Greene County

Mamie Hillman, founder and director of the Greene County African American Museum, speaks to about 20 people at the Historic Oglethorpe County meeting at the Oglethorpe County Library on Tuesday, October 28, 2025. The museum opened in October 2021. (Photo/Susanna Johnson)

Mamie Hillman speaks on Greensboro's Black history museum at meeting

Susanna Johnson

Thursday, October 30, 2025

Mamie Hillman has been working to “unearth the narratives” of Greene County’s Black heritage for more than 25 years. And Oglethorpe County residents are interested.

People walk, run and bike on the Model Mile of the Firefly Trail in Maxeys, the only completed portion of the trail in Oglethorpe County. The county recently received a grant for $2.9 million to extend the trail to the Greene County line. (Photo/Gianna Rodriguez)

County receives $2.9 million to extend Firefly Trail to Greene

Elizabeth Kim

Thursday, July 10, 2025

Residents have put the Model Mile of the Firefly Trail to use since its completion in 2021. “As soon as the mile went down in Maxeys, all the neighbors started getting out and walking and walking their dogs and riding their bicycles,” said Mary Cook, president of Firefly Trail Inc.