By Phil Hennin Talecris, a 27-bed blood plasma donation center in Albany, was granted a variance by the City of Albany to expand its service capacity. Marcy McMullen, manager of Talecris Plasma Resources said that multiplied by four clients in a one day period Talecris’ capacity is about 108 clients per day. “Around the holidays it’s always busy,” [...]

The City of Albany allowed a businessman to operate the $500,000 taxpayer-owned skateboard park for $1 a year without a lease or liability insurance, public records show. Assistant City Manager James Taylor told the Albany-Dougherty Inner City Authority last week that the city padlocked the skateboard park on the Flint River’s [...]

ALBANY, GA – On December 12, 2009, for the first time in over 150 years, 1,600 acres of the historic Souter Plantation in Macon County, Ga. Will be offered at auction by J. Durham & Associates Inc. of Albany. This auction offers the bidder a once in a lifetime chance at owning a piece of [...]

USDA Rural Development in Georgia has been very busy and working very hard for our rural communities throughout the state. As the new state director, I am very proud of the employees who have been doing that work. I wanted to recognize them and say “thank you” for a job very well done. I also [...]

February 2010 will mark seven years that Albany’s Old Times Country Buffet on Dawson Road has been serving up down home vittles. It is one of eight eateries owned by Valdosta Restaurateur, Pat O’Neal, and according to Old Times Manager, B.J. Fletcher, one of the best, showing a 12 percent growth in business over last [...]