Cutliff Grove
Tweet We have not only heard that taxpayers are upset…much more like outraged, that the Cutliff Grove Family Resource Center wants the Albany City Commission to restructure the center’s debt, on a low-income housing project it took over from the city in 2008.
Read More →Saxby Chambliss to headline UGA’s spring undergraduate commencement
Tweet Special to the Journal Athens, Ga. – U.S. Sen. Saxby Chambliss, R-Ga., will take the podium May 10 in Sanford Stadium for the University of Georgia’s undergraduate Commencement. The spring ceremony will begin at 7 p.m. and will recognize Mary Frances Early, UGA’s first African-American graduate, with an honorary doctor of laws degree.
Read More →Georgia law enforcement agencies looking for veterans to fill openings
Tweet Glennville, Ga – Georgia military personnel returning from duty are in big demand here as Georgia law enforcement agencies have more than 800 jobs waiting for them to apply. A vanguard of state H-R departments is reaching out this spring to veterans who are looking for work.
Read More →Congressman BISHOP Speaks ON IMPORTANCE OF ECONOMICS at Lee County Middle School During Stock Market Challenge
Tweet Special to the Journal LEESBURG, GA – Today, Congressman Sanford D. Bishop Jr. (GA-02) attended and spoke to students at Lee County Middle School during their GCEE Capital Hill Stock Market Challenge regarding the importance of education and economics.
Read More →Bill Aims To Improve Teacher Evaluations
Tweet Amidst all the headline bills regarding guns, ethics, hospital bed taxes and various attempts to repeal federal constitutional amendments, there are bills that affect some of the real problems Georgia has faced for far too long quietly moving through the legislature. One such proposal – House Bill 244 – has passed the House and [...]
Read More →Susan Elaine McConnell
Tweet Susan Elaine McConnell, 55, of Albany, GA, died Saturday, March 23, 2013, at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Funeral services will be conducted Thursday, March 28, 2013 at 11:00 a.m. at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Chris Turner will officiate. Interment will follow in Leesburg Cemetery.
Read More →Are mixed signals to blame for obesity
Tweet Obesity, particularly childhood obesity, has spent a lot of time in the news. There’s a good reason for that too. Obesity is a dangerous condition that can lead to a myriad of health problems. Unfortunately, society typically receives mixed signals about how to address the issue of weight, particularly among women.
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