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Milton High School honors its past Centennial jubilee observes history within community By SYDNEY DANGREMOND sydney@appenmedia.com MILTON, Ga. — Dozens gathered on the front lawn of Milton High School Oct. 23 to kick off a full-day of festivities marking the school’s centennial anniversary. Students, alumni, faculty, family and community members heard remarks from school Principal Brian Jones and Milton City Councilman Peyton Jamison to kick off the day. Jamison spoke of the school’s legacy and its future. “Every student who goes through Milton High has a chance to nurture their minds, to expand their horizons, to find their loves and talents and to develop into their best possible selves. That’s what a great school does, and no place has done it better over the years than Milton High,” Jamison said. “Congratulations on an extraordinary 100 years and cheers that Milton High’s next 100 years will just be as impressive and impactful as it is on the city today.” After the remarks, the school’s choir and wind ensemble — accompanied by some alumni — performed an updated arrangement of the Milton High School alma mater anthem. Class of 2010 alum and composer Nathan Hudson was tasked with making
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Milton City Council levels restrictions on future alcoholrelated businesses By CHAMIAN CRUZ chamian@appenmedia.com
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Dozens gather Oct. 23 for Milton High School’s centennial anniversary celebration. the song unique to the school. “As I was thinking about how to reimagine the alma mater, it’s not like I had to write a new one, cause it doesn’t need that, but it needed a reimagining,” Hudson said. “Because the world demands a reimagining and Milton
is rising to do that. We are preparing students in new and fresh ways to be modern, active members of our society and it’s really special.” Following performances by the
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MILTON, Ga. — The Milton City Council labored for seven hours Oct. 18 to strike a balance over amendments to the city’s alcohol beverage licensing ordinance. The action drew a packed house at City Hall, and many spoke against changes that would impact existing businesses, like Painted Horse Winery and Vineyards and Billy Allen’s, a piano bar and restaurant set to open soon in downtown Crabapple. Painted Horse Winery owner Pamela Jackson is no stranger at City Hall. In August, the council approved a permit request to allow the winery to host certain events like kid’s birthday parties or other “agricultural-related” activities, temporarily ending months of heated discussions among the council, the business and surrounding homeowners about how
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