Letter to the Editor: Save the historic Broad Avenue bridge
Tweet As the city of Albany is attempting to increase the range of attractions and activities in downtown Albany with the reopening of the skate park, we should reconsider the State DOT decision to tear down the historic Broad Avenue Bridge and replace it with a new one. It would be a terrible mistake to [...]
Read More →Men’s Day
Tweet Grilling. Movies. Motorcycles. Tailgating. It was all about men — more specifically, fathers — on Friday at Albany Harley-Davidson. Along with a grilling contest, dads and their families watched “Wild Hogs” on the big screen and participated in a stroller derby contest through an obstacle course. The cookoff winners were Fred Smith, who won [...]
Read More →Obituaries
Tweet Margaret Beard The memorial service of Margaret Holman Beard, 70, of 433 S. Audubon Drive, Albany, who died Thursday June 24, 2010, was conducted Saturday at Mathews Funeral Home with Rev. Doug Boss officiating. A native of Atlanta, Mrs. Beard resided in Albany since 1952, moving from Valdosta, and was a graduate of Albany [...]
Read More →Church Briefs
Tweet Saturday, July 3 Berea Full Gospel Church, 1111 Fifth Ave., will sell Boston butts for $20 in the church’s social hall from 10 a.m. to noon. Info: Call Jimmy Hagadom at 888-2467. Damascus Road Studios will present praise and worship with Weyman Salter, Wilma Smith and The Dayspring Trio at 7 p.m. at Philema [...]
Read More →Long days getting shorter
Tweet The days seem long, but not long enough to get it all done, do they? Pressing needs get met, and those not-so-pressing get “prioritized” to another day. “There will be more time tomorrow,” we tell ourselves, and there might be. Except of course, daytime started shrinking this week. With the arrival of the summer [...]
Read More →THE “DONUT FACTORY” HAS COME TO ALBANY
Tweet Written by Ted Anderson Wow, you have got to check out the new donut and coffee shop that has come to Albany. It is fantastic and going to really give the well-known coffee shop in our area a run for their money. They are located behind the ATT Store at the corner of Nottingham [...]
Read More →House cleaning for speed
Tweet Housecleaning is the focus of this third in this series about speeding up your PC. To optimize your PC’s performance, you should clean your browser, your startup folder, your files (includes your documents, music and pictures), your programs and your desktop. These five areas can become clogged and slow you down.
Read More →Lee officials overcome worker’s nauseating act
Tweet We’ve always said in this space that it’s never too late to do the right thing. And that’s exactly how Lee County officials handled a wayward employee’s strikingly repulsive performance on the taxpayers’ dime last week. Local Libertarian and political blogger Tim Nelson dutifully notified Lee County code enforcement officers of sign ordinance violations [...]
Read More →CELEBRATION: Independence Day fireworks, fun set
Tweet Staff reports It’s one of the benefits of living in or near a military community: Double the fun on and around Independence Day. Once again this year, Marine Corps Logistics Base Albany will host a huge celebration on July 2 and the City of Albany will host exhibitors and blast fireworks on July 4. [...]
Read More →The best laid plans
Tweet Everyone has a different opinion of what is good. What one person considers good may not suit the next person in line. Especially is this seen in the area of cuisine. For example, one man’s broccoli is another man’s apple fritter. The problem comes when the broccoli man insists that the apple fritter man [...]
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