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Forsyth-Monroe News | Community News, Photos, Events, Businesses & Deals Our network Back to 13WMAZ.com More 13WMAZ Sites Bleckley-Dodge-Pulaski Dooly-Mac Dublin Forsyth-Monroe Gray-Jones Hancock-Putnam Macon Milledgeville Peach-Crawford Perry Robins Sandersville Twiggs Warner Robins Welcome Menu Log in Contact us Community Home Schools Families Pets Events Restaurants Businesses Crime Deals! Navicent Health to sponsor free breast cancer seminar in Monroe County Submitted by Ashley.Trawick on Wednesday, October 14th, 10:11 am The Medical Center, Navicent Health is offering a free breast cancer seminar to Monroe County residents and surrounding areas, as part of National Breast Cancer Awareness Month. The free "Breast Health & Breast Cancer’" seminar will be held Monday at 6:30 p.m. in the Monroe Regional Medical Complex, located at 102 N. Lee Street in Forsyth. The seminar will explain risk factors, prevention and treatment of breast cancer, according to a news release. To register or for more informaiton, please call 478-633-4733 or email rsvp@navicenthealth.org . View Comments | Post a Comment Share: Community Sponsors Advertise Here Are you interested in promoting your business to local customers? All Community Sponsors New businesses help Forsyth grow Submitted by Jake Wade Sunday, May 10th, 2015, 7:34pm Downtown development is on Loraine Khoury’s radar. "All cities go in cycles and we’re coming for a low cycle now, we’re headed back up," said Khoury Khoury is the Executive Director of the Forsyth Downtown Development Authority, She says she hopes to see the city grow into a place more people want to visit. "It’s going in the right direction. We’re trying to grow and improve our retail in downtown. So I’m just real pleased. It’s kinda like dominoes, they start falling and then one right after the other," said Khoury. Khoury says about 13 new businesses have opened in the downtown area over the last two years. She says that number shows what the future may hold for the city of Forsyth. "We are looking to be a village. We want some unique businesses to come in and open up so it’d be interesting. We’d like to have some maybe art studios," said Khoury. And Freddy Butts agrees. Read More View Comments | Post a Comment Share: Train strikes van in Bolingbroke Submitted by 13WMAZ Web Staff Friday, May 8th, 2015, 2:33pm A witness told 13WMAZ that a train struck a van at a railroad crossing in south Monroe County Friday afternoon. It happened just after noon off Rivoli Road in Bolingbroke. Elaine Schmitt, who owns an antique store near the crossing, says the van had slowed on the tracks due to another vehicle slowing down, and the van driver apparently thought he had cleared the tracks. But he hadn’t. She said a slow-moving train moving through town clipped the back of the van, causing some damage. The driver pulled off the tracks and stopped nearby. So far, there’s no word on injuries. Schmitt said the train was sounding its horn loudly, as usual, as it approached the crossing. The Monroe County Sheriff’s Office could not be reached for comment, and a Norfolk Southern Railroad spokesman had no information on the accident. Read More View Comments | Post a Comment Share: Putnam Co. man pleads guilty to possession of a firearm Submitted by Ashley.Trawick on Thursday, May 7th, 6:32 pm An Eatonton man entered a guilty plea Thursday for possession of a firearm by a convicted felon in a Macon district court. Christian MacKean, 37, was driving a pick-up truck in August of 2013 when he was pulled over in Monroe County for speeding, according to a news release from the U.S. Attorney’s office. He refused to show his driver’s license or his insurance card, the release states. McKean reached for something and the officer who stopped him noticed a bulge under his shirt, the release states, and suspected there was a weapon. The officer called for backup. Read More View Comments | Post a Comment Share: Community Sponsors Advertise Here Are you interested in promoting your business to local customers? All Community Sponsors City of Forsyth creating convention and visitors bureau Submitted by Jake Wade Friday, April 17th, 2015, 1:47pm The city of Forsyth is creating a Convention and Visitors Bureau. The city sent the idea to the legislature and it was approved. Bonnie Barker has owned the Anvil Room in downtown Forsyth for more than a year. She said they typically see around 300 people wining and dining in the restaurant, but she hopes the new visitors bureau will drive that number up. "People that live here, we know what a great town this is. And so we think it will be a good way to let people know moreand we have new things coming in all the time," Barker said. Nancy McComb, another small business owner in Forsyth, said the visitors bureau will help her growing retail store, High Cotton. "I think that it’s gonna bring people in off of the interstate. Read More View Comments | Post a Comment Share: McDonald’s coffee to hit supermarkets Submitted by 13WMAZ Web Staff Wednesday, August 20th, 2014, 7:00am (USA TODAY)Not too many years ago, this would have been unthinkable: buying a bag of McDonald’s-branded coffee at the grocery store. Read More View Comments | Post a Comment Share: Ga. officials offer online deer hunting application Submitted by Jacqueline Harnevious , 13WMAZ Community Web Producer Tuesday, August 19th, 2014, 10:00am SOCIAL CIRCLE, Ga. (AP) - Georgia wildlife officials are encouraging deer hunters to fill out an online application that will allow them to participate in this season’s deer quota hunt. Officials from the Georgia Department of Natural Resources’ Wildlife Resources Division officials say the deadline to submit an application for deer quota hunting is Sept. 1. 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