Houston County retired superintendent was also elected to the vice chair position for 2014-2015.

Twiggs County resident and retired educator, Sarah Hawthorne, was named as the chair of CGTC's Board of Directors.

According to a release, she also served as the vice chair of the Board in the past year, when CGTC and MGTC merged.

She'll serve a one-year term.

CGTC's board of directors is comprised of a group of business leaders from the eleven counties CGTC serves in Baldwin, Bibb, Crawford, Dooly, Houston, Jones, Monroe, Peach, Pulaski, Putnam and Twiggs counties.

Maintenance crews plan to mow along state highways in Hancock and Putnam counties this week.

That's planned for SR 24 between mile posts 9 and 24, as well as SR 22, 15 and 77 between mile markers 12-0, 18-10, and 0-4, respectively, according to a release.

Watch out for mowers between 8 a.m. until 3:30 p.m. Monday through Friday.

Local poets read at the Open Mic Poetry Reading Tuesday evening.

According to a release on the Georgia Writers Museum Facebook page, Barry Darugar, George Heiring and Sandy Mallinson will read their work and more.

That'll be at the Eatonton-Putnam County Library at 5 p.m. Tuesday.