>If you want to skip the trip to Atlanta and stay in Griffin or close by for New Year’s Eve, you have several great dining and event choices: Sixth Street Pier is featuring a New Year’s Eve surf and turf special. One four-ounce filet with blue cheese and white wine sauce and crab-stuffed shrimp with caper dill sauce. Served with […]
>Griffin woman redesigns education with gifted school
December 22, 2010 by Leave a Comment
> The Chambers family with Lesley Dinoff watching“Schools Kill Creativity” McKenzie Chambers, 6, will switch from public to private schooling in fall 2011. Her parents, Jake and Melinda Chambers, say they were frustrated with the results of McKenzie’s education. “We got tired of asking her, ‘What did you learn today?’ and hearing the response, […]
>Business plan would bring Scotland tradition to Griffin
December 22, 2010 by Leave a Comment
> Ross Davey, 27, hopes to open a cigar shop in downtown Griffin by mid-2011. Davey, originally from Scotland, has chosen an unusual name for a cigar shop: “The Rest and Be Thankful.” The name is borrowed from a little spot in Scotland near Davey’s hometown. “Rest & Be Thankful” are the words located on […]
>A Griffin Musician’s Journey: Young Hines
December 22, 2010 by Leave a Comment
> Young Hines, 34, has toured the U.S. and world with various bands, including Beatles tribute bands The Roaches and American English, and local bands Bailey Jester and Deadwood. Though he now resides in Nashville, Tenn., he says he’s never quit calling Griffin “home.” During his most recent trip home, he performed “Happy Christmas (War […]
>Flint River Book Club will meet Jan. 13
December 21, 2010 by Leave a Comment
> The Flint River Regional Library book club meets monthly at the public library on Memorial Drive every second Tuesday from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m. Their next meeting will be on January 13, 2011. Evans Millican, public services librarian, says club will discuss A Chesapeake Shores Christmas by Sherryl Woods. Millican says that the club includes all types […]
>Gardeners stake claim on greenhouse space
December 21, 2010 by Leave a Comment
> Gardeners claim their row crop spot Visions of sugar plums, candy canes and other sweets may be on the mind of many during this holiday season, but for those who attended the Christmas Gathering at the newly recommissioned Bluebird Greenhouse yesterday, it was thoughts spring and summer vegetables that were dancing in their heads. […]
>FBC Advent Season Schedule
December 20, 2010 by Leave a Comment
> Hi, Jessica Gregory here. Normally I wouldn’t post first-person blogs here, but I thought just this once (okay, there may be a few more in the future…) I would add a little personal note. The last issue of THE PAPER (the purple issue) was my first run at publisher. There are a few mistakes, […]
>New school offers gifted students another option for education
December 16, 2010 by Leave a Comment
>This video, “Schools Kill Creativity,” is a source of inspiration for Lesley Dinoff, headmaster and founder of Griffin’s new Dinoff School for Gifted Students. She often shows it to parents considering the Dinoff School because it humorously elaborates on the problems of the current educational paradigm. Dinoff opened the school for the gifted this past […]
>3/50 Project Could Keep More Doors Open
December 2, 2010 by Leave a Comment
>The end of 2010 will also mark the end for two Griffin businesses, The Next Chapter Bookstore in downtown and Bunjee’s Comics on Hwy 16. The City of Griffin, the Chamber of Commerce and Mainstreet Griffin have all at one time promoted the 3/50 Project, but many people have still not heard of it. The […]
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