Whole Foods Market opens September 23
From Press Release: Sneak-preview tours Sept 19 and 20 to benefit Augusta Locally Grown Whole Foods Market will open its first Augusta location for business Tuesday, September 23. The store is located on Washington Road in the Washington Crossing shopping […]
Letter from the Publisher
When I was in the third or fourth grade, one of my chores was to fold the clothes. I hated folding clothes. True story. So I came up with the ingenious idea only a nine-year-old can: instead of folding them, why not just stuff them behind the washer/dryer and be done with it? This plan […]
Corner of Broad and 12th
In January of this year, the building on the corner of 12th and Broad was gutted by fire. The three story structure had a dental office on the first floor, commercial on the second and apartments on the third. Michael Osbon is in the planning stages now in collaboration with Studio 3 on rebuilding the […]
The Road Home
It seems like every time we turn around, we hear that Robert Earl Keen is playing in Augusta again. Turns out, there’s a very good reason for that. Keen’s long-time guitarist, Richard Brotherton Jr, is from Augusta and, in fact, went to Aquinas High School. “As a matter of fact, I think part of the reason […]
What’ll they play?
When Widespread Panic takes the stage at the James Brown Arena Wednesday night, it’ll end a 17-year drought for the Garden City. “They last played in Augusta October 23, 1997, at the Bell Auditorium, so it’s been damn near 17 years,” says Robert Williams, owner of Roux’s Catering and a huge fan of the jam […]
The Art of Creation
They may be from Concord, North Carolina, but the Avett Brothers are an Augusta favorite since their earliest days playing Stillwater Taproom. Tickets for the Papa Joe’s Banjobeque at Evans Towne Center Park have quickly disappeared since the brothers announced they’d be headlining on Friday, May 23. And it’s no wonder people love them and […]
Bistro 491 Set To Close
On Tuesday, chef/owner Todd Schafer announced plans to close Bistro 491, a Surrey Center staple for more than a decade. The restaurant’s last day will be Saturday, May 24, and will remain closed during the summer while Schafer prepares to open a new restaurant concept in the same, but remodeled, space. Shafer opened the Bistro […]
Hugo’s House Sold
On May 17, 2012 the FBI released the following SAVANNAH, GA—Hugo Diaz, aka Hugo Diaz de la Fuente, 45, of Evans, Georgia, was sentenced on Tuesday by United States District Court Judge J. Randal Hall to 15 months in prison based on Diaz’s earlier guilty plea to harboring illegal aliens for the purpose of commercial […]
And So The Masters Crazy Begins
From the Richmond County Sheriff’s Office At approximately 2040 hours on 040514, Joseph John Murphy aged 50, tried to make entry into the Augusta National. Mr. Murphy was advised that he was not permitted to enter and left the property. Murphy returned about 10 minutes later in his vehicle. Murphy bypassed the security guard, and […]