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Tuesday, July 31, 2012  The Dougherty County School board has a specially called meeting tonight at 6 PM to discuss vacancies in the system.

Thursday, June 07, 2012  Updated with video; The Albany Fire Department responded to a fire on the 2400 block of Leonard Ave Thursday morning.

Tuesday, January 24, 2012  Updated with video; Albany firefighters responded to a vacant house fire early Monday morning.

Tuesday, January 17, 2012  Updated with video; Albany firefighters responded to a vacant house fire they say was intentionally set.

Wednesday, November 23, 2011  The Albany Fire Department responded Wednesday afternoon to a residential fire at an abandoned home in the 600 block of First Avenue.

Monday, August 15, 2011  Updated with video; Albany Police are investigating a string of robberies that all occurred within the span of a weekend.

Friday, July 22, 2011  Updated with video; An East Albany neighborhood watch group is paying close attention to vacant homes after two are burglarized.

Monday, April 18, 2011  Dougherty County police are looking for public assistance in finding suspects involved in an overnight copper theft from the weekend.

Thursday, March 10, 2011  The flames from this morning’s exercise were so hot we had change positions several times for protection. And when it was all over, the city of Albany had one less vacant home to worry about.

Thursday, February 24, 2011  Assistant City Manager Wes Smith says around 40,000 cars each day pass by the old Pritchett Ford building on Slappey and Heritage House on Oglethorpe. If the city has its way, those motorists soon won’t have much to see.

Tuesday, February 08, 2011  Two metro Atlanta counties and several municipalities have begun requiring owners of vacant properties to register and pay a fee.

Wednesday, January 26, 2011  The public information officer of the city of Savannah confirms that Albany City Manager Al Lott is one of two finalists for the vacant city manager position.

Tuesday, April 20, 2010  Albany firefighters responded to a vacant house fire Monday night that quickly spread to a shed in the backyard.

Tuesday, March 09, 2010  A fire broke out at 118 Hunter Street around four Tuesday morning. Firefighters say the woman living in the house recently moved into a nursing home.

Monday, March 08, 2010  A fire broke out at 823 Mercer Avenue around 10:30 a.m.