Nailing Down the Fort

Team discovers Revolutionary fort in rural Wilkes County Eric Johnson  Archeologist Daniel Elliott says the month-long search for Carr’s Fort, a Revolutionary War fortification in nearby Wilkes County, was like looking for a needle in a haystack, only more difficult.
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The Power of Water

The canal not only supplies our drinking water, it supplies us the energy to pump it. Far. Eric Johnson  Augusta’s most identifiable resource is its canal. First opened in 1846, it allowed for the transportation of the goods that would
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Lofts Alive

Historic Augusta’s annual event has people looking up at downtown living Laura Perry For the ninth year, Historic Augusta invites Augusta to experience what it’s like living and working in the downtown area. In honor of National Preservation Month every
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Licensed? Bonded? Insured?

For homeowners, those questions aren’t easily answered, though the answers can make all the difference  Eric Johnson Phae Howard, the executive director of the National Center for the Prevention of Home Improvement Fraud, doesn’t mince words when it comes to
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First Commencement

The long road to the consolidated school’s first graduation ceremony Kristin Hawkins On May 10, nearly 1,100 students will make history by becoming the first graduating class of Georgia Regents University. Since the announcement of the merger, the new university
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Riding the Attack

Historic group to offer rides in helicopter icons at Thunder Over Augusta Eric Johnson  This year’s Thunder Over Augusta military tribute, already one of the year’s most anticipated events, is going to be even more exciting than ever as the
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Consigning for a Cause

Children’s Hospital employees roll up their sleeves to help raise money for patient care  Eric Johnson Given the size and prominence of the Children’s Hospital of Georgia, the 154-bed children’s hospital that’s part of the Georgia Regents University system, it’s
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Riding the Attack

Historic group to offer rides in helicopter icons at Thunder Over Augusta  Eric Johnson This year’s Thunder Over Augusta military tribute, already one of the year’s most anticipated events, is going to be even more exciting than ever as the
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Creative Space

Artspace seeking to help artists find affordable work-live environments Jenny Wright “Arts unite people,” Augusta Mayor Deke Copenhaver told a standing-room only crowd at Old Richmond Academy last week. This just after the commission voted an unheard of unanimous 10-0
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River Rights

Event settles quarter-century question regarding Betty’s Branch  Eric Johnson Organizing an event like the Second Annual Benderdinker kayak and water festival is hard enough on its own, even for a mother of two, but when the right to use the
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