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MGC master gardener speaks at monthly meeting

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MGC master gardener speaks at monthly meeting

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Thursday, January 22, 2026

Milledgeville Garden Club’s member and master gardener Linda Poyner (center) was the featured speaker for January at Rose Hill Mansion in Lockerly Arboretum. Through the use of vivid photographs, Poyner shared her 12-year journey of developing the landscape surrounding the Major Edward White House.

Atrium Health Navicent offers high school students summer shadowing program

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Atrium Health Navicent offers high school students summer shadowing program

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Thursday, January 22, 2026

Atrium Health Navicent is accepting applications for a four-week summer program that offers area high school sophomores and juniors the opportunity to shadow health care workers and receive hands-on training for health care careers.

Rashad Harper (left) with Elices Washington on their first live broadcast at the 2025 Tasha Butts Classic. This opportunity allows students to have hands-on media experience and explore new forms of communication. CONTRIBUTED

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Baldwin Braves take to the air to broadcast local games

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Thursday, January 22, 2026

Baldwin High School students are gaining hands-on media experience this basketball season thanks to a new partnership that brings live radio broadcasts straight from the court.

Attendees Unna Yared and Paul Ferdin pose together holding T.M. Brown’s novel The Last Laird of Sapelo. AMELIE SENGUPTA/Staff

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Grown Up Book Fair brings Milledgeville readers together

Amelie Sengupta

Thursday, January 22, 2026

Milledgeville readers of all ages gathered at Allen’s Market Jan. 17, to buy carefully curated used books and local literature.

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CALENDAR OF COMMUNITY EVENTS

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Thursday, January 15, 2026

Submit your events to bb@bbnews.today See more events and a regional events calendar online at bbnews.today. LOOK FOR THE CALENDAR MENU ITEM.BALDWINSATURDAY, JAN. 16What: Martin Luther King Jr. Breakfast When: 7:30-9:30 a.m. Where: Magnolia Ballroom, 231 W. Hancock St.

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GOCHC’s museums to offer free admission

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Thursday, January 15, 2026

Georgia’s Old Capital Heritage Center at The Depot will participate in the Georgia History Festival’s Super Museum on Sunday, Feb. 8, featuring the Central State Hospital Museum and the Brown-Stetson-Sanford House as two of more than 100 historic sites around the state open for free tours.

Macon & Robins Bed & Mattress has great brands such as Sealy to help customers find something to fit their sleep needs.

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Macon mattress store invested in community

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Thursday, January 15, 2026

Macon & Robins Bed & Mattress, local bed and mattress stores, are open to help locals find what they need for a good night’s sleep.The stores have three locations, two in Macon and one in Warner Robins.

GMC celebrates law enforcement

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GMC celebrates law enforcement

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Thursday, January 15, 2026

Georgia Military College invited law enforcement to the NewDay USA Center of Leadership parking lot Jan. 9 on GMC’s Main Campus to enjoy complimentary coff ee, provided by Morning Grind’s on-site coffee truck, to celebrate Law Enforcement Appreciation Day.

Betty Snyder

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Allied Arts hosts historic collection

Bailey Ballard

Thursday, January 15, 2026

Allied Arts is hosting its permanent collection this month featuring art from its beginnings through recent additions, serving as a reminder of the organization’s history.Allied Arts was established in 1977 as a GCA Community Cultural Development.

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PSWCD invites students to enter poster contest

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Thursday, January 15, 2026

The Piedmont Soil and Water Conservation District (PSWCD), a local agency dedicated to the conservation and stewardship of the area’s natural resources, is now accepting entries for its annual poster contest, limited to 3rd through 5th-grade students within the District’s service area.

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