Cougars dispatched of visiting Griffin Christian 56-0 Friday. Piedmont (3-0 overall) scored three touchdowns in both the first and second quarters of the home contest to take control of the contest. The Cougars then added two additional scores in the…