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Carlton Fletcher

Except for a brief period, Albany Herald Editor Carlton Fletcher has been a newspaperman, working as Sports Writer/Columnist for the weekly Ocilla Star, as Sports Writer/Sports Editor with The Tifton Gazette, and as Sports Writer/Copy Editor/News Reporter/Features Editor and Editor of the paper. He has won numerous awards for sports, news, business and column writing, including a first-place Business Writing award in last year’s Georgia Press Association awards competition.

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‘Into the Woods’ cast, production team

Theatre Albany will present six performances of "Into the Woods" over the next two weekends.

Theatre Albany’s ‘Into the Woods’ … what happens after happily ever after?

“Into the Woods,” is a play that takes a look at familiar fairy tale characters as they deal with some of life’s losses, dangers and hard choices.

CARLTON FLETCHER: Leadership vacuum persists … from Washington to Atlanta to Albany and beyond

When we elect individuals based solely on party affiliation, church membership, skin color, empty campaign promises that are impossible to keep, or because some other highly placed politician told us to, we’re bringing the decline of government at all levels on ourselves.

CARLTON FLETCHER: The frustration of rooting for the Jekyll-Hyde Atlanta Braves

The Braves have, of late, held onto first place by the skin of their teeth despite losing series to good teams (the Brewers), mediocre teams (the Twins and Diamondbacks) and really bad teams (the Mets).

Cruising Slappey: From Putt-Putt to the bowling alley … 100 times a night

Until high gas prices and other interests intervened, cruising Slappey Boulevard was a weekend certainty in Albany.

CARLTON FLETCHER: Dismissal of Dublin School Board should ring local warning bells

Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp suspended all seven members of the Dublin School Board Monday over claims of financial mismanagement.

CARLTON FLETCHER: For some Lee County ‘leaders,’ ego trumps success

Watch a little deeper than the surface the actions of certain individuals in Lee County, and you’ll have no problem figuring why the once-thriving county to the north of Albany is one of the few Republican enclaves in the region.

Crowder plans return trip to southwest Georgia

David Crowder managed to slip a few minutes into his busy schedule to talk with The Herald about his current tour.

Scouts clean Sherrod Park as part of Eagle project

Jack Hodges and his fellow Scouts worked on his Eagle Scout project at the Charles Sherrod Civil Rights Park in downtown Albany.

Albany Tree Board quarterly meeting scheduled

The city of Albany's Tree Board, which is part of the city's Engineering Department, will hold its quarterly meeting Tuesday at 10 a.m.

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