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Springfield Elementary School gets musical boost
duet
Carlee Fleming (left) and Hansleigh Page entertain the Springfield Elementary School PTO crowd with a duet on Sept. 17. - photo by Mark Lastinger/staff
Effingham Herald
Updated: Sep 25, 2018, 11:26 AM
Published: Sep 24, 2018, 10:59 AM

SPRINGFIELD — The Georgia Music Foundation recently chimed in with a $5,000 grant that has greatly enhanced the music program at Springfield Elementary School.

The school, one of 17 2018 grant recipients, used the money to purchase audio equipment and a few instruments. The students showed off its new wares during a Sept. 17 PTO meeting.

See the Sept. 26 edition of the Effingham Herald for more details.
Floating Dock, Fishing Pier Planned for 165-Year-Old Abercorn Creek Site
Abercorn Creek
Effingham County Commissioner Phil Kieffer, whose great-great grandfather Allen Newton Kieffer surveyed the original plat for Abercorn Landing in 1859, stands at the landing. (Jeff Whitten / Effingham Herald)
Jeff Whitten
Updated: Jul 8, 2025, 1:15 PM
Published: Jul 8, 2025, 1:17 PM
Effingham County commissioners approved a $1 million plan to convert the historic Abercorn Landing on Abercorn Creek into a public recreation site. The project, managed by Moffatt & Nichol, begins with a floating dock and fishing pier, with future phases adding restrooms and other amenities. The site dates back to 1859 and sits amid fast-growing development.
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