Category: Local

  • Ryan Clark Memorial Fund

    Kim mentioned this to me last night, and Stacey’s post reminded me that I wanted to put something about this on the site. Ryan Clark, one of the victims of Monday’s shootings, is a native of the Augusta, GA area. The elementary school where Ryan Clark’s mother works is collecting donations to assist her with…

  • Bring Baseball Downtown

    If approved, Augusta could be getting a new baseball stadium. Why am I even mentioning this here? The new stadium would only be a hop, skip and a jump from the downtown Augusta offices of PowerServe. I love the idea of bringing the Augusta GreenJackets downtown. I’d be more likely to attend a game The…

  • Masters Week

    Traffic was heavier than usual this morning, which can mean only one thing: the Masters is here. I drove by the main entrance to the Augusta National and parking lots along Washington Road were seeing pretty impressive activity. I’m so glad I don’t have to be anywhere near that area this week… it’s going to…

  • RIP James Brown

    He loved the holidays, and he loved Augusta. James Brown will be missed.

  • Referendum Passes

    Here’s what we voted on: FINAL RESULTS LOCAL REFERENDUM “Shall a one percent sales and use tax for educational purposes of the Columbia County School District (the “School District”) be reimposed within Columbia County for a maximum period of time of 20 calendar quarters, for the purposes of providing funds to pay (1) the cost…