Briarwood Academy will have its production of Disney's Beauty and the Beast on Friday and Saturday at 7 p.m. at Briarwood's Clinton H. Grant Field house. There are 54 students in grades 3 through 12 participating in the musical.
The following is a list of persons arrested for various criminal and traffic offenses by area law enforcement authorities and taken to the McDuffie County Law Enforcement Center in Thomson from March 6-12, 2012.
Local businessman Wayne Wilson will soon be offering batting-cage time to the general public in Thomson. "It's going to be called Next Level Indoor Hitting & Pitching Facility," Wilson said in a recent interview.
The Thomson High School Soccer Dogs lost to Richmond Academy 2-1 March 6 at Richmond. "That was a good game," head coach Zack Tucker said. "ARC is just one of the best teams in the region, probably No. 1 or 2 in the region.
On a recent Thursday afternoon, Marie Reeves sat at a wooden table in her tiny Dearing café, cuddling her 4-month-old granddaughter in her lap. Her grandson, Tristan Reeves, 4, wandered around Ms.
Dearing will hold its annual cleanup day in preparation for Mayfest.
"We'll have dumpsters located behind Fire Station No. 1 on N. Main Street," Mayor Sean Kelley said during Tuesday's town council meeting.
MRS. EMMA BEARD
THOMSON, Ga. - Funeral service for Mrs. Emma Beard, age 94, was held Sunday at 2 p.m. at First Mt Carmel Baptist Church Appling, Ga. with the Rev. R. Perry, Pastor and burial wasin the church cemetery.
University Hospital's acquisition of McDuffie Regional Medical Center and construction of a replacement hospital by Interstate 20 could increase the visibility of the struggling hospital and bring greater efficiency and stability, according to analyses of the deal.
One minute my husband's sneaking up behind me in the pantry, threatening, "Your chocolate or your rice," and the next second he's saying he wants to simplify and move to Alaska "so that the only thing we have to worry about every day is food.
The innaugural Dawg Dash 5K Challenge will begin at 9 a.m. Saturday. The event will be held at Norris Elementary, the location of the old high school, at 511 Main Street in Thomson.
MARCH 15
Elementary schools
Breakfast
Cereal with graham crackers, ham biscuit
Lunch
Tacos, beef and cheese burrito, Mexican corn, fruit cup
Middle and high schools
Breakfast
Cereal with graham crackers, sausage biscuit
Lunch
Hamb...
MARCH 15
McDuffie County: Report cards go home
Thomson-McDuffieMiddle: Soccer, at Louisville, 4:30 p.m.
Thomson Elementary: Spring pictures; school council, noon
Thomson High: Family Y Intern class, 3:30-5:30 p.m.; Golf, vs.
RENE MIRELES
Grade: Kindergarten
School: Dearing Elementary
Favorite subject: Computer
Favorite after-school snack: Chocolate cookies
Pets: None
I like to listen to: Down by Jay-Z
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