When she was a teenager, Grace Hicks resigned herself to a foreshortened lifetime of “staying sick.” She had received treatment for a six-year bout with anorexia but still struggled with the eating disorder, and her medical bills had depleted her…
Each year Metro Atlanta leaders seek answers to their problems by analyzing comparable regions. The LINK (Leadership, Involvement, Networking, Knowledge) trips, coordinated by the Atlanta Regional Commission, have become an indispensible annual chatting session for the region’s movers and shakers…
Top Lawmakers: House Speaker David Ralston (R-Blue Ridge) and State Sen. John Bulloch (R-Ochloc-knee) are the Georgia Chamber’s 2011 Legislators of the Year. First-year State Rep. Tom Taylor (R-Dunwoody) is the recipient of the chamber’s Freshman of the Year Award.…
During this political season, four Geor-gians are dancing prominently on the national political stage. One is running the 2012 Repub-lican National Convention in Tampa; two are announced candidates for the office of Presi-dent of the United States on the Republican…
Nancy Drew, this is all your fault. You with your snappy little blue roadster and your loyal sidekicks and your convenient and undemanding boyfriend and your perfect life. And, of course, that teenage sleuthing savvy that guaranteed you could solve…
When you are the type of golfer who turns A 150-yard par three into a six-stroke cross-country quest over every bit of terrain except the direct route from tee to hole, it’s difficult to imagine contributing to anything beyond sunburn…
Georgia’s new commissioner of agriculture, Gary Black, took office in January, succeeding Democrat Tommy Irvin, who held the office for a record-breaking 40-plus years. Black, a Republican, is a farmer from Commerce who headed the Georgia Agribusiness Council for 21…
Neal Florence estimates about 150 people a day come by the Medi-Thrift Pharmacy he and wife Carolyn operate in LaFayette, a fast growing community in the Georgia suburbs of Chattanooga. Florence says he never knows if his customers are in…
Like Dorothy, the Tin Man and the Cowardly Lion, who emerge from the woods to find the Emerald City, people who need medical care in Southwest Georgia are often surprised to see the gem that is Albany’s Phoebe Putney Health…
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