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At Home with the Hambys
Who: Bobby and Debra Hamby The home: Victorian Year built: Between 1898 and 1902 for John Porter, son of Oliver Porter (Porterdale's namesake) The basics: 2 bedrooms, 2 baths, 2,800 square feet on a 1.36 acre lot Amenities: Formal living room, formal dining room, den, office, wide hall that runs down the middle of the house, four fireplaces (one functional), swimming pool Favorite room: "The den is our favorite room because it is where we ...
Ash Wednesday
The Rev. Timothy H. Graham, Rector at the Episcopal Church of the Good Shepherd in Covington, brushes the forehead of Suzanne Grace, Senior Warden, with ash. Ash Wednesday is today. It kicks off Lent in the Christian calendar. Easter is Sunday, April 24.
Covington celebrates its heritage
The inaugural Black History Program Saturday afternoon honored the late Coach Henry J. Wright, III and the R. L. Cousins men's basketball state runners-up of 1965. Music, dance and step performers entertained the audience between reflections and special remarks. Wright's family and the three attending members of his 1965 basketball team received keys to the city and Mayor Kim Carter presented a public proclamation in honor of the special guests.
Little Mr. and Miss Newton - Meet the winners
Little Mister Newton County, Best Boy Talent winner Will Norton, 4 Talent: Singing and dancing to "Baby" by Justin Bieber Favorite part of the pageant: "Getting my toys [goody bag] there." Parents: Ryan and Amanda Norton Grandparents: Jimmy French, Reggie and Rachel Towns, Bill and Gayle Norton Little Miss Newton County winner Emma Dooley, 5 Talent: Singing and dancing to "Stuck like Glue" by Sugarland Favorite part of the pageant: "Dancing; that ...
Cookies arrive
Special delivery: Sisters Charlotte and Sarah McCauley of Girl Scout Troop 20319 in Atlanta collected 12,000 boxes of Girl Scout Cookies during their annual fund raiser to send to our deployed troops. With the help of Operation Sandbox and National Guard soldiers, the boxes were delivered to the National Guard Armory in Covington Wednesday morning in ...
An abundant Arbor Day
Planting frenzy: Newton County celebrated Arbor Day in several cities on Saturday.
Celebrate Arbor Day in Newton County
Turner Lake Park: 10 a.m.; Turner Lake Park, sponsored by Keep Covington/Newton Beautiful; (770) 784-2015 or newtonclean@co.newton.ga.us for additional information. 11 a.m.; Turner Lake Recreation Center; tree planting in memory of Mr. Eddie Phillips, Mr. Carl Smith, Mr. Otis Spillers and in honor of Mrs. Connie Waller and Mr. Greg Heid; refreshments; RSVP Debbie Bell (678-625-1231.
Eyesore of the week - Feb. 13
Graffiti: This eyesore is located on Oak Street and Third Avenue in Mansfield. If you would like to submit an "Eyesore of the Week," send a picture to news@covnews.com or by mail to 1166 Usher St., Covington, GA 30014. Please do not submit residential properties that are occupied.
Be my valentine?
Card kids: Mansfield Elementary School pre-k students Makayla Gutierrez, Colton Fincher and Sara Beth Roberts paste, draw and color hearts on homemade Valentine's Day cards Thursday morning. These students, along with the rest of Mrs. Smallwood's pre-k class, made the cards with their families in mind and will present them to their loved ones on Monday. To see more photos, visit covnews.mycapture.com.
Students ready for Saturday mock trial
Opening statements: Briana Clark, prosecutor, presents a witness statement to Jeffrey Jones, left, and Augustus German, defense attorneys, during Alcovy High School's mock trial practice Thursday evening. Newton County's three high schools will take their cases to court during the annual mock trial competition on Saturday.
School system holds budget cuts forum
Ways to cut costs: Approximately 75 people braved rainy weather Thursday night to attend a budget forum at Alcovy High School. Parents were told about the current state of the budget and given an overview of potential cuts to the 2011-2012 budget. They were also able to ask questions of school system officials. See Sunday's edition of The Covington News for the full story.
CovNews photo reprints
The Covington News photographs many events each week and you may not know it, but we also upload those photos - hundreds of photos - to our website. We do this so that you, our valued reader, can see what didn't make it into our print edition and even purchase your favorites. In an effort to serve you better, we have updated our photo reprint site by reducing the prices on our products and ...
At Home with the Alexanders
Who: Jim and Paige Alexander; children Zack, 17, and Alana, 16; family dogs Buster, Axel and Cindy
New to the board of education
The new members: (L-r) Jeffrey Meadors, Shakila Henderson-Baker and Abigail Morgan-Coggin were sworn in to the Newton County Board of Education on Tuesday evening.
At Home With Carol Veliotis
Who: Carol Veliotis The home: Modest brick ranch Year built: 1949 by Dr. Frank Nesbit The basics: 2 bedrooms, 3 baths, less than 3,000 square feet on less than an acre lot Amenities: gas fireplace, art studio, sun/garden room, dining room, living room, gardens, over 200 pieces of original art Carol's favorite room: "That's a tie between the dining room, where I love to host dinner parties, and the living room, where I love to ...
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