A Chehaw Tradition Is Back for the Holiday Season
Tweet Staff Reports Albany, Ga.- An annual holiday tradition for South Georgia, Chehaw’s Festival of Lights, will begin on Friday, Nov. 30 at 6 p.m. Chehaw will sparkle with spectacular Christmas light displays for its guests of all ages. Visitors tour the thousands of twinkling lights displaying Christmas icons such as candy canes and Christmas [...]
Read More →Wendy Spurlock Gosa
Tweet Wendy Spurlock Gosa, 42, of Mitchell County, GA died Tuesday, November 27, 2012 at her residence. Graveside funeral services will be held, Saturday at 11:00 AM at the Smithville City Cemetery. Dr. Karna Bentley and Rev. Chris Howe will officiate.
Read More →The truth about taxes
Tweet My voting record as a member of the House, and now as a member of the Senate, confirms that I am not in favor of tax increases. I have never supported or voted for tax increases, and I don’t intend to start now.
Read More →The Art Institute of Atlanta announces call for entries for 10th annual Poster Design Competition
Tweet High school seniors and high school graduates challenged to design poster expressing competitions theme: You Can Create Tomorrow Staff reports Atlanta, GA – The Art Institute of Atlanta and Americans for the Arts, the nations leading nonprofit organization for advancing the arts and arts education, announced today that entries for the 2013 [...]
Read More →ASU Concert Chorale, Chamber Singers to present Christmas Concert at St. Teresa’s Catholic Church
Tweet Staff Reports Albany, Ga. – The Albany State University Concert Chorale and Chamber Singers will continue a Christmas tradition by presenting a holiday concert to the Albany community. The concert will be held at 7:30 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 2, at St. Teresa’s Catholic Church. There is no admission charge.
Read More →Trickle Down Deficit Reform
Tweet On Tuesday, the Commissioners of Gwinnett County Georgia voted to impose a 1% tax on energy used by manufacturers. The move will likely be regarded by many as a tax increase. It runs counter to the State eliminating sales taxes paid by manufacturers on energy as part of last year’s tax reform package.
Read More →Let’s think outside the box
Tweet It turns out that Georgia’s graduation rate sucks. With just 67 percent of students graduating, it’s apparently the lowest in the Southeast. Not something we want to put on our license plates, to be sure. There’s clearly a lot of work to be done, but our low graduation rate may be the spur we [...]
Read More →Albany State University ROTC cadets participate in weapons training
Tweet Staff Reports Albany, Ga – Dozens of Army Reserve Officers Training Corps cadets from Albany State Universityrecently participated in weapons familiarization training at Building 7120 located at the Marine Corps Logistics Base. According to ASU military instructors, Capt. Jerald Ferguson and Master Sgt. Robert McCall participating in weapons familiarization training prior to firing at [...]
Read More →ASU honors a community leader and advocate
Tweet Albany State University will honor one of southwest Georgia’s most beloved business leaders, mentors and advocates for the arts and education at the 3rd Annual Community Service Award Banquet. Retired banker and realtor Patsy Martin is the guest of honor at the event scheduled at 7 p.m. Thursday on Nov. 29 in the Student [...]
Read More →November – National Family Caregiver Month designation puts focus on Rosalynn Carter Institute’s efforts
Tweet Staff Reports AMERICUS —November is National Family Caregiver’s Month – an opportune time to recognize caregivers. The Rosalynn Carter Institute for Caregiving (RCI) is taking advantage of this presidential proclamation to raise awareness for caregivers locally and throughout the U.S.
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