continued from page But for me, the brightness of the sky or the visibility of the meteors doesn’t matter. The Perseid meteor shower finds me whenever and however it appears, carrying the weight of that terrible week when the sky fell in silver streaks around me, and my father fell away from us forever. Each and every year, mention of the Perseid connects me across decades to the moment...

continued from page will be devastating to local public radio stations in rural communities. It’s true that small stations could go out of business, but as anyone who has been paying attention has noticed, we live in an era of great media churn. Private media entities are going out of business — and being created — all the time. The government shouldn’t extend its favor to a few se...

Mr. Quinn Williamson Mr. Quinn Williamson, age 67, of the Kibbee Community, died on Tuesday, July 15, 2025, at Memorial Health Meadows Hospital in Vidalia after an extended illness. Mr. Williamson was born in Savannah, as a child he moved to Toombs County, and he has lived in Montgomery County for the past 25 years. He was a 1976 graduate of Vidalia High School, and he attended East Ge...

Mrs. Rebecca McDade Mrs. Rebecca “Becky” (Turner) McDade, 84, of Uvalda, Georgia, peacefully passed away Monday, July 14, 2025, at home with her husband, Phil McDade by her side. Becky and Phil were both from Hillsborough, North Carolina. They grew up together until life interrupted them. They reunited in Hillsborough in 1977 and married on July 21, 1978. She became part of the Uvalda...