Things to do Downtown this Week!
Tweet by Aaron Blair Tuesday, November 12th – 6pm Holiday Candy Making. Divinity, fudge, peanut brittle, Buckeyes… remember all those holiday favorites from your childhood? Come join us and learn the secrets to successful candy-making and impress your guests this holiday season. Please wear closed-toed shoes, bring and apron, and a container to take home [...]
Read More →Secretary of State Kemp Sets Qualifying Dates for the Special Elections in State House District 2 and State House District 22
Tweet Special to the Journal Atlanta – Georgia Secretary of State Brian Kemp announced receipt of Governor Nathan Deal’s Writs of Election setting Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2014 as the date for the special elections to fill the vacancies in State House District 2 and State House District 22. Secretary Kemp set the candidate qualifying for [...]
Read More →NJCAA Women’s Soccer Championship Schedule Announced; Lady Cavs to Face No. 9, Owens Community College on Monday
Tweet by David T.Mann, Sports Information Director MELBOURNE, Fla. – The Darton State College Lady Cavaliers will enter the NJCAA D-1 Women’s Soccer Championship Tournament on Monday against No. 9 Owens Community College in Melbourne, Fla., as announced today by tournament hosts Eastern Florida State College. Kickoff is scheduled for 4 p.m., and NJCAA TV [...]
Read More →Jim Wikcox: Braves Moving
Tweet The Atlanta Braves made the stunning announcement Monday that they’re leaving downtown Atlanta, their home for almost 50-years, for the suburbs and a 672-million dollar new stadium at the traffic-choked intersection of Interstates 75 and 285 in Cobb County. That means Turner Field is likely headed for the wrecking ball, even though it’s only [...]
Read More →Nancy Jester announces campaign for State School Superintendent
Tweet Former DeKalb County School Board Member runs as Republican in 2014 Dunwoody, Georgia November 11, 2013 Self-proclaimed “Mom with a calculator” Nancy Jester announced she will enter the 2014 election for State School Superintendent, running in the Republican Primary. “I asked you to join me today so that I could share with you my [...]
Read More →EMS-trained physician joins first-response team for area’s worst accidents, disasters
Tweet Special to the Journal Augusta, Ga. – The region’s first fellowship-trained emergency medical services physician is now part of the first-response team managing the worst accidents and disasters in the Augusta area. Dr. Todd Burgbacher, who completed his emergency medicine residency at the Medical College of Georgia and Georgia Regents Health System last year, [...]
Read More →Rosalynn Carter Institute for Caregiving Expands Signature Support Program: Operation Family Caregiver
Tweet Special to the Journal AMERICUS, GA (Nov. 11, 2013) — Recognizing the great challenges faced by returning military service members and their families, Johnson & Johnson has expanded its funding of the Rosalynn Carter Institute for Caregiving’s (RCI) Operation Family Caregiver program, which offers support to family caregivers of service members. Since 2001, more [...]
Read More →Network of Trust Program at DoCo Kiwanis
Tweet by David Shivers Angie Barber, director of the Phoebe Network of Trust, has visited the Kiwanis Club of Dougherty County previously, but she returned on November 11 to reiterate to the club the organization’s mission and the ways in which it is being accomplished. Network of Trust focuses primarily on teen pregnancy and its [...]
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