ASU students no longer required to take Regents’ Test
Tweet Albany State University officials learned today that the Regents’ Test will no longer be a requirement for ASU students. Virginia Michelich, associate vice chancellor for student achievement with the University System of Georgia, wrote to ASU President Everette J. Freeman that ASU’s application for exemption from the Regents’ Test is approved. The exemption is [...]
Read More →DR. SPERRAZZA JAILED AGAIN
Tweet S Staff reports The Bay County (Fla.) Sheriff’s Office has closed down Albany physician Robert B. Sperrazza’s pain clinic in Panama City Beach, saying he committed a felony by failing to register his business as a pain clinic.
Read More →A DREAM REALIZED
Tweet Signifying just how far emergency medical services has improved in Dougherty County over the past 50 years, Dougherty County officials recently unveiled its new 14,000-square-foot headquarters at 1436 Palmyra Road. The building – which replaced the EMS headquarters near Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital — has larger drive-through bays that can park and charge eight [...]
Read More →Darton Foundation Selling Chances For Diamond Ring
Tweet ALBANY – The Darton College Foundation is selling chances to win a diamond ring. The Foundation is selling chances at $50 per ticket for a three-stone 1.67 carat diamond ring valued at $2,600. Only 100 chances will be sold. The drawing will be held August 9 at 4 p.m., with proceeds going toward student [...]
Read More →PREPPING PLATO’S CLOSET
Tweet Staff reports With a late July or early August opening on target, Plato’s Closet — a national franchise featuring trendy, gently used clothing and accessories — is taking shape in the Largo Plaza shopping center at 2524 Dawson Road. Here’s how it works: Remember that pair of jeans you bought at the mall that [...]
Read More →A drop kick into history
Tweet By Eric Tabor On June 11 at the Albany Civic Center, history was made as Albany Panthers kicker Geoff Boyer connected on a rare drop kick for a field goal. This is believed to be the first drop kick field goal ever made in the Southern Indoor Football League. The kicking technique has been [...]
Read More →Showdown in the air
Tweet PANTHERS FACE RIVAL COLUMBUS ON SATURDAY By Eric Tabor The music that moves linebacker Larry Edwards is played in so many sports venues around the globe that it has almost lapsed into cliché. But to one of the emotional leaders of Albany’s defense, the sound is a call to arms.
Read More →Blakely woman lands $50,000 lottery win
Tweet ATLANTA – A Blakely woman has scored a jumbo Georgia Lottery win. Jacquelyn Henderson, 61, played the instant game Jumbo Bucks Classic and won $50,000. “It’s great,” she said. “Wonderful.” Riverside Travel Center, 3946 Lower River Road in Blakely, sold the lucky top prize ticket. Henderson scratched the ticket in the store.
Read More →Advocate for social justice in rural America receives NEA award
Tweet WASHINGTON—The National Education Association (NEA) will honor Shirley Sherrod at its annual Human and Civil Rights Awards dinner in Chicago, July 1, 2011. NEA will present the César Chávez Acción y Comprimiso Human and Civil Rights Award to Shirley Sherrod of Albany, GA. “Shirley Sherrod’s life-lesson for us all is that we can [...]
Read More →Exchange Club Youth of the Year
Tweet Deerfield-Windsor School 2011 graduate Beverly Guillebeau, the Exchange Club of Albany’s youth of the year, was recently honored as the District Exchange youth of the year in Columbus, Ga. The award is based on students’ academic achievements, community service and an essay on the theme, “Sharing a Shining Light on Volunteerism.” She is pictured [...]
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