Gregory Fullerton, a partner in the law firm of Watson Spence LLP in Albany, has been sworn in for a six-year term to the Board of Bar Examiners by Georgia Supreme Court Presiding Justice George Carley. A ceremony took place at the State of Georgia Board of Bar Examiners meeting at Mercer University Law School [...]

catch phrase at Albany’s Chic-Fil-A drive thru. Then again, this isn’t your typical fast food restaurant. Here, patrons are more likely to hear, “See you tomorrow!” Happy customers are return customers and that’s exactly what has put the Albany store in the top three across the nation in terms of cost efficiency and profitability. In fact, [...]

Patients Kim Barber (from left) and Kendra Wilson chat with Amy Grasman, the Bariatric Institute of Southwest Georgia’s director, on Tuesday at Palmyra Medical Center. The institute has been named an American Society for Metabolic and Baiatric Surgery Bariatric Surgery of Excellence. (Photos by Kevin Hogencamp.) Palmyra Medical Center announced Tuesday that the Bariatric Institute of Southwest [...]

Invariably, when you get in a conversation about Albany with someone that grew up here, someone is bound to start a sentence with; “I remember when …” That was part of Ron Westbrook’s thinking when he opened up Good Old Days Antiques about four months ago. Located at 202 W. Broad Ave. in the old Owens [...]

In 1948, Albany saw the showroom doors of Albany Ford, Lincoln, Mercury open for the first time. Two of the community’s big names in business; Haley and Pritchett, were behind the post-World War II venture, and the new dealership was a sign of good days ahead. In 1951, Pritchett bought out and took over the [...]