Not that you shouldn’t all the time anyway, but it’s time to keep an extra eye out for the kids as you head off to work in the morning and return in the afternoons. School’s beginning, at least here in Georgia – some counties started last week, Fulton county’s kids went back to class yesterday […]
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Old Soldiers’ Day Parade
Old Soldiers’ Day Parade, Alpharetta GA Saturday 4-August-2007
Red Sox Prevail in Late-Night Championship
Congratulations to Wills Park (Alpharetta GA) league’s Red Sox, who finished up another great season last night. It was a double-header night, with both games against a very strong White Sox team. The Red Sox’s record was such that a single win would take the championship, while the White Sox could take the trophy with […]
Spring Is Here
from mlb.com
Newspapers aren’t All that Matters
Local news is good, be it delivered from community members’ blogs or in hardcopy on the driveway. In this week’s edition of the local newspaper, The Alpharetta-Roswell REVUE & NEWS, the publisher wrote an opinion piece entitled “Why newspapers still matter to you.” And yes they do matter, even to a ‘net-centric person like me. […]
MHS Wind Ensemble at UGA
The Milton Wind Ensemble was selected by taped audition to be one of three featured ensembles at the 57th Annual University of Georgia High School Music Festival. The festival, known as “JanFest”, attracts nearly 1,000 high school band members and their directors to Athens each year to participate in Honor Bands featuring guest conductors from […]
The Boy’s a Published Author
If you’re an Inside Lacrosse subscriber, or if you see the current issue on a newstand, check out page 54. James, a Milton graduate and freshman at Georgia College & State University in Milledgeville, has his first published article there – based on an interview with the Athletic Director at Rollins College about thier new […]
Gas Prices Down
Last spring, when gas prices were shooting skyward, everyone was writing posts, expressing their shock and disgust, and showing pictures of their local stations’ prices. Well, here we are today with the lowest prices in just over a year. According to AtlantaGasPrices.com, the last time we saw prices this low was the week of December […]
Brrr, it’s warm in here.
It’s not quite that cold here in the Atlanta area yet, but it’s supposed to be later this week. Perhaps it’s a good time to find yourself a copy of The Discovery Channel’s feature from last summer, Global Warming, What You Need to Know with Tom Brokaw. (there are other ways to watch it, not […]
Atlanta Library: No iPods
Good news for Atlanta-area audio book lovers: the Atlanta-Fulton Public Library System has announced the upcoming availability of downloadable audiobooks. Bad news though: the Atlanta-Fulton Public Library System has chosen a system that ignores the huge percentage of portable audio device owners, as it requires “any desktop or portable device supporting Windows Media Player version […]