The Back Door: Homeless fed — and informed
Tweet A recent survey counted homeless citizens in Albany at about 1,200 souls this year, up from 100 souls counted last year. Behind the First Presbyterian Church at 220 N. Jackson Ave. downtown is a door painted with the words, “The Back Door.” Pastor Garrett Andrews said, “We live in a town with rampant homelessness. [...]
Read More →State agency helping Citizens in rural areas
Tweet USDA Rural Development in Georgia has been very busy and working very hard for our rural communities throughout the state. As the new state director, I am very proud of the employees who have been doing that work. I wanted to recognize them and say “thank you” for a job very well done. I [...]
Read More →Chris Pike is already making sense
Tweet Reference Photo of Chris Pike. We’ve had a wait-and-see (or, more bluntly, we’ll-believe-it-when-we-see-it) attitude about Ward 3 Albany City Commissioner-elect Christopher-elect. Pardon us if we don’t trust anything a politician says – even if he or she means every word of it during campaign time. I mean, we’ve been burned, what, 90 percent of [...]
Read More →Palmyra bariatric center recognized for ‘excellence’
Tweet Patients Kim Barber (from left) and Kendra Wilson chat with Amy Grasman, the Bariatric Institute of Southwest Georgia’s director, on Tuesday at Palmyra Medical Center. The institute has been named an American Society for Metabolic and Baiatric Surgery Bariatric Surgery of Excellence. (Photos by Kevin Hogencamp.) Palmyra Medical Center announced Tuesday that the Bariatric [...]
Read More →Digital Bookmobile National Tour stops in Albany
Tweet Learn how to download free audiobooks for iPod® and more from the Dougherty County Public Library What: Digital Bookmobile National Tour Where: Dougherty Northwest Library, 2507 Dawson Road, Albany, GA 31707 When: Friday, November 20, 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. – Learn how to download audiobooks for iPod®, iPhone®, Zune®, and other devices. – [...]
Read More →Obituaries
Tweet George D. Bagley The funeral services for George D. Bagley, 54, of 112 Fox Chase Court, Leesburg, who died Thursday, Nov. 12, 2009 at his residence, was conducted Monday at St. Teresa’s Catholic Church. Rev. Finbarr Stanton officiated. Interment followed in the Bagley family cemetery in Nicholls, Ga. A native of Fort Dix, N.J., [...]
Read More →Jenni Bode paints Family tree Mural for Phoebe
Tweet For three-year-old Gracyn Cannon, the expansion of the family tree is far more than needed extra space and functional new classrooms. Now the place where Gracyn spends her day transports her to a place where imagination takes over. “I feel like I can jump into fairytale land,” said Gracyn, the daughter of Jay and [...]
Read More →Prep football recap: Week 12 in review
Tweet And then there was one. Only one metro Albany team is still playing football going into the third week of November, and that’s the Deerfield-Windsor Knights. D-W (11-2) won its 10th straight game Friday, defeating First Presbyterian Day (Macon), 35-21, in quarterfinal round GISA Class AAA playoff action at Webb Stadium. The Knights are [...]
Read More →Semi showdown: Deerfield vs. Pinecrest
Tweet The Deerfield-Windsor Knights will face the Pinecrest Paladins on Friday in the semifinals of the AAA GISA playoffs at Webb Memorial Stadium. The defending state champions need one more win to return to the finals on Nov. 27. Kickoff is at 7:30 p.m. After avenging an early season loss to First Presbyterian last week, [...]
Read More →Police impersonator may be operating here
Tweet “Police officer. You’re under arrest. Get down on the ground. Police officer,” the man yelled as he shoved his hand into his coat pocket as though to show he was armed. His other hand held a cell phone and he appeared to be talking into it as he ran along just behind the passing [...]
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