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Dark side of the moon!
Emanuel County was treated to a wonderful show by Mother Nature on Wednesday, Feb. 20. Alunar eclipse graced our presence between the hours of 7 p.m. and 10:30 p.m. Clear skies guaranteed excellent visibility, giving amateur and professional photographers a great subject! This photo was taken at S... More...
The times, they are not a-changin'!

Bob Dylan's famous song is called "The Times They Are A-Changin.'" Unfortunately, when it comes to Emanuel County's problem with trash, there doesn't seem to be much change at all. The Forest-Blade staff was reminded of this fact last week when we were told that the late Bill Rogers Sr. once w... More...

Tragedy strikes

The tragic automobile accident that claimed the life of Chad Ellison, 16, on Monday, Feb. 18, hit many people hard. Friends and family of the David Emanuel Academy student recently placed flowers and remembrances at the scene of the accident. A candlelight vigil was held at DEA Thursday in memory ... More...

 Inside Front
•Question of the week:
"I wish that Swainsboro would get a Zaxby's or a Chic-Fil-A!"-- Cherri E. Harrison, Swainsboro More...
•Ribbon cutting
•Swainsboro's growing music scene
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 News
•Forestry workshop announced
Dr. David Dickens, Extension Forester with the University of Georgia Warnell School of Forest Resources has announced a half day forestry workshop for professional foresters, land managers, and forest landowners titled an Update on Herbicide Use in Forestry. More...
•Ten ways to live more simply
•Police Report
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 Community
•Award
Senator Jack Hill was recently awarded Honorary Membership into the Georgia Young Farmers Association by James Canady during the recent GYFAState Convention in Savannah. James Canady, Central Region Director gave a speech denoting some of Senator Hill's most recent accomplishments for Emanuel Coun... More...
•Receiving honors
•Three EGC professors release books
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 Sports
•Spring sports registration
Swainsboro-Emanuel County Parks and Recreation Department will hold Spring Sports Registration Feb. 18 - 22 and Feb. 25 - 29 at the Recreation Department, 632 McLeod Bridge Road, Swainsboro. Registration hours are 9 a.m. More...
•Adult softball meeting
•SECRD Mite All-stars to play for state championship
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 Obituaries
•Beth Curl, 19
SWAINSBORO--Funeral for Beth Curl, 19, was held Monday, Feb. 25, 2008 at 2 p.m. in the Peebles- Curry Memorial Chapel with Rev. Robert Blankenship officiating. Burial was in Swainsboro City Cemetery. She died Friday, Feb. 22, 2008, from injuries received in an automobile accident. More...
•Roy Lee Smith, 86
•Chad Ellison, 16
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 Columns
•Slanging it on two continents
On an episode of American Idol last week, judges Randy Jackson and Paula Abdul, and host Ryan Seacrest, started teasing Simon Cowell after he told one of the contestants that she sounded like she was singing a commercial for "washing up liquid." They said they had no idea what he was talking about... More...
•Ruminations on wind
•On taking Tennessee
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 Editorial
•Black History Month
The nation owes the celebration of Black History Month, and more importantly, the study of black history, to Dr. Carter G. Woodson. Born to parents who were former slaves, he spent his childhood working in the Kentucky coal mines and enrolled in high school at age twenty. He graduated within two y... More...
•Political Cartoons
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 Letters
•A wonderful human being
DEAR EDITOR: I felt compelled to write this letter after reading the one from Mr. & Mrs. Page in last week's issue. Our community is indeed short a wonderful, special human being after the recent loss of Janice Overstreet. The number of lives she touched in this county would seriously be hard to... More...
•Thank you, Chief Shuman
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 Legals
•Legal Notices
NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE GEORGIA, EMANUEL COUNTY. WHEREAS, heretofore on September 29th, 2006, MARALA FOODS LLC, a Georgia Limited Liability Corporation did execute and deliver to MASON VENTURES LLC, a Georgia Limited Liability Corporation, More...
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