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COALGATE CHRISTMAS TREE LIGHTING — Elizabeth, Julia and Amelia Sandmann are all smiles as they visit with Santa. Elizabeth and Amelia are 7-yearold twins; Julia is 5.
Read moreCOALGATE CHRISTMAS TREE LIGHTING — 10-yearold Cooper Battles and brother Rhett Battles, 2, with Santa.
Read moreWhat’s really worthwhile? What’s the point of all this effort and energy we expend day in and day out? Where’s the goal line?
Read moreUGLY SWEATER DAY AT WALLACE BYRD MS — Several Wallace Byrd MS students had fun dressing up for Ugly Sweater Day on December 15. From left — Angelina Thompson (8th), Blayzen Ward (7th), Brandon Anthony (7th), Axel McNutt (8th), Kameryn Wilkinson (8th), Destiny Grant (8th), and Logan English (8th).
Read moreCHRISTMAS IN COALGATE — Santa visits with the fire department before his stroll down Main Street prior to the Parade of Lights. From left - Michael Juristy, Jaden Boyd, Brian Cooper, Santa, Jared Griffin, Lance Cartlidge, John Thompson.
Read moreCOALGATE CHRISTMAS TREE LIGHTING — 8-year-old Rythom Griffith places his letter to Santa in the North Pole Express mailbox set up at City Hall. According to City Clerk Jackie Holt, at one time the mailbox was a payment receptacle for bulk water customers who would get water from a hydrant behind City Hall. Current City Hall employees were not sure how long the box was used for bulk water payments, she said, “but it was many years.” The eye-caching refurbished box, which is now the North Pole Express mailbox, is the work of several Street Department workers. About 50 Santa letters had been placed in the mailbox as of Monday afternoon (December 20). See Santa letters inside!
Read moreCOALGATE PARADE OF LIGHTS 2021 – The Adcock Family float.
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