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“The Albany Summer Collaborative is by far one of the best summer programs I’ve witnessed. In three months you reached 2,000 students. That’s incredible.

“At some point you have to stop kicking the can downt the road. We don’t want the state to say ‘You have to do this.'”

In an era when stories of government often center on budget shortfalls, cost overruns and questions of accountability, examples of stewardship rarely make headlines.

A unanimous vote Wednesday approving retroactive renovations on a 1918 Craftsman duplex at 412 W. Residence Ave. quickly evolved into a broader discussion over repeat violations, contractor accountability and whether the city’s existing penalties are sufficient to deter property owners who bypass Albany’s historic preservation review process.

“We need housing for teachers. We need to create a pipeline for folks to get their situation together so they can buy a house.”

“They expected them to fail They proved their worth in the Battle of Saipan, at Okinawa, in Korea and in Vietnam. The military we know today, the integration they started, is the reflection of their proving this stereotype wasn’t right.”

Life simply pointed him in a different direction.

Across Southwest Georgia, football teams have spent the summer lifting weights, running in suffocating heat and practicing against teammates whose tendencies they know almost as well as their own.

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Veteran left-hander Martin Perez threw six scoreless innings while Ozzie Albies and Matt Olson homered to help the Atlanta Braves defeat the visiting New York Mets 4-0 on Tuesday to even their three-game series.

The Atlanta Braves received some encouraging news regarding their battered pitching staff Monday, although it remains uncertain whether it will translate into either Spencer Strider or Hurston Waldrep returning to the mound this season.

“The Albany Summer Collaborative is by far one of the best summer programs I’ve witnessed. In three months you reached 2,000 students. That’s incredible.