Tony Lamar Parks, 21, the third and final suspect being sought in connection to a Dec. 3 undercover crack cocaine buy bust operation in the Lowe’s parking lot that resulted in an attempted armed robbery and aggravated assault on police officers is now in custody. According to Sgt. Richard Phillips, of the Griffin Police Department […]
Mistletoe Market mules draw crowd
December 3, 2011 by Leave a Comment
Families gathered in the parking lot on the corner of Broad and Hill on Saturday, Dec. 3 to catch a ride on the mule-drawn carts during this year’s Mistletoe Market, held annually at Griffin’s Regional Welcome Center. Vendors sold their handmade goods and children took photos with Santa upstairs in the welcome center while mules […]
School system adopts 170-day calendar for 2012-13
October 27, 2011 by Leave a Comment
Facing a budget shortfall of $6 million for the 2012-13 school year, the board of education adopted a 170 day school calendar for 2012-2013, projected to lessen the shortfall by $3.1 million. The school calendar adopted begins school on August 13 and ends school May 24. Breaks for students and staff include a week-long fall break in […]
Inmate still not caught, escaped this morning near Carver Road
October 18, 2011 by 1 Comment
Sheila Marshall, Staff Writer Law enforcement officials are currently seeking to apprehend 29-year-old former Winder resident Roley Gabriel Faubion, an inmate of the Spalding County Correctional Institution who escaped from a work detail Tuesday morning. Faubion was a member of a work crew assigned to clear a field behind the Spalding County Fire Department headquarters located […]
Griffin’s Park at Sixth Wins Statewide Recognition at the Georgia Downtown Awards
October 7, 2011 by Leave a Comment
The Griffin Main Street Program recently received a $1,000.00 prize and was honored at the 2011 Georgia Downtown Conference at its annual Downtown Excellence Awards Banquet. The Park at Sixth won the Outstanding New Construction / Infill Award. “This honor is presented to a project that is sensitively designed and implemented to bring new activity […]
The Haunted Theatre on Hill Street returns
October 6, 2011 by Leave a Comment
The Haunted Theatre on Hill Street returns this Halloween for its annual haunted house at a new (and ghostlier) location in downtown Griffin as they present The Asylum. Enter the minds of the escaped mental patients from the Spalding Sanatorium after a mysterious fire burned the hospital to the ground and the patients escaped […]
Griffin-Spalding County School System asks public for preference of breaks on 170 day school calendar for 2012-2013
October 5, 2011 by Leave a Comment
Griffin, GA—Facing a budget shortfall of $6 million for the 2012-13 school year, the board of education took the first step toward meeting the deficit when it tentatively adopted a 170 day school calendar for 2012-2013, projected to lessen the shortfall by $3.1 million. Two draft versions of the calendar were approved by the board, […]
Print calendar
October 2, 2011 by Leave a Comment
Due to the upcoming holiday season, The Grip tweaked the print calendar a bit. To avoid Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Eve issues, we rescheduled the Sept. 29 issue of The Grip to move forward to Oct. 6. Look for the next issue next Thursday!
Lazy Sunday book review
October 2, 2011 by Leave a Comment
Major Pettigrew’s Last Stand by Helen Simonson is a gem for those who like a good story laced with British understated wit and incisive, (but not cynical) observations on how people accommodate to others who are from different backgrounds. It also has a lovely grown-up romance that plays out against some hilarious scenes of culture […]
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