Thomaston News

By Larry Stanford Editorial1@thomastontimes.com For the first time in school history, a STAR Student and Teacher at Upson Lee High School are son and father.

Auburn added a third previously uncommitted prospect to its class when it signed Tunde Fariyike of Thomaston, Ga., just a few moments ago.

Zac Brown Band holds awards for best new artist backstage Sunday at the Grammy Awards in Los Angeles.

Ray McBerry speaks to the crowd at the Thomaston Tea Party. A candidate for governor, McBerry is the only statesa rights and constitutionalist candidate on the Republican ballot.

Darren Day accepts the 2009 Community Impact Award for the Thomaston Upson Arts Council.

From the Annals of 1910 They said that the new spring hats had grown much in size, and were taller and larger.

Between Saturday, Jan. 9, and Friday, Jan. 15, the Barnesville police department made seven arrests: Marquel Braswell, 589 Macon Rd., Reynolds, disorderly conduct; A Damian Davis, 500 Cabiness Rd., Forsyth, possession of marijuana; Kendrick Davis, 175 Bentley Dr., Forsyth, possession of marijuana; Larry Lewis, 130 N. Frontage Rd., Forsyth, ...

Mayor Pro Tem, Doug Head, and City Council members, Wallace Rhodes and Ed Bell were sworn in by Superior Court Judge Tommy Hankinson at an Oath of Office Ceremony on Monday, Jan.

The December announcement from a small Atlanta company vowing to turn wood scrap into fuel in nearby Thomaston rang all too familiar, yet another bold promise to create rural jobs, help wean the country from foreign oil and stem global warming.

Ritz Theatre owner Malcolm Neal has had celebrity impersonator Todd Allen Herendeen come to his theater regularly over the years.

Legal 522 Notice to Debtors and Creditors State of Georgia County of Pike In Re: Estate of William Ray Maynard, deceased.

Heartland Publications, LLC, which operates 50 paid-circulation newspapers in nine states including the The Thomaston Times today announced it will complete its financial restructuring under protection of Chapter 11 of the U.S.Bankruptcy Code.

Gov. Sonny Perdue says a biofuel demonstration plant will be built in Thomaston early next year.

The aroma of the pipe meant Judge Ben J. Miller was in his chambers. Whatever question needed to be addressed was about to be answered.

The Georgia High School Association Reclassification Committee placed teams in regions during a Wednesday meeting at GHSA headquarters in Thomaston, Ga.

The Veterans of Foreign Wars of Thomaston has finally reacquired their post on Veterans Drive after a seven year long legal battle.

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The Upson County Ministerial Association will present the annual Commmunity Thanksgiving Worship Service on Thursday, November 19, 2009, at 7:00 PM, at Mountain View Baptist Church at 2569 Jeff Davis Rd.

Mrs. Carel Hall Sewell, age 72 of 216 E. Goodrich Ave., Thomaston, passed away on Saturday, October 31, 2009 at Christian Ministries Hospice.

Bostwicka s Furniture Company has been a service to the customers of Upson and surrounding counties for more than half a century.