The Hours

Renewed enforcement of two-hour parking limit on Broad Street reignites old debate  Eric Johnson After a couple of years’ hiatus, the downtown parking issue reemerged at Monday’s committee meetings, spurred on by a renewed enforcement of the two-hour parking limit.
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Painful Letter

Paine College, former commissioner receive letter demanding $27,500  Eric Johnson As if Paine College didn’t have enough problems, a New Jersey collection agency is looking to recover $27,525 for leasing services related to copy machines the school leased from Great
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Musical Salute

Lt. Dan inspires soldiers and vets with generosity and his band  Eric Johnson Thunder Over Augusta may have grown larger than its founders ever dreamed it would, even outgrowing its original home in downtown Augusta, but its devotion to the
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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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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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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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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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Mudfest

Decision to race leaves mountain bike trails rutted and in need of repairs  Eric Johnson By all accounts, the XTERRA Hickory Knob Triathlon held on the weekend of March 23 and 24 was a wet one, and while the rain
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