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Russian business magnates footing most of bill for 2014 Sochi Games

...mountains of Sochi are now home to Potanin's slope, Gazprom's gondola lift and Sberbank's ski jump. The nicknames used by locals and an army of construction workers leave no doubt about who is paying for the 2014 Winter Games: Russia's business powerhouses...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/sports/olympics/2013-05-20/russian-business-magnate
Upcoming calendar

...sid=t478CAPTURING THE CANAL PHOTO COMPETITION: The Kroc Center is hosting a black and white photo competition open to all local photographers; accepting entries until May 31; prizes awarded to the top six photos; (706) 922-0171, krocaugusta.orgHISTORIC...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/richmond-neighbors/2013-05-21/upcoming-calenda
Volunteers help Turn Back the Block

...E-Z-Go for the last 60 years," said E-Z-Go President Kevin Holleran.Turn Back the Block was form ed three years ago when local busi ness people decided to do something to help Harrisburg. "We noted that there's a high rate of vacancy and a high rate...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/richmond-neighbors/2013-05-21/volunteers-help-
Sports | The Augusta Chronicle

...mountains of Sochi are now home to Potanin's slope, Gazprom's gondola lift and Sberbank's ski jump. The nicknames used by locals and an army of construction workers leave no doubt about who is paying for the 2014 Winter Games: Russia's business powerhouses...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/sports
Local History | The Augusta Chronicle

...2013 By Rob Pavey | Sunday, March 17, 2013 By Rob Pavey | Sunday, Feb. 24, 2013 Monday, Nov. 19, 2012 Local History Vienna, whose remnants lie beneath today's Thurmond Lake, was a tidy Colonial town with its own tailor, a blacksmith...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/topics/subjects/local-history
Genealogist Gloria Lucas leaves legacy

...Lucas' legacy, close friends and associates said Monday of the local historian, who died at age 84 last month."It was groundbreaking...87-year abstract on slave records. "Before Gloria's book, local slave records only went back to the 1870 Census."Glenn said...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/metro/2013-05-20/genealogist-gloria-lucas-leav
No charges in fatal SC amputee dog mauling death

...said that he was dragged from his wheelchair and mauled by the dogs. He died four days later at a local hospital.Deputies said the sheriff, local prosecutors, animal control workers and the coroner investigated before deciding not to press charges...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/crime-courts/2013-05-21/no-charges-fatal-sc-am
Year ends for three school districts this week

The 2012-13 school year ends for three local districts this week.Columbia County schools is holding its last day Tuesday. The last day for Richmond County high school students...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/education/2013-05-20/year-ends-three-school-di
Houses aren't true homes

...denied sale because of race, color, national origin, religion, sex, familial status or disability, report it to HUD or local fair housing center. Fair housing is your right. Use it."Why is this liberal government coming up with discrimination because...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/opinion/letters/2013-05-20/houses-arent-true-homes
Georgia prison population declines

...didn't expect state prisons to shrink significantly for five years as he rolls out so-called accountability courts that offer local supervision for drug and alcohol offenders and those with mental illness. Keeping those offenders in their communities and...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/crime-courts/2013-05-21/georgia-prison-populat