Darton fall sports sweep conference championships, 25 student-athletes earn All-Region honors
Tweet ALBANY – Darton State College Athletics again swept the 2012 Region 17 Championships in all of its fall sports. It was the college’s second consecutive fall sports sweep. Polls regarded the Cavaliers as the No. 4 athletic department in the NJCAA following the close of fall sports in 2011, and the table is [...]
Read More →Farris Ruben Teasley
Tweet Farris Ruben Teasley, 90, of Jacksonville, Florida died October 28, 2012 at his residence. Graveside service will be held at 2:00 PM on Thursday November 1, 2012 at Riverside Cemetery with Rev. Allen Bingham officiating. Visitation will be held one hour prior to the service beginning at 1:00 PM at Kimbrell-Stern Funeral Directors.
Read More →Hometown Heroes
Tweet October 30, 2012(FHTNC)–Marine Corps Pfc. Joshua C. McCook, a 2012 graduate of Americus-Sumter High School, Americus, Ga., earned the title of United States Marine after graduating from recruit training at Marine Corps Recruit Depot, Parris Island, S. C.
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Easter Seals Announces Child & Adult Ambassador
Tweet Easter Seals honors child and adult ambassador (ALBANY, GA)- Easter Seals Southern Georgia selected its child and adult ambassadors honoring two individuals who have shown outstanding character, leadership, and performance in the Easter Seals programs.
Read More →Successful Innovations Fuel State Charter School Success
Tweet By Dr. Danielle LeSure, New report highlights academic programs improving student achievement in three of Georgia’s state charter schools ATLANTA (October 30, 2012)— Georgia’s state public charter schools are using their flexibility to implement innovative programs to raise student achievement, according to a new report released by the Center for an Educated Georgia. Titled [...]
Read More →Barrow Hanging Tough In Republican Leaning District
Tweet When the Georgia legislature redistricted Congressional maps in the summer of 2011 to fit with new census numbers and allow for Georgia’s new 14th congressional district, much attention was given to the district of John Barrow. It was not the kind of district that Congressman Barrow necessarily wanted. Much of the Democratic base from [...]
Read More →Entitlement mentality will doom Albany
Tweet Albany is doomed. Yeah, I’m being a naysayer, but I’m also being realistic. Albany is good and thoroughly doomed. You see, despite the great efforts of a lot of good people, Albany suffers from a terminal condition, and that condition is the idea that so many people in this town hold on to, and [...]
Read More →BISHOP WELCOMES PHOEBE PUTNEY’S NEW DIGESTIVE HEALTH CENTER AT RIBBON CUTTING
Tweet ALBANY, GA – Yesterday, Congressman Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. (GA-02 joined Joel Wernick, CEO of Phoebe Putney, Dorothy Hubbard, Mayor of Albany, the Albany Chamber of Commerce, the Dougherty County Commission, the Albany City Commission, as well as management and staff of Phoebe Putney at the ribbon cutting for Phoebe Putney’s new digestive health [...]
Read More →Kiwanis 101
Tweet By David Shivers While the mission of Kiwanis clubs to improve the lives of children is never far from members’ hearts, members of the Kiwanis Club of Dougherty County got a brief refresher course on October 29. The week’s guest speaker was David Simmons of the Cordele Kiwanis Club, going over “Kiwanis 101” material [...]
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