2025 marks Harriett’s 30th year “Looking Back” in weekly columns offering readers a glimpse at history through local news clippings gathered from years gone by. The former schoolteacher began writing “85 Years Ago,” which she inherited from late Dublin Courier Herald publisher W.H. Champion, in 1995. Eight years later, she added a companion feature entitled “50 Years Ago,” treating Dublin-Laurens County natives to a more recent taste of nostalgia. The columns appear, respectively, in each Saturday and Tuesday edition.
The Dublin City Council is set to consider conditions in the ongoing Voting Rights Act suit - this story and more topped the headlines in this day 50 years ago.
The Dublin City Council squares off with the mayor over the city's $5 million budget. This story, and more, topped the headlines on this day 50 years ago.