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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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CARLTON FLETCHER: Imagine swatting a fly with a rolled-up TV

The love for newspapers stretches out over the decades.

An insider’s (semi-fictionalized) look at Cruising Albany’s Slappey Boulevard

Graylon Brunson has written and published a pair of books about Cruising Slappey Boulevard as a teenager.

Dougherty voters will cast ballots in 26 precincts

Dougherty County voters will cast ballots in 26 precincts.

The 2026 Georgia ballot will include a lengthy list of statewide and local races  

Having so many elections for some of the top jobs without an incumbent in the mix is a rarity.

CARLTON FLETCHER: Looking for truthful answers to some hard questions

And we wonder how so many people in Germany could devote themselves to an evil despot like Adolf Hitler.

CARLTON FLETCHER: The highs and lows of an unexceptional life

I admitted to myself not long after I graduated high school that I wasn’t going to play professional baseball.

‘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).

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