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CALENDAR OF COMMUNITY EVENTS

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Thursday, February 27, 2025

BALDWINMONDAYS & FRIDAYSWhat: GCSU offers free tax help When: 5-7 p.m. Where: Georgia College’s Atkinson Hall More info: The J. Whitney Bunting College of Business & Technology is offering free tax help.

CASA appoints new volunteers

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Thursday, February 27, 2025

Ocmulgee Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA) swore in two new volunteers Feb. 24. CASA volunteers serve as the voice for children in foster care and what is in their best interest. Pictured with Ocmulgee Juvenile Court Judge Kelli C. Rutherford are Kim Kramer and Sharon McClung.

GCSU basketball splits homecoming doubleheader

Jackson Gallagher

Thursday, February 27, 2025

Georgia College & State University (GCSU) basketball took on Georgia Southwestern on Saturday, with the women’s team taking down the Hurricanes 65-58, before the GCSU men fell 90-87 in overtime.The Bobcats women kicked off the action in front of a packed Homecoming crowd and forced 10 turnovers in...

L-R: Col. Amy Lee, Cadet Liam Beauchamp, Major Alisha Rochon, and Maj. Rachel Turner stand together following the ceremony. COURTESY OF GMC

Beauchamp named Milledgeville-Baldwin STAR Student

News Staff

Thursday, February 27, 2025

Georgia Military College Preparatory School celebrated with Cadet Liam Beauchamp, who was named the 2024-25 STAR Student for Milledgeville-Baldwin County during a luncheon Feb. 20 hosted by the Milledgeville-Baldwin Chamber of Commerce.This honor recognizes the top-performing high school senior in...

Carter Payne

Horticulturist welcomed to Lockerly Arboretum

Bailey McCully

Thursday, February 27, 2025

Lockerly Arboretum welcomed Carter Payne onto its full-time staff earlier this month as its horticulturist.Payne grew up in Western North Carolina near the Blue Ridge Mountains.

GWM reviews Naturally Georgia by GCSU professor

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Thursday, February 27, 2025

Georgia is the largest state east of the Mississippi River — 300 miles from north to south and a little more than 200 miles east to west — with a wonderfully diverse geography.In his book, Naturally Georgia: From the Mountains to the Coast, photographer Chris Greer offers a rich visual celebration...

Milledgeville Garden Club meets at Lockerly Arboretum

News Staff

Thursday, February 27, 2025

The Milledgeville Garden Club met at Lockerly Arboretum to create “Flowering Seed Bombs” to share with their friends and neighbors. Educational Program Coordinator Lauren Goble and staff with Georgia Farm Bureau shared exciting ideas.

Learning in Retirement features GCSU professor as key-note speaker

News Staff

Thursday, February 27, 2025

Learning in Retirement held their monthly meeting at Freedom Church Feb. 21, where Associate Professor of Fiction and Nonfiction Writing at Georgia College Dr. Kerry B. Neville was the featured speaker. Neville shared poems and inspiring writings.

“Life of a Flower” showcased many ceramic pots with live flowers inside throughout the Marlor House. The ceramic pots on the mantle piece were aligned to visually showcase the life cycle of a flower and its slow process of decay.

Allied Arts hosts multi-gallery exhibition

Story & Photos By Bailey Mccully

Thursday, February 20, 2025

Allied Arts hosted a multi-gallery reception Feb. 14 featuring “My Abstract City” by the Boys & Girls Club and “Life of a Flower” by Georgia College’s Ceramics I students.“My Abstract City” explores the beauty of historic locations throughout Baldwin County and artistic expression through abstract...

CALENDAR OF COMMUNITY EVENTS

News Staff

Thursday, February 20, 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.BALDWINMONDAYS & FRIDAYSWhat: GCSU offers free tax help When: 5-7 p.m. Where: Georgia College’s Atkinson Hall More info: The J. Whitney Bunting College of...

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