Dougherty County Police present National Night Out

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ALBANY — The Dougherty County Police Department will host its annual National Night Out event on Thursday from 4-7 p.m. at Radium Springs Middle School, located at 2600 Radium Springs Road in Albany.

The annual event is focused on providing school supplies and other items for community children in need of assistance. The supplies will be handed out during the event, while supplies last.

Some of the offerings at the event include health screenings, COVID-19 vaccinations, kids’ shoes, bookbags, school supplies, hygiene items, vouchers for haircuts and more. Additionally, Flint River Fresh will be on-site to provide food and vegetable items. Community youths will be able to enjoy entertainment with bouncy houses, a small petting zoo, food truck, and many other activities.

For more information about the event, contact DCPD at (229) 430-6600 or (229) 894-5005.

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Except for a brief period, Albany Herald Editor Carlton Fletcher has been a newspaperman, working as Sports Writer/Columnist for the weekly Ocilla Star, as Sports Writer/Sports Editor with The Tifton Gazette, and as Sports Writer/Copy Editor/News Reporter/Features Editor and Editor of the paper. He has won numerous awards for sports, news, business and column writing, including a first-place Business Writing award in last year’s Georgia Press Association awards competition.

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