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Friday, May 10, 2013  Updated with video; Parents and their children lined the cafeteria at Radium Springs Elementary School for the last Dougherty County rezoning meeting due to school closures.

Friday, May 03, 2013  Updated with video; The month-long series of meetings to address the concerns of parents and lessen the fears of Dougherty County students who are rezoned to a new school continued on Thursday evening at Southside Middle School.

Wednesday, April 24, 2013  Updated with video; Albany’s Board of City Commissioners voted against two rezoning proposals to make some property on Old Dawson Road into apartment complexes and living areas on Tuesday evening after holding a public hearing on the issue.

Tuesday, March 26, 2013  Albany city commissioners spent more than two hours in a public hearing about the rezoning of land off of Old Dawson Road.

Wednesday, February 27, 2013  Updated with video; A moratorium has been lifted and a decision was made on a group home wanting to set up shop in a residential area of Albany.

Tuesday, December 18, 2012  In their last meeting of the year, the Albany Board of Commissioners made a decision that may help curb crime in the Albany area.

Tuesday, September 25, 2012  One business owner was disappointed after the Albany Board of Commissioners struck down his request to rezone a section of a residential neighborhood.

Wednesday, April 25, 2012  Updated with video; The Lee County Westover extension project was approved by the board of commissioners Tuesday night.

Wednesday, April 11, 2012  Updated with video; Lee County residents packed out the Lee County Commission meeting asking board members to preserve their way of life and to not allow rezoning to occur in their neighborhood.

Monday, March 19, 2012  Updated with video; The Dougherty county commission discussed a new process for rezoning matters.