by JMO Staff | Mar 7, 2023 | Georgia Pines
After being cancelled in 2020 and 2021 due to COVID, the Savannah St. Patrick’s Day Parade was a bit of a muted affair in 2022 thanks to continuing restrictions and a limited number of floats allowed. But the red tape has been cut for the 2023 edition with a...
by JMO Staff | Feb 28, 2023 | Georgia Pines
Georgia’s non-Hartsfield-Jackson airports often fly under the radar, but the state is home to seven other commercial airfields. Among those Augusta Regional Airport is the second largest, (after Savannah/Hilton Head) featuring more than 300,000 enplanements per...
by JMO Staff | Feb 21, 2023 | Georgia Pines
Early in the year the smell of smoke wafts through the air in southeast Georgia. Yes, it’s a forest fire, but no, it’s nothing to worry about. Longleaf pines, an important part of the local ecosystem as well as a major part of the states’ timber...
by JMO Staff | Feb 14, 2023 | Georgia Pines
The United Way of Northwest Georgia is one of the largest philanthropic nonprofits in the region, and under the leadership of Piet and Julian Dossch celebrated a record-breaking 2022 campaign. The father-son duo met their campaign goal of $4.15 million in donations,...
by JMO Staff | Feb 7, 2023 | Georgia Pines
Back in 2017 U.S. Reps. Sanford Bishop and Austin Scott co-sponsored the Ocmulgee Mounds National Historical Park Boundary Revision Act, which sought to expand and give federal protections to the Ocmulgee Mounds just outside of Macon. The site contains thousands of...
by JMO Staff | Jan 31, 2023 | Georgia Pines
Transit news tends to come from metro Atlanta, but that’s not the only region of the state that’s investing in public transit. Today the Rome Transit Department will dedicate five new buses to the city’s fleet. Ridership is up close to 40% over the...
