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Landmark Coming Down

Feb 4, 2011

One of the oak trees that has stood sentinel at the Oconee County Courthouse for probably 50 years is coming down this weekend. The oak tree closest to Court Street will be cut down this weekend, said Marvin Poe, Oconee County operations director....

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Georgia's growing presence

Dec 31, 2010

It’s not a home-field advantage, but when the Bulldogs arrive at the stadium for today’s Liberty Bowl, little pieces of Georgia will greet them outside – dozens of oak trees flanking a lawn used for tailgating. The 162 trees were...

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Trees honor Dirr

Sep 1, 2010

More than 200 shade trees donated to UGA by the Select Sustainable Tree Trust—the first of up 1,000 trees the Watkinsville-based trust has pledged to UGA—are in honor of the late Susy Dirr (ABJ ’99), who died from cystic fibrosis in 2008. Dirr was...

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