“We are (looking) at town hall meetings so they can have all the latest information. Hopefully we can do that in the next month. We are nowhere close to (having) a data center."
“(I came) to worship the Lord and pray for our country. I was just so thankful that our country had it."
“When you have that many people together, you do want somebody to monitor it. I said we ought to have some kind of presence down there, whether it’s (police) officers or community service officers, there ought to be some monitoring.”
"They were on mesh their entire life. It appears that when they got here was the first time they had ever touched grass.”
“It took the hard work of administrators here at Westover, staff and faculty, students and parents. They’ve been supporting me for 18 years. I’m very proud of them as well."
“Our top priorities have always been taking care of the customers, offering the best equipment from the best brands and providing excellent music education options for anyone who wants to learn to play. For years, people I see in the grocery store or in a restaurant will tell me they learned to play an instrument at Portman’s Music, and now they’re coming to us for their children or grandchildren.”
“We need to do something on this splash pad. We told these kids we were going to be done in a year. The parents want to come downtown. "
“We have a problem with violence in Albany. At the end of the day, skate parks give kids a place to call home. It reduces violent crime, so we have to start somewhere.
Turnout in Dougherty County for Tuesday's general primary and nonpartisan contests was 25.2%. Voters returned County Commission Chairman Lorenzo Heard and Commissioner Anthony Jones to office and elected Albana Edward Brown to replace retiring District 12 state Sen. Freddie Powell Sims.
“We’ve had some events here. We’re really excited and everything so far has gone really well, and we look forward to the community’s continued support."
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