Skinner Road homeowners got a reprieve Tuesday when the Augusta Commission rejected a rezoning application for a Washington Road-area apartment complex.
Augusta Commissioner Ben Hasan waited to recuperate from a knee replacement before he got his first shot of COVID-19 vaccine on Monday and he believes there were others like him who were hanging back. More of us need to take the vaccine, said Hasan, who wanted his shot to send that message. There are many in Richmond County who have yet to hear it.
Augusta appears to trail most of the other metro areas in Georgia in getting people vaccinated as local providers say they are already having a hard time getting people to come to clinics and get the shots. The numbers might be a little misleading because they do not include doses given at long-term care facilities or take into account other big vaccinators, such as the Charlie Norwood VA Medical Center and other federal providers, health officials said.