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First Friday Beach Bash celebrates 12th anniversary

News Staff
Thursday, June 5, 2025
Pull out the Hawaiian shirt and enjoy the night in downtown Milledgeville at the 12th anniversary Beach Bash event.Standard Sand & Silica Co. and Fowler Flemister have provided 80 tons of sand that will be dumped into the post office parking lot on June 6 to transform the area into a coastal...
Baldwin High School Principal Markeeta Clayton (center) accepts the 2024 Platinum Award for Greatest Gains. CONTRIBUTED

Baldwin High School Principal Markeeta Clayton (center) accepts the 2024 Platinum Award for Greatest Gains. CONTRIBUTED

BHS earns 2024 platinum award for Greatest Gains in Student Achievement

News Staff
Thursday, June 5, 2025
Baldwin High School was awarded the 2024 Platinum Award for Greatest Gains by the Governor’s Office of Student Achievement.This recognition places Baldwin High in the top 1% of all Georgia schools for academic growth over the past three years.The Platinum Award represents the highest tier in the...

CALENDAR OF COMMUNITY EVENTS

News Staff
Thursday, June 5, 2025
Submit your events to bb@bbnews.todaySee more events and a regional events calendar online at bbnews.today. LOOK FOR THE CALENDAR MENU ITEM.BALDWINTHURSDAY, JUNE 5What: Lockerly After Dark: The Light Within When: 7:30-9 p.m. Where: Hwy. 441 S, 1534 Irwinton Rd., Milledgeville More Info: This...
Volunteers from Lake Oconee Lodge #2849 at the Georga War Veterans home. CONTRIBUTED

Volunteers from Lake Oconee Lodge #2849 at the Georga War Veterans home. CONTRIBUTED

Elks hosts cookout for GWVH veterans

News Staff
Thursday, June 5, 2025
Lake Oconee Elks Lodge No. 2849 volunteers visited the Georgia War Veterans home in Milledgeville on May 27 to host a cookout for 42 of the veterans who live there.
GWM introduces ‘Walk-in Wednesdays’

GWM introduces ‘Walk-in Wednesdays’

GWM introduces ‘Walk-in Wednesdays’

News Staff
Thursday, June 5, 2025
Georgia Writers Museum (GWM) invites everyone to stop by the downtown Eatonton Museum on Walk-in Wednesdays, beginning June 11 and scheduled to continue until the highly anticipated re-opening of Sylvia’s Coffee Shop once its operators return from an unavoidable absence.So, make GWM your mid-week,...
Local residents arrived by boat and car to Duke’s Lounge and Dawg House in Milledgeville for Memorial Day ceremonies, including the Pledge of Allegiance, delivered by Georgia Bulldogs broadcaster Jeff Dantzler. IAN TOCHER/Staff

Local residents arrived by boat and car to Duke’s Lounge and Dawg House in Milledgeville for Memorial Day ceremonies, including the Pledge of Allegiance, delivered by Georgia Bulldogs broadcaster Jeff Dantzler. IAN TOCHER/Staff

Milledgeville honors military heroes at Duke’s

Hudson Taylor
Thursday, May 29, 2025
For the sixth straight year, Duke’s Lounge and Dawg House hosted its Memorial Day tradition, the solemn playing of “Taps,” by trumpeter Col.Larry McClendon.As the sun began to dip toward the waters of Lake Sinclair, a quiet stillness fell over the lakeside lawn at Duke’s, where McClendon began the...
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