City works to keep its neighborhoods litter free
ALBANY, Georgia (Albany Herald) Dennis Goodman lost the use of his legs in a car accident 34 years ago. But people living along 12th Avenue in Albany will have a tough time finding a neighbor who does a better job of keeping his lawn and property in apple-pie order.
So when Goodman, who happened to be looking out his window at an opportune moment, saw a passenger drop a bag of trash into the ditch in front of the home he inherited from his parents, he rolled in his wheelchair into action.
“I looked out the window and saw a young lady holding a brown paper bag outside the window of a silver car,” Goodman said Thursday at a city of Albany “Operation Clean Sweep” gathering on Avalon Street. “No matter how much I work to keep my yard clean, the ditch is usually filled with beer cans and bottles, fast-food wrappers and other trash. I watched her let the trash flow out of that brown bag into my yard, and I put on
Albany Commissionersâ disagreement becomes spirited
Albany Commissionersâ disagreement becomes spirited By Keshawn Ward | January 20, 2021 at 3:04 PM EST - Updated January 20 at 9:45 PM
ALBANY, Ga. (WALB) - Weâre hearing from Albany city leaders after the end of a commission meeting that highlighted differences of opinion regarding the interpretations of the conduct of one of their own commissioners.
Ward Six Commissioner Demetrius Young brought up concerns over Commissioner B. J. Fletcherâs âComments and actions concerning the presidential election, the Senatorial runoff, and the January 6 events in Washington D. C.â he said.
Thatâs from an email Young reportedly sent to city leaders Monday night.