Phoebe’s Cancer Center Is Designated An ACR Breast Imaging Center of Excellence
Tweet ALBANY, Ga. – Physicians and Staff with Phoebe’s Cancer Center today are celebrating a prestigious designation by the American College of Radiology (ACR) as a Breast Imaging Center of Excellence. The designation is one of only 18 awarded in Georgia and the only facility south of Macon that has achieved this level of [...]
Read More →GOVERNOR DEAL DECLARES FEB. 6-10 AS SEVERE WEATHER AWARENESS WEEK
Tweet Statewide tornado drill and GEMA’s Ready Georgia campaign help Georgians prepare Special to the Journal (ATLANTA) Governor Nathan Deal, in cooperation with the Georgia Emergency Management Agency/Homeland Security (GEMA), the National Weather Service (NWS) and Georgia’s local emergency management agencies will proclaim the week of Feb. 6-10, 2012, as Severe [...]
Read More →NEWS RELEASE FOR MAYOR’S PRAYER BREAKFAST
Tweet The ALDON (Albany-Dougherty National) prayer committee will sponsor the 39th annual Mayor’s Prayer Breakfast. This year’s speaker will be Dr. Mel Blackaby, Senior Pastor, First Baptist Jonesboro. The breakfast will be held Thursday, February 16, 2012 at Hilton Garden Inn, 101 S. Front Street. The event will begin at 6:30 a.m. Tickets are $12 [...]
Read More →What Is Your Cholesterol Level?
Tweet How many times have you heard this question? How many people do you know currently on cholesterol lowering medication? If you are between the ages of 45 and 65, there are probably a lot. Exactly what is cholesterol? Cholesterol is the fat-like substance that exists in every cell of the body. Life is not [...]
Read More →Guess there are worse things than being called lame
Tweet Brett Buckner is an award-winning freelance newspaper/magazine writer who was raised in Albany. Soon as we were able to stop giggling long enough to speak, My Lovely Wife and I applauded each other for having been given the best compliment parents can hope to receive. No, it wasn’t anything along the lines [...]
Read More →I’m From Albany
Tweet Lon McNeil is an independent marketing consultant in Albany and can be reached at lonmcneil@gmail.com. If you think the struggles we face in Albany are something of recent history, and the past was somehow better, you would have a very rose-colored view of our yesteryears. Albany has been a struggle from the [...]
Read More →Reflections on the Pinewood Track
Tweet Written by Bill Waller. Mr. Waller is a author and contributor local blog, Southwest Georgia Politics. He enjoys writing, traveling, and researching history. He currently resides in Albany, Georgia. The season that is almost a rite of passage for nearly every young boy in the country is here. Well okay, at least [...]
Read More →Albany Museum of Art exhibit receives award
Tweet Special to the Journal ALBANY–The Albany Museum of Art was recognized among more than 120 peers last week during the annual meeting of the Georgia Association of Museums and Galleries held in Baldwin County. During the GAMG Awards Luncheon, Albany Museum of Art (AMA) was presented the Museum Exhibition of the [...]
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