Longtime mayor stepping down

  • Mayor Gordon Sands, right, and Councilman Willie Washington discuss business during a Welaka Town Council meeting in 2019.
    Mayor Gordon Sands, right, and Councilman Willie Washington discuss business during a Welaka Town Council meeting in 2019.
WELAKA – Longtime Mayor Gordon Sands will not seek re-election as the top elected official in this small South Putnam town. Sands was first elected as Welaka’s mayor in 1996. He served 11 years…

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