Saturday, May 25 2013 6:27 PM EDT2013-05-25 22:27:57 GMT
Supporters of a 6-year-old Albany boy battling a serious brain disorder are coming together once more to help with his medical bills. This time, with a Vegas style event. This may seem like a regularMore >>
Supporters of a 6-year-old Albany boy battling a serious brain disorder are coming together once more to help with his medical bills. This time, with a Vegas style event.More >>
Saturday, May 25 2013 4:52 PM EDT2013-05-25 20:52:02 GMT
A woman is recovering after her SUV was struck by another vehicle, flipping it several times. It happened around 3:15pm Saturday, near the 1500 block of U.S. Highway 19. Officials say John Earley wasMore >>
A woman is recovering after her SUV was struck by another vehicle, flipping it several times.More >>
Saturday, May 25 2013 7:30 AM EDT2013-05-25 11:30:07 GMT
Albany Engineer K. Bruce Maples, P. E. announced some road closures Thursday morning. Beginning at 6:00 A.M., Saturday, May 25, 2013, the following streets will be closed for the Spring Fest and SBMore >>
Albany Engineer K. Bruce Maples, announced some road closures beginning at 6:00 A.M., Saturday, May 25, 2013, in downtown Albany.More >>
Friday, May 24 2013 10:55 PM EDT2013-05-25 02:55:46 GMT
Not going out of town for Memorial Day? Don't worry, the Albany Panthers want to make sure you have a good weekend as they host their first ever beer fest. You can sample more than 20 types of beer SaturdayMore >>
Not going out of town for Memorial Day? Don't worry, the Albany Panthers want to make sure you have a good weekend as they host their first ever beer fest.More >>
Friday, May 24 2013 10:50 PM EDT2013-05-25 02:50:57 GMT
The family of a Miller County woman is mourning tonight after GBI investigators say the 58 year old was murdered by her husband, before he took his own life. Now the family of Barbara Bass is speakingMore >>
The family of a Miller County woman is mourning tonight after GBI investigators say the 58 year old was murdered by her husband, before he took his own life.More >>
July 3, 2006
Albany -- The Mayor of Albany defends the City's decision to use sales tax money to clean up contaminated city property.
Dr. Willie Adams apologized Monday for what he called a mistake by the prior administration. Lead contamination was found on the Broad Avenue property where a radiator shop once stood.
The city took control of the property in 2002, knowing it might be contaminated. Now the EPD has ordered the city to clean it up by February, which will cost $750,000. The Mayor said he and three other commissioners weren't in office when the city took over the land. But three current commissioners were.
Adams said using sales tax money earmarked for Riverfront park improvements to clean up the site is the best option. "We have to take it from the SPLOST Five project. This is where the development has taken place and legally, that's where we can get the money. Of course, it may mean we will have to down size some of the activities that we had planned in that area. Unless at the end of this SPLOST, we collect more money than we anticipated. Then we can replace the projects back in that area," said Adams.
Adams says the only other option would be to pay for the clean up with money from the city's reserve fund.
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