It would have been easy for Chip Chambers to see a move to Albany as a negative development. Changing schools and towns isn’t easy, especially for someone entering their junior year of high school.

Front Five become “unit” on road to state For an offense to put up the kind of numbers the Albany LionsdidintheirruntotheClass 2A Division II state championship, it requires talent at the skill positions. It also requires somebody to pave the way for those players.

Lion defense throttles opponents all season long One issue facing the Albany Lions entering the 2023 season was the loss of offensive firepower from the 2022 state championship team. The solution was simple – don’t let the other team score.

State championships come in pairs for the Albany Lions. Every 62 years, just like clockwork.

RepublicServices,trash pickup contractor for the City of Albany, will run its regular schedule for the week of Christmas. Residential trash containers and business and industrial containers normally picked up on Thursday, Dec.

Because Christmasfalls on Monday this year, government offices will close both that day and the day after for holiday observances. Shackelford County offices will be closed Monday, Dec.

Three Albany homes were declared the winners of the Albany Chamber of Commerce Christmas decorating contest, with each receiving Albany Bucks for their efforts. The Bryce and Tiffany Dye home at 12 Griffin Circle was picked by the judges as the first place winner,receivinganaward of $100 in Albany Bucks.

Thegravesofmorethan 600 veterans were decorated by family members and other volunteers at the Albany Cemetery last Saturday during the annual Wreaths Across America Day program. More than 50 volunteers and several family members of veterans fanned out across the cemetery to place fresh green wreaths with red bows on the graves of all identified veterans.

The first 2024 distribution of government commodities issetforThursday, Jan. 4 at the Moran City Hall, followed by another session on Friday, Jan. 4 forAlbanyresidentsbehind thejusticeofthepeaceoffice at the Courthouse.

$ The Albany Chest is almost 65 percent of the way to its fundraising goal of $45,000 as the 2023 campaign enters its final two weeks. The campaign had raised $27,725 as of Tuesday, Dec.