A Superior Court judge is weighing a residency challenge in the Georgia Sentate District 12 race. Second-place finisher Corey B. Morgan has challenged whether winner Edward Brown met residency requirements.
After months of fierce public criticism and the Board of Education’s June 22 renewal of its superintendent’s contract, the Albany Herald obtained LCSS contracts behind the controversy to separate fact from allegation — giving Lee County residents the transparency and clarity the public debate deserves.
Two Naomi Plantation workers were killed and five were injured in a Wednesday afternoon crash on Wildfair Road.
Albany Mayor Bo Dorough and County Commission Chairman Lorenzo Heard have discussed the topic of a county-wide curfew. The city has had a curfew for minors in place since 2004, and some County Commission members think extending the county to cover the entire county would be a good idea.
“The Albany Summer Collaborative is by far one of the best summer programs I’ve witnessed. In three months you reached 2,000 students. That’s incredible.
“At some point you have to stop kicking the can downt the road. We don’t want the state to say ‘You have to do this.'"
In an era when stories of government often center on budget shortfalls, cost overruns and questions of accountability, examples of stewardship rarely make headlines.
A unanimous vote Wednesday approving retroactive renovations on a 1918 Craftsman duplex at 412 W. Residence Ave. quickly evolved into a broader discussion over repeat violations, contractor accountability and whether the city's existing penalties are sufficient to deter property owners who bypass Albany's historic preservation review process.
“We need housing for teachers. We need to create a pipeline for folks to get their situation together so they can buy a house.”
“They expected them to fail They proved their worth in the Battle of Saipan, at Okinawa, in Korea and in Vietnam. The military we know today, the integration they started, is the reflection of their proving this stereotype wasn’t right.”
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