The Times Journal Post

Thursday, October 22 was Marketplace Times Day at East Laurens High School and I got to be one of the local “professionals” (Some of the people I have worked with in the newspaper business might think otherwise) who were judges of the business plans. And I enjoyed every minute of it.

The Dublin City Board of Education is asking the state for advances of its monthly funding allotments from November through January as it waits for tax collections to begin at year’s end.

A runaway shootout in the Shamrock Bowl and an outstanding night in Hinesville for the West Laurens defense and special teams made for an eventful week 10 in games around the Heart of Georgia.

The Raiders’ high-powered lineup proved its mettle with two late-inning comebacks to sweep Adairsville Wednesday in the second round of the GHSA fastpitch softball playoffs.

The County Commission voted Tuesday to award a separate contract to Dublin Construction Co. to build the foundation. Estimates for the work had come in at about $102,000. However, due to the detailed nature of the project, county officials approached Dublin Construction and gained an experienced company and saved money, with the cost at $83,450.

Twiggs County Commissioners approved a $17,000 bid on a county tractor.