Peddling ordinance a mixed blessing?
Tweet I hate it when someone walks up and knocks on my door in an effort to sell me something. I relax when I see it’s a friend’s kid trying to sell magazine subscriptions for his school, or cookies for her Girl Scout troop, but for the most part I cringe. I just don’t like [...]
Read More →Inside and Out, Walmart in Albany Gets a New Look
Tweet ALBANY, Ga., July 8, 2011 – The Albany Walmart, located at 2825 Ledo Road, will celebrate a grand re-opening next week, giving local shoppers a glimpse of the company’s next generation of store design and customer experience. The results of a three-month remodeling project will be unveiled at the Ledo Road Walmart Friday, July [...]
Read More →Sex Offenders
Tweet Milton Downs Jr., 37 500 Dorsett Ave., 31701 Aggravated sexual battery Convicted 11/03/1998
Read More →Food Scores
Tweet Albany Pretzel Bakery c/o Auntie Anne’s, 2601 DAWSON ROAD, STE. C-3, ALBANY, 31707; June 24; Score: 96; Grade: A Blue Moon Yogurt Co, 2601 DAWSON RD STE. A-16, ALBANY, 31707; June 24; Score: 95; Grade: A Burger King #1126, 802 S. SLAPPEY, ALBANY, 31705; June 30; Score: 98, Grade: A
Read More →New tricks
Tweet Did you ever get in a rut doing something in a particular way and later find out that there was a faster, more accurate or just plan better way? Technology poses challenges to us that make it necessary to periodically examine our practices. We need to systematically take advantage of the helpful gadgets, softwares [...]
Read More →Rep. Bishop Statement on the Passage of the Defense Appropriations bill for FY12
Tweet WASHINGTON – Today, H.R. 2219, the Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2012 passed the U.S. House of Representatives by a vote of 336 to 87. Rep. Bishop voted in favor of the bill and released the following statement.
Read More →Business Licenses
Tweet 38 Realty, 105 Kalman Ave., Albany, 31705; Roderick Pollock; 434-1637; Real Estate B&J Professional Services, 1219 Parker Ave., Apt. F, Albany, 31707; Barbara Oksa & James Seaman; 288-6543; Home Repair Bailey’s Closet LLC, 1906 Dawson Road, Albany, 31707; Haylee Strom; 669-1987; Retail Clothing
Read More →Didn’t like that wall, anyway
Tweet In front of our house sits a brick retaining wall. Correction: in front of our house used to sit a brick retaining wall. Now there is just a pile of bricks where that wall stood solidly for 40-plus years. Mrbunny and I were just farting around the house trying to get a few last-minute [...]
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