Angie Daughtry (c) with daughters Jessie and Ansley in a photo taken by one of Daughtry’s former 4-H students, Harley Spears.
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Attention all hunters and fisherman! It's time for our annual Hunting and Fishing Section! We'd like for you to send us your best catch/kill from the 2020-2021 hunting and fishing season. Send your photos and information to news@metteradvertiser.com and make your subject read "Hunting/Fishin…
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The City of Metter has been awarded a $1,130,000 Clean Water State Revolving Fund loan by the Georgia Environmental Finance Authority board of directors.
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The Georgia dove hunting season opens Sat. Sept. 4, 2021, according to the Georgia Department of Natural Resources’ Wildlife Resources Division (WRD).
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Regional entrepreneurs looking to grow their businesses now have access to an accelerated business growth and leadership development program through the Georgia Southern University Business Innovation Group (BIG).
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Former Metterite Deirdre “Dee” Dixon was promoted from Chief Development Officer to Regional Chief Executive Officer of the American Red Cross of Georgia in June 2021.
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One Metter High School alumnus is moving out into the world of media production.
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Candler County, like all of Georgia’s 159 counties, continues to be considered a high transmission location based on the state’s criteria of more than 100 cases of Covid-19 per 100,000 residents, according to the Georgia Department of Public Health.
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Due to the increase in Covid cases, the City of Metter lobby will be closed until further notice.
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Qualifying for Metter City Council has concluded, with all three open positions having only one candidate to qualify.
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The July 31 expiration of the federal moratorium on evictions has left many families wondering what help is available for them now.
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40 Under 40–an honor given to Georgia Southern University graduates who are leading the way in business, leadership, community, educational and/or philanthropic endeavors.
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Mayor Ed Boyd and City Councilwoman Rashida Taylor have qualified for re-election to their respective offices on Metter City Council. Taylor serves as the District 2, Seat 4 council member.
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The Tigers will return to the gridiron this Friday to kick off the 2021 football season.
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Rustan Rigdon was a force to be reckoned with as the Metter High varsity baseball team secured the first-ever state championship this past spring.
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Aug. 11 is here, and Georgia 811 hopes that the 8/11 date on the calendar will serve as a natural reminder for residents to contact Georgia 811 prior to any digging project.
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The year 2020 brought more than entertaining memes, toilet paper hoarding, and hand sanitizer shortages to households across our country. It shined a bright light on an existing problem facing both rural and urban communities.
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The 2020-2021 school year was an exciting one for Metter Tiger athletics!
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On Wednesday, July 28, 2021, Angela Lanet Braziel, age 54, and Amirah Yasmin Braziel, age 29, both of Metter, were arrested following a drug investigation initiated by the Georgia Bureau of Investigation Southeastern Regional Drug Enforcement Office (SRDEO), assisted by the Metter Police Dep…
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The Candler County Board of Education has scheduled three public hearings following its announcement of plans to increase the 2021 property taxes it will levy this year by 0.70 percentage over the rollback millage rate.
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The year 2020 brought more than entertaining memes, toilet paper hoarding, and hand sanitizer shortages to households across our country. It shined a bright light on an existing problem facing both rural and urban communities.
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On Wednesday, July 28, 2021, Angela Lanet Braziel and Amirah Yasmin Braziel of Metter, Candler County, Georgia, were arrested following a drug investigation initiated by the Georgia Bureau of Investigation Southeastern Regional Drug Enforcement Office (SRDEO) and assisted by Metter Police De…
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The 2020-2021 school year was an exciting one for Metter Tiger athletics!A few Metter High highlights: • 2021 Class A State Baseball Champs• Individual State Champion Track in Triple Jump, Fernandez Burke• Boys and Girls in Top 5 in Individual State Track• State Runners up Boys Golf• Semi Fi…
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Candler County 4-H was well represented at the 78th Annual 4-H State Congress on July 20-23, 2021. This is the culminating event of the 4-H year where state finalists compete in various projects and Georgia 4-H Foundation Scholarships are awarded.
