HANCEVILLE — Vinemont’s junior varsity boys outlasted Holly Pond in a back-and-forth outing on Saturday, securing a 54-51 victory in the first round of the Cullman County Basketball Tournament. The No. 5 Eagles took control…
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The Town Crier: Phone book ’76 (part 3)
I thought the Town Crier was done with the 1976 Dalton area phone book, the one for the bicentennial year, but I got several positive responses and so thought readers would like one more peek…
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Medicaid expansion remains unlikely as program prepares to unwind
ATLANTA — Medicaid expansion will likely be a debated topic in health care discussions among Georgia legislators this session. As states prepare to unwind the expanded Medicaid program granted in 2020 because of the COVID-19…
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BOOK NOOK: Making sense of a powerful emotion
Of course, you’ve seen pictures of this. This mountain, this painting, the birth of a child, a singer on-stage, a perfect pirouette — you’ve seen pictures but they don’t come anywhere close to real life,…
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A day at the University Games: The sights and sounds from a day in Lake Placid
LAKE PLACID — I had never fully visited Lake Placid before and certainly had never been to an event of this magnitude. This year the FISU World University Winter Games were in Lake Placid which…
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Who’s News
UHS Delaware Valley Hospital in Walton has presented this year’s Sally Dean Award to registered nurse Kathleen Ulmschneider. According to a media release, the award honors the memory of another registered nurse, Sally Dean, who…
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Commentary: Fictional newsman Ted Baxter didn’t corrupt the news
(THE CONVERSATION) Pundits are commonplace in today’s cable news environment, with politically tilted news coverage coming from both left and right. Particularly dangerous are characters like Tucker Carlson and Laura Ingraham, who have stoked anger…
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A Little Left of Center: The whitewashing of Martin Luther King’s Message
Last weekend, our local NAACP celebrated our beloved Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. There was music, there were readings and there was fellowship.Afterward, as I scrolled through social media, I was motivated by all of…
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Bluegrass band set to play in Bainbridge
BAINBRIDGE — Bluegrass crowd-pleaser Remington Ryde will perform at the Bainbridge Town Hall Theatre at 15 N. Main St. at 7 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 21. According to a media release, the band, formed in 2005,…
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Andover hires communications director
ANDOVER — The town has hired Phil Geoffroy, current assistant to the city manager of Lowell, as a new communications director for the town. Geoffroy was appointed during the Jan. 9, Select Board Meeting and…
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