First Friday Beach Bash celebrates 12th anniversary

Kick-off summer 2025 First Friday’s Beach Bash in downtown Milledgeville.Standard Sand & Silica Co. and Fowler Flemister have provided 80 tons of sand that will be dumped into the post office parking lot on June 6 to transform the area into a coastal oasis.

GWM introduces ‘Walk-in Wednesdays’

Georgia Writers Museum (GWM) invites everyone to stop by the downtown Eatonton museum on Walk-in Wednesdays, beginning June 11 and scheduled to continue until the highly anticipated re-opening of Sylvia’s Coffee Shop once its operators return from an unavoidable absence.

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Submit your events to articles@jcnews.comSee more events and a regional events calendar online at www.jcnews.com LOOK FOR THE CALENDAR MENU ITEM Mount Salem Missionary Baptist ChurchMount Salem Missionary Baptist Church, 159 Cleveland St.

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Submit your events to articles@jcnews.comSee more events and a regional events calendar online at www.jcnews.com LOOK FOR THE CALENDAR MENU ITEMPowerful Tools for CaregiversThe Middle Georgia Regional Commission will host an online series beginning May 13 through June 17 on Tuesdays at 6:30 p.m.

Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor,June 1-7 is National Garden week. During spring, the reason for renewal, millions of Americans turn joyfully to gardening.

Class of 2025 graduates

Jones County Class of 2025 graduates joined the ranks of proud Greyhound alumni last week.The graduation ceremony was held May 20 at the Centennial Center in Milledgeville with 331 seniors celebrated by faculty, family and friends.

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Submit your events to articles@jcnews.comSee more events and a regional events calendar online at www.jcnews.com LOOK FOR THE CALENDAR MENU ITEMThe Jones County NewsThe Jones County News will be closed on Monday, May 26, in observance of Memorial Day.

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Salem AME Church AnniversarySalem AME Church, 115 Holloman Road, will celebrate its 142nd Anniversary on Sunday, May 25, 2025, at 3:00 p.m. The Rev.Corlette Lewis-Mitchell of the Buffalo Circuit will deliver the message.

Ricky Yarbrough re-elected as GACD Group 2 vice president

At their Group Meeting in Covington earlier this year, members of the Georgia Association of Conservation Districts (GACD) re-elected Ricky Yarbrough of Jones County as GACD Group 2 Vice-President and Sonny Turner of Walton County as GACD Group 2 Alternate Vice-President.

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The Jones County Friends of the Library will have their monthly book sale Saturday, May 10 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Jones County Pre-K Building E, 173 Railroad Street. Books for all ages cheap. All proceeds go to the Jones County Library.