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Tuesday | The Albany Herald

Leesburg man falls to death

A Leesburg man died Sunday morning after falling 40 feet from a roof, according to Smithville Coroner Ronald Rowe.

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Mon Dec 07, 2009

The Albany Herald

DARTS committee approves roads list

A list of 31 prioritized transportation projects was officially placed on the Department of Transportation's radar Thursday morning when the Dougherty Area Regional Transportation Study was approved as the region's Long-Range Transportation Plan by the DARTS Policy Committee.

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Sat Dec 05, 2009

The Albany Herald

Smithville struggles with U.S. 19 decision

As Sonja Montgomery and her daughter, Ericka Adkinson, add condiments to customers' hamburgers, hotdogs and fried chicken sandwiches on a rainy Tuesday afternoon, the owner of Sonja's Kitchen here offers her take on a theme that pervades this tiny community.

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Thu Dec 03, 2009

The Albany Herald

The Buzz Dec. 3

Byne to present its Tea and Tour ALBANY - Byne Christian School will hold its Christmas Tea and Tour of Homes Saturday.

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Tue Dec 01, 2009

The Albany Herald

Leesburg Council OKs holiday schedule

The Leesburg City Council tied up loose ends and got its monthly progress report on the special-purpose local-option sales tax-funded wastewater treatment plant in a short year-ending meeting Tuesday night.

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Mon Nov 30, 2009

The Albany Herald

Births Nov. 29

ANGRY, Jaylee Aubrey, daughter, was born Nov. 19 to Rontae and Ashley Angry of Leesburg.

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Sat Nov 28, 2009

The Albany Herald

Albany, Leesburg ready for parades

With Thanksgiving 2009 now a memory, both Albany and Leesburg will welcome the Christmas season with parades Saturday.

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Thu Nov 26, 2009

The Albany Herald

Signed guitar to benefit Newspapers in Education

Country music star Luke Bryan signs a guitar at Ed Jordan Music Tuesday. The guitar will be auctioned to benefit the Albany Herald's Newspapers in Education program which puts reduced-priced newspapers in area schools.

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Tue Nov 24, 2009

The Albany Herald

Births Nov. 22

ALLEN, Landon Michael, son, was born Nov. 16, to Leon Allen and Lakeisha Peterson of Albany.

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Sun Nov 22, 2009

The Albany Herald

Anchorage expresses need

Kenny Phillips, executive director of The Anchorage, said as unemployment numbers skyrocket and the economy continues to slump, more men and women are looking to the treatment center for help.

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Fri Nov 20, 2009

The Albany Herald

Sims: Residents will get chance to vote on merger

ALBANY a ' Albany and Dougherty County's lone representative in the state senate said Wednesday that she has confidence that local leaders will present a charter to the state delegation before the next General Assembly term ends.

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Wed Nov 18, 2009

The Albany Herald

Lee musician's band celebrates major-label release

Perhaps it was fate that led Leesburg guitarist Michael Tye to leave the Southwest Georgia-based "screamo" band Dead Reckless about the time Ryan Jackson, all the way across the country in Los Angeles, decided to concentrate on musical rather than visual art.

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Mon Nov 16, 2009

The Albany Herald

Births Nov 8

ADJANO, Brooklyn Marie, daughter, was born Oct. 27 to Tony Adiano and Alysha Askew of Albany.

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Sat Nov 14, 2009

The Albany Herald

Two plans in works on merging city, county

ALBANY a ' Both the city and county commissions are currently mulling a resolution that would send a proposed charter for a new, unified government to Atlanta for consideration of a public, countywide referendum that could completely reshape local government in Albany and Dougherty County.

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Thu Nov 12, 2009

The Albany Herald

Everybody loses when few go to the polls

Let's start this with a disclaimer: Any person willing to potentially hang himself out to dry by running for political office deserves a measure of respect from the populace for doing so, no matter how good or bad a candidate that person might actually be.

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Tue Nov 10, 2009

The Albany Herald

Lee Commission approves fire/EMS station

As his four fellow commissioners raised their hands in unaninous approval of the motion to OK a bid calling for the construction of a fire/EMS station in the north Lee County Smithville community, Lee Commission Chair Ed Duffy couldn't contain himself.

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Mon Nov 09, 2009

The Albany Herald

Thumbs Up! November 9, 2009

It seems it would not be inappropriate to simply reserve a spot at least monthly in this good news editorial for Keep Albany-Dougherty Beautiful.

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Sat Nov 07, 2009

WALB-TV Albany

Recession changes divorce landscape

Leesburg attorney Eddie Meeks says he has fewer divorce clients right now. That trend is being reported across the nation.

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Thu Nov 05, 2009

Daily Citizen

Georgia Hunters for the Hungry taking donations across the state

Hunters are generous people. This fact is best showcased in the continued support of the Georgia Hunters for the Hungry program, through which sportsmen and women can donate deer at specific drop-off locations and the meat is processed and donated to Food Banks in the state.

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Tue Nov 03, 2009

WALB-TV Albany

Planners hold Leesburg Bypass open house

The state plans to build a short bypass around Leesburg. Supporters say it will relieve traffic congestion and improve traffic safety.

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