Archive By Section - Around Town
Will Kirkland has an incurable disease and is waiting on a double lung transplant, but he doesn't sit around feeling sorry for himself.
February 10, 2015
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By Paul Floeckher
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Around Town
The Effingham County Sheriff's Office Traffic Enforcement Unit will host its next Georgia Teens Ride with Pride course Feb. 19 at 7 p.m. at the Effingham County Courthouse.
February 05, 2015
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Staff report
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Around Town
The Effingham Chamber of Commerce's annual Effingham Day at the Capitol drew another large contingent.
February 03, 2015
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By Patrick Donahue
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Around Town
Led by Effingham County native Hannah Dasher, a quartet of Nashville songwriters played to a sold-out Mars Theatre, entertaining the crowd with their songs and their tales of the music business in Nashville and life.
February 03, 2015
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Staff report
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Around Town
The Rotary Club of Effingham County inducted Julie Dickey as its newest member.
February 03, 2015
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Staff report
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Around Town
Effingham Health System will host a golf tournament March 7 at Lost Plantation Golf Club in Rincon, with proceeds benefitting Historic Effingham Society.
February 03, 2015
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Staff report
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Around Town
A local committee is working to establish a free health clinic in Effingham County.
January 27, 2015
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By Paul Floeckher
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Around Town
Georgia Southern University donated $1,500 to the Bulloch Court-Appointed Special Advocate (CASA). The gift, a result of the university winning the 2014 Chancellor's Fall Classic Charity Cup golf tournament in Athens, was presented by President Brooks A. Keel to Lainie Jenkins, executive director of CASA.
January 27, 2015
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Staff report
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Around Town
The Effingham County Chamber of Commerce baked up one of the Georgia Legislature's favorite traditions Thursday.
January 27, 2015
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By Paul Floeckher
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Around Town
The Mars Theatre recently gave a $675 donation to United Way of the Coastal Empire's Food OutReach Co-op of Effingham (FORCE).
January 26, 2015
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Staff report
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Around Town
The United Way's e-CONNECT (Effingham Community Network Navigation Center) will hold a free program Wednesday on how the Affordable Care Act may affect tax returns.
January 26, 2015
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Staff report
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Around Town
An "American Idol" came to Guyton on Saturday night.
January 20, 2015
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By Paul Floeckher
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Around Town
Though he was speaking to a room populated mostly with adults, Pace Goodway's message Monday morning applied to young people - and to the older folks gathered in the Effingham County administrative complex.
January 20, 2015
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By Patrick Donahue
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Around Town
Effingham County will begin its annual Martin Luther King Jr. Day observance with a 7:30 a.m. breakfast at the county administrative complex.
January 18, 2015
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Staff report
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Around Town
Effingham County Family Connection thanked its many community partners at a luncheon Thursday at the Gnann-Webb House in Springfield.
January 13, 2015
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Staff report
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Around Town
