Former Albany broadcaster wins $10,000 … again
Tweet (From the Georgia Lottery) ATLANTA – A retired Albany broadcaster has quite an item to report. Roy Douglas Oliver, 72, won $10,000 in Thursday’s Maximum Green Extra Chance drawing. Oliver won the same prize in June’s monthly drawing. “If you continue to enter them, I guess your odds are as good as anybody else,” [...]
Read More →The Levee breaks into downtown
Tweet MUSIC AND MEDIA COMPANY GROWING, RELOCATING Staff reports Blake Cook calls it a synergistic relocation. Aaron Blair calls it “a huge deal for downtown.” Whatever you call it, The Levee Creative Group – an emerging music and media company – is moving from Northwest Albany to downtown. “We saw the momentum that was happening [...]
Read More →Things to do in Downtown Albany this week!
Tweet Tuesday, July 12th – 6pm Downtown Merchant Association Monthly Meeting Location: Subway- 122 N. Jackson Street Wednesday, July 13th- 5pm Wine Down Wednesdays! Location: Chill Bar & Lounge every Wednesday. Mix. Mingle. Sip. Unwind. Hangout with friends, listening to music & mingle with other professionals. Sponsored by Downtown Merchants, Global Essence, and Living Legends [...]
Read More →ASU’s economic impact measured at $138 million
Tweet During the 2010 fiscal year, Albany State University’s overall economic impact on the regional economy was measured at $137,707,545, according to a report recently released by the University System of Georgia. The report also measured ASU’s employment impact at 1,757 jobs in fiscal year 2010. Of that total, 580 jobs were on-campus and 1,177 [...]
Read More →Bo Henry, Stewart Campbell purchase Merry Acres
Tweet (News Release) Bo Henry and Stewart Campbell are proud to announce that they have purchased the Merry Acres Event Center/Restaurant and Office complex along with the Merry Acres Motel from the Dozier Family who has owned and operated the business since the 1950′s. The Dozier and Stanfill families have had a very successful real [...]
Read More →Customer service: Where did it go?
Tweet So where has customer service gone? Once upon a time, it was considered the duty of every employee to treat their customers with the utmost respect. Failure to do so was met with an abrupt appointed with the unemployment office. Those days, it seems, are long past. Saturday, my wife was on [...]
Read More →Hooters Being Evicted (UPDATED!)
Tweet By Kevin Hogencamp Hooters Being Evicted (UPDATED) Hooters’ landlord has served eviction papers on the Albany restaurant for its failure to pay rent. Property owner Joe Watkins says he hopes the business at 2817 Old Dawson Road remains open, but that he exhausted every opportunity work with Hooters before serving the business with a [...]
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 →LOCAL RESTRAURANT MIXING THINGS UP FOR COMMUNITY
Tweet Area Favorite Now Offers Live Music, Mexican Food and Other New Features Special to the Journal Roosters Restaurant and Oyster Bar in Edison has been a staple in the community for three decades. With local favorites like fried shrimp, manchester quail, hearty breakfasts and a bountiful lunch buffet, the local restaurant [...]
Read More →Albany, Ga Blood Bank plans expansion
Tweet 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 [...]
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