Over the past several days, the Augusta community has watched Paine College go from losing its accreditation through the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges to suddenly having that decision temporarily reversed by a federal judge. The 135-year-old university is facing a tough reality. Currently, the college is still on probation and […]
Emotions have run extremely high across Paine College’s campus this week. Students have gone from learning over the weekend that Augusta’s historically African-American college had lost its accreditation through the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges to suddenly having that decision reversed, at least for the time being, less than two days […]
How many people in Richmond County care whether or not the Augusta Commission approved removing the mayor’s signature block this week from a document called, “Policy for the Drafting of Ordinances and Code Amendments?” Come on, folks. Don’t be shy. Raise your hands. Most people in Augusta don’t really care whether the mayor has a […]
The name is an indicator of its heritage, but it’s the slogan that exposes the heart and soul of one of downtown’s oldest family-owned businesses, Hildebrandt’s: Part German. Part Southern. All Welcome. Located on 6th Street, Hildebrandt’s is still operated by the family that bears its name, and it still resides in the same Gothic […]
The great thing about Craft & Vine is that you can make the experience there anything you want it to be — the menu of snacks, charcuterie, small plates, pizzas and desserts lends itself just as well to a fine-dining date night out as it does to an early evening of sharing happy hour snacks […]
Clown sightings are nothing new. You can see them every time the Augusta Commission meets. Is Augusta a part of Georgia? Where’s the damn peach cobbler? Y’all too damn fat these days now. You people are the reason for 60″ and 70″ TVs. Anything smaller in front of y’all just looks like ya holdin’ a […]
It’s been 12 years since Tricie Scholer and her family opened Wild Wing Café in a busy stretch of Washington Road. Some thought that, like its brew pub predecessor, it wouldn’t last much longer than a year. Tricie and company proved the doubters wrong, however, and diners still fill up its
If Donald Trump wants to get the attention of conservatives and middle of the road voters all over the country, here are 10 solid issues that he should guarantee action on in his first 30 days in office. Assuming he has the current Republican majorities in both the House and Senate, he should
By the time UFC President Dana White took the stage at the Republican National Convention some weeks back, the atmosphere was already saturated with the absurd, not least because of the nominee in question. Donald Trump and the depressingly large contingent of this nation that believes his BS
So, how many of you figured out that a new iPhone came out last week? In case you missed it, it wasn’t for lack of trying on Apple’s part. Apple executed their complete script. The technology media dutifully covered the release event. The bloggers wrote hundreds of pages of reviews and
Pretty miserable bunch, us Trump supporters, or so Hillary Clinton and her minions in the mainstream media would have you believe. We are a divided country in so many, many ways, but I don’t know that we have ever heard a frontrunner in a presidential election speak so disrespectfully of
Ever since Project Jackson was proposed along the Savannah River in North Augusta back in 2012, there has been a great deal of interest in the future of the multi-use development next to the Hammond’s Ferry neighborhood. Project Jackson is far from just the future home of the Augusta
While everyone knows that the state’s Insurance and Safety Fire Commissioner Ralph Hudgens has ruled that the deadly fire at the Marshall Square retirement community was “accidental,” local attorneys representing the former residents of the building have always wanted to find the specific
Steakhouses have been popular gathering places for hearty carnivores since the mid-19th century, and nowadays comprise a healthy percentage of our local dining options. For a meat lover, the possible relationship is a long-term love affair with the right steakhouse; one that is hospitable and
Disaster recovery is always a popular topic within the IT nerd crowd. Disaster recovery architectures allow IT professionals to advocate for additional servers and large disk arrays — new hardware is always fun. Also, the concept of moving systems between different hardware is still pretty
My daughter did something this week that I hoped she would never do. She turned 12. Not that I hoped she wouldn’t make it to 12. I guess that sounds bad. No, I, like many parents, wish she would stay my sweet little innocent baby girl. I met No. 3 when she had just turned […]
I’m insanely busy these days. I’m helping a very ill family member, work is at its height of chaos and my kids, just with homework and their only sorta busy schedule, are keeping me on my toes. Besides that, we have quite a few volunteer obligations to uphold. Everything happens at once. Isn’t
It’s hard to believe that more than 15 years have passed since John Berendt’s novel of Savannah intrigue, “Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil,” first propelled an unlikely candidate to international stardom. For the past decade, the popularity of The Lady Chablis — the sassy,
I remember September 11th. The first word I heard about it was while driving down Gordon Highway listening to Don Imus out of New York on the radio. I quickly made my way to Gerald Jones Volvo and got in front of a little TV set in the used car lot across the street. Like […]
For the next several weeks, not one person in the Augusta area should be allowed to complain, “There is nothing to do in this town.” Visitors to the downtown area and beyond will not be able to walk more than a few blocks without running into some amazing shows, enthusiastic artists or
While we can’t expect a drastic drop in temperatures, the lack of humidity we’re experiencing now that September has rolled around makes the air feel downright crisp. That alone may put an extra spring in the step of the average Augustan. Add to that the vast number of events headed our way in
Just about everyone in the Augusta area has seen them. A group of women with teased hair and thick makeup walking into a local restaurant with several small children by their side. Many of the toddler girls are already wearing makeup and dancing around in extravagant dresses that could pass for
With the UFC’s recent acquisition by WME Entertainment group, the fight promotion is gunning their execution of Manifest Destiny playbook into full gear, holding events on six continents in the past year, and sometimes two in one week. With such a global expansion comes an expansion of
It’s fall! It’s either my first or second favorite season. Fall feels like such a nice break after the heat of the summer. Spring is supposed to be about fresh starts and renewal, but fall is the same way. I’m sure it’s got something to do with the start of school and hectic schedules, but […]
As everyone is enjoying their long Labor Day weekend, people should remember the fact that next Sunday will be 15 years since the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks on the United States. It’s hard to believe, but many school-age children weren’t alive or have no recollection of that terrible day. They know
When the Knox Foundation donated the former Telfair Inn and about 15 surrounding historic buildings to the United Way in 1996, the plan was to use the properties as a “community service center complex” for local nonprofit organizations. It was a goodwill donation that was intended to support