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“It is easier to build strong children than to repair broken men,” said American abolitionist Frederick Douglass over a century ago. Nicholas “Juice” Wedlow believes these words and has taken them to heart at the chief executive officer of Unfaltering Fathers, LLC.
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Crystal Dalgard (r), graphic artist for Metter Advertiser, presents a check for $300 to board members of Paws, Hearts & Hands of Candler County, (pictured, l-r) Deborah Johns, Amy Harrison and Cheryl Aasheim. The funds were raised as proceeds from the newspaper’s annual Purr-fect Pet Pu…
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Metter’s unofficial historian and long-time newspaper columnist James Jones died on Thursday evening, surrounded by family. He was 92.
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And just like that, summer is over. On Monday, the buses will roll as students return to classes at Metter Elementary, Metter Middle and Metter High School.
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For their outstanding achievements in the 2020-21 school year, the Metter High School athletic program has received the prestigious Region’s Bank Director’s Cup for 2021 Region 3A-Public. The award is sponsored by the Georgia Athletic Director’s Association.
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On Saturday, July 31, 2021, Communities in Schools (CIS) Candler and the Metter Police Department are teaming up to host the Back-to-School Carnival for this upcoming school year.
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On Thursday, August 12, 2021, Sheriff John Miles and the Candler County Sheriff’s Office will be hosting a National Night Out event. The event will be held from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. at 1015 E. Hiawatha St., Metter, GA.
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During the regular scheduled monthly Board of Education meeting, the board discussed and approved the 2022-2023 School Calendar, salary scales and supplements, SNP contract bids, board policies and an ESPLOST referendum.
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Kindred Mercantile on North Broad Street held a ribbon cutting ceremony on Thursday afternoon. Taking part in the ceremony were (front row, l-r) Kelli Fortner; River Holloway; Victoria Gaitten, executive director of Metter-Candler Chamber of Commerce; Kim Critchley, Kindred Mercantile owner;…
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A Southeast Georgia Citrus Update meeting will be held on July 27 at 11 a.m. at the Vidalia Onion and Vegetable Research Center. Lunch will be catered.
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Metter Advertiser and Metter-Candler Chamber of Commerce are teaming up once again for the annual Chamber of Commerce Magazine and Community Guide. To have the most updated information in the magazine, churches and civic groups are asked to provide updates to be included.
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The Queen of Victory Missionary Baptist Association will hold a Community Mission Outreach at the pavilion at Metter Police Department, 900-942 East Lillian Street from 8 a.m. to 12 noon on Saturday, July 17. Masks are required.
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Cats – people seem to either love them or hate them, but even cat-lovers don’t love being overrun with stray or feral cats.
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Qualifying for city elections will begin on Monday, Aug. 16, and continue through Friday, Aug. 20, from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. each day at Metter City Hall.
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We often don’t give much thought to emergency care -- until we’re the one in the middle of the emergency.
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Twelve Tomorrow was founded by local organizers to expand the electorate in counties within Georgia’s 12th Congressional District and to advocate for better health and healthcare, voting rights and social justice issues.
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During the June Candler County Board of Education Meeting, the board voted to accept and adopt the advertised FY 2022 Budget after advertising the budget for the required amount of time and holding three public meetings for community input.
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Elsa, 7, and Emsley King, 9, were all decked out in the Spirit of Independence during Saturday’s Independence Day Celebration at the Candler County Museum. But the two girls, who are the daughters of Cortney and Liam King, had to make way for a four-legged photo-bomber who wanted to celebra…
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Mayor Ed Boyd will be a special guest at the opening day of Silver Servants Senior Center, a program of Guido Ministries.
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Frozen Jr. is coming live to the stage in Emma Kelly Theatre at the Averitt Center for the Arts in Statesboro, and four Metterites will play the leading sisters, Young Anna and Young Elsa!
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Juanita Lott remembers the Masonic Bible that sat under the television in the home of her in-laws, Johnnie James and Gladys Turner Lott. The Bible was lovingly inscribed with vital family information, including birth dates, wedding dates and death dates of the couple’s family. But after Mrs.…
