The valedictorians and salutatorians of 2019
High school graduations returned in May and families gathered to clap and cheer as local high schools conferred hard-earned diplomas and special honors on hundreds of new graduates. Click the...
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Author: Joe Earle
Around Town: A local historian uses new tech to make ancient connections
John Beach clicked a few keys and one of several computer screens on the desk in the library of his Paces Ferry home displayed a map covered with scribbled words...
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Around Town: Land and water shaped a local nature-protector
Sandy Springs naturalist Alan Toney admits to a fondness for box turtles. “They’re just pretty cool little animals,” he said. “They just don’t handle cars or lawn mowers very well.”...
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STAR students and teachers of 2019
Every year, the Professional Association of Georgia Educators Foundation, known as the PAGE Foundation, identifies top students at public and private high schools across Georgia. The foundation says its Student...
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Around Town: An Olympics champion finds a home at the MJCCA
When gymnast Liliyah Podkopayeva came to America more than two decades ago, she was just a teenager and the United States seemed “far, far, far, far away” from her home...
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