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Board needs more time, pushes back statue vote

  • Seber Newsome III holds up a sign during Tuesday’s Board of County Commission meeting advocating leaving the controversial Confederate monument at the Putnam County Courthouse.
    Seber Newsome III holds up a sign during Tuesday’s Board of County Commission meeting advocating leaving the controversial Confederate monument at the Putnam County Courthouse.
  • Putnam County residents wave flags during Tuesday’s Putnam County Board of Commissioners meeting advocating for the preservation of and respect for the Confederate monument.
    Putnam County residents wave flags during Tuesday’s Putnam County Board of Commissioners meeting advocating for the preservation of and respect for the Confederate monument.
The Putnam County Board of Commissioners did not choose the fate of Putnam’s Confederate monument Tuesday despite protests from residents in the crowd to make a decision.  Jim Troiano, who served as…

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