L’JUAS CLOSED: WOODS SADDLED WITH DEBT, YET OPTIMISTIC
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Tweet By Kevin Hogencamp Lajuana Woods faces numerous court liens, is three months behind on a federal $100,000 loan, and has lost money every day of 2011 because her business has been closed since Dec. 30 But Woods says she is optimistic that after renovations are complete, perhaps by Super Bowl Sunday in early February, [...]
Read More →PHOEBE PUTNEY WHO’S WHO
Tweet Hospital Board John Temp Phillips, III – Chairman John Culbreath, E.D.D. – Vice Chairman Bernard Scoggins, M.D. Jyotir K. Mehta, M.D. Hasan Rizvi, M.D. Gordon F. Stanley Clay Banks Mary Helen Dykes Mark Lane Karen Iler Kimberly S. Fields Steven Belk Joel Wernick Health System Lemuel Griffin – Chairman Lamar H. Moree, M.D. – [...]
Read More →GAME OVER
Tweet Phoebe buys Palmyra By Kevin Hogencamp It might be the local equivalent of Coke buying Pepsi. Or the Yankees acquiring the Red Sox. Or maybe — considering the power, influence and financial wherewithal of Phoebe Putney Health Systems – Tuesday’s astonishing announcement that Phoebe Putney Health Systems is acquiring Palmyra Medical Center may be [...]
Read More →Albany plant closing
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Tweet By Kevin Hogencamp Though much smaller than some of its failed predecessors, another Albany manufacturing company is shutting its doors after contributing millions of dollars annually to the area’s economy for decades. American Standard Brands has begun laying off some of its 31 employees at its Fiat bathroom accessory plant at 1950 Maple St. [...]
Read More →Luke Bryan sued
Tweet DALLAS DAVIDSON ALSO IS NAMED IN A LAWSUIT FILED BY A TEXAS MAN WHO SAYS THE TWO ALBANY-AREA COUNTRY STARS STOLE THE PREMISE OF THE SONG ‘RAIN IS A GOOD THING’ FROM HIM By Kevin Hogencamp Rain makes corn. Corn makes whiskey. And, says a Texas deputy sheriff who moonlights as a singer-songwriter, Leesburg’s [...]
Read More →Beef O’Brady’s calling it quits
Tweet By Kevin Hogencamp Bill Farnsworth’s quest to make it big in the Albany business scene is officially over. Meanwhile, a new business – Ellianos Coffee Co. – is slated to under way in early November. Employees at Beef O’Brady’s near Darton College on Gillionville Road have been notified that the debt-ridden restaurant owned by [...]
Read More →Two south Georgia funeral homes cited
Tweet The Georgia Board of Funeral Services has accepted a voluntary surrender of licensure fromNance and Sons Mortuary in Cordele. Meanwhile, at its September meeting, the board approved the following orders to accept fine money for inspection violations: Melton Funeral Home, Tifton: $200 for failure to maintain a minimum of eight adult caskets within [...]
Read More →USDA says: Randolph County area businesses threatened with closing saved with federal funds
Tweet Curt Wiley, Chief of Staff of USDA Rural Development Business and Cooperative Services in Washington, D.C., will be in Randolph County to visit with three business owners who have benefitted from recent funding to create jobs. The celebration and facility tour will be at RockWater (also known as Peerless Manufacturing) on U.S. Highway 82 [...]
Read More →ALBANY HARLEY-DAVIDSON IS ON THE MOVE
Tweet The Albany Harley-Davidson dealership is moving its dealership on Old Dawson Road to Tifton Harley-Davidson’s new state-of-the-art facility in Tifton on Oct. 1. The combination of the two dealerships will create a Premier Harley-Davidson Superstore that will serve South Georgia.
Read More →SOLD!
Tweet The real estate that includes the financially plagued Beef O’Brady’s restaurant at 2610 Gillionville Road near Darton College was sold for $70,000 on the Dougherty County Courthouse steps on Tuesday to Albany businessman Tim Coley. Coley acquired what is called a tax deed; now, a one-year redemption period is now in effect for the owners to [...]
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