by JMO Staff | Oct 29, 2024 | Georgia Pines
In a city full of historic and cultural landmarks, Savannah’s 30-acre Forsyth Park, with its fountains, monuments, and live oaks, may be its most famous. But local officials and residents alike are debating how the park should be cared for going forward, as...
by JMO Staff | Oct 22, 2024 | Georgia Pines
The Bill and Olivia Amos Children’s Hospital opened this month in Columbus, marking the first children’s hospital in the city’s history. The hospital is named after the parents of Bettye Cheves, who along with her husband, Cecil, made the lead gift that...
by JMO Staff | Oct 15, 2024 | Georgia Pines
If you’re in the Athens area this weekend you have the chance to get a closer look at the brightest comet to flash through Georgia’s sky in nearly 30 years. The Tsuchinshan-Atlas comet was discovered just last year, and astronomers say its brightness will...
by JMO Staff | Oct 8, 2024 | Georgia Pines
Last week the city of Plains, Georgia, in Sumter Co., celebrated the 27th annual Plains Peanut Festival to mark the harvest of South Georgia’s most famous cash crop – the peanut! The home of former President Jimmy Carter – known as the World’s...
by JMO Staff | Oct 1, 2024 | Georgia Pines
Last summer state agriculture officials were shocked by the discovery of the invasive yellow-legged hornet near Savannah in Chatham Co. The species, native to Southeast Asia, preys on honeybees and has wrought havoc on ecosystems in Europe and the Middle East, which...
by JMO Staff | Sep 24, 2024 | Georgia Pines
The Gwinnett County Board of Commissioners last week approved the Urban Redevelopment Agency of Gwinnett County’s purchase of the Macy’s sites at Gwinnett Place Mall, totaling 23 acres, for $16.5 million. County officials say they will explore a major redevelopment...
