Holley on the Attack

DSC_0036Candidate Butch Holley is looking for a toehold. According to a press release distributed Tuesday evening, Holley asserts that “Columbia County Commissioner Charles Allen has been paid $5,559.06 in the past 41 months for travel reimbursement.” While that amounts to
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End of an Era

DSC_0290Hill Drug closes its doors, but it’s not a complete goodbye Augusta’s a city with strong traditions and enormous heritage. Summerville, one of our city’s oldest neighborhoods, is home to Hill Drug, a small independent drug store and local landmark
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Gateway to Get Crabby

Rumors are flying about what restaurant “concepts” will be coming to the Gateway in Grovetown. The developers of the properties are putting out the feelers and have had discussions with a broad range of companies. County officials are reluctant to
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Art45

Deon GrantNFL free agent Deon Grant has accomplished a lot since graduating from T.W. Josey in 1997. Not only did he just win a Super Bowl ring as part of the champion New York Giants this year, he’s excelled at both
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Mitt Romney, Ninjas and the Collateral Damage of Positive Reinforcement

14_ninjaWhen I was six years old, I was sure, depending on what time of day it was when you asked me, what I wanted to be when I grew up: a police officer, a firefighter, an astronaut or a ninja.
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Time to Crack the Whip on Teens Downtown

gunLet me see if I have all this straight… Six people get shot last Friday night while milling around Broad Street at 11:30, generally up to no good. Cops find the 9mm semiautomatic handgun believed to be used in the
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I’m That Sheriff

P1080421Republican Sanders says he’s the one you’ll want to go to when things get tough   by Eric Johnson   Republican sheriff candidate Freddie Sanders challenged a forum audience the other night, asking them to contemplate the election as if
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Remembering Laura Perry

DSC_0075It would be easy to make this a simple feel good story because, in a lot of ways, that’s exactly what it is. Laura Perry could be dead, after all, or a vegetable — that’s how bad the accident was.
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Winning, Duh

Maria Sheffield is certainly winning the press release efficiency race.   Mon 7/9/2012 9:27 PM Maria Sheffield: WINS TV 35 WDIG – DUBLIN GA 12 Congressional Debate Sat 6/30/2012 12:00 PM Maria Sheffield: Clear Winner in Columbia County Debate GA
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Let’s Get Crazy

MG_8960-copyNew restaurant likes to have fun, but takes its community commitments seriously by Amy Christian Crazy Turks General Manager Amanda Gary likes to say that the shoe fits when it comes to the restaurant’s name.   “They don’t call us
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