Living

Porterdale Hotel

Once the Center of Georgia’s Culinary Universe. by Darrell Huckaby In the 1950s and into the 1960s, Mrs. Effie Boyd served up some of the best Southern cooking this side of

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Living

Signs of the Times

For all its horrors, the coronavirus pandemic forced society into necessary innovations from which many benefit. It drew new gifts out of Robert and April Chapman’s children, as they tapped

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Features

Coaching ‘Coop’

by Nat Harwell I was coaching at Conyers Middle School in 1996 when I learned through the grapevine that some people in high places wondered if I would be interested

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Arts, Education & Innovation

Following the Science

Laura Lambert never planned on leading a classroom, but a career in education found her nonetheless. Named as the Newton County School System’s 2023 Teacher of the Year, she relishes

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Living

Seven Acres of Freedom

Lisa Kario saw an opportunity to fulfill a lifelong dream when she moved to Newton County from Connecticut two decades ago, so she purchased a farm and began populating it

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Arts, Education & Innovation

To SAT or ACT? That is the Question

Preparation is paramount for the tests colleges use for admissions and merit-based scholarships or endowments. by Taticasejuana Bobo Stevens If you are interested in higher academia, it’s never too early

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Arts, Education & Innovation

Art Speaks: Glass

Wildart is home to two glass artists, John Conkling and Greta Beech. After taking an extensive glass fusion class in 2005, John’s love for fusion was born. For him, glass

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