Obituaries
Tweet Robert O. Clapp, 67 Robert O. (Bob) Clapp, 67, of Worth County died Tuesday, July 26 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Funeral services were conducted Friday at Mathews Funeral Home with Masonic Rites. Interment followed at Andersonville National Cemetery with full military honors. A native of Exeter, N.H., Mr. Clapp resided in the Albany [...]
Read More →Food Scores
Tweet Another Place, 1502 E. BROAD AVE., 31705; July 28; Score: 100; Grade: A Cavalier Cafe/Darton College, 2400 GILLIONVILLE ROAD, 31707; July 26; Score: 90; Grade: A Charlie & Pearl’s Country Fried Chicken, 1610 S. JEFFERSON ST., 31701; July 25; Score: 84; Grade: B Checkers, 110 S. SLAPPEY, 31701; July 22; Score: 100; Grade: A
Read More →CRCT PROBE: Murfree’s new directive to teachers: Fully cooperate
Tweet By Kevin Hogencamp Dougherty County Schools Superintendent Joshua Murfree admonished his staffers Tuesday to cooperate with state investigators who return to Albany this month to determine whether educators altered students’ Criterion-Referenced Competency Test scores.
Read More →Church Briefs
Tweet Sunday, Aug. 7 Providence Church, 2504 Archwood Drive, will host Clark and Anne Taylor of Australia at the 9 a.m. and 11 a.m. services and a special evening service at 6 p.m.
Read More →Local Artist Tim Shelton Jr. Passes Away
Tweet By Cedric Shelton On Saturday, July 23, residents of Albany and some surrounding areas gathered at Mount Zion Baptist Church to celebrate and bid farewell to life of a local artist and entrepreneur, Tim Shelton Jr. Mr. Shelton died on July 15 at Emory University Hospital in Atlanta. He was 53.
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