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TODAY — Bridal boutique owner celebrates grand opening in downtown Augusta

Brandy Gibson – owner of Tiffinie Bleu Bridal Boutique – reopened on June 4. Today, she will celebrate with a ribbon cutting and grand opening. (Photo courtesy of Brandy Gibson) Brandy Gibson is excited about contributing to the growth of downtown Augusta by relocating her business. Gibson – owner of Tiffinie Bleu Bridal Boutique – opened her new location at 1251 Broad Street on Friday, June 4. The store sells bridal gowns and bridesmaid dresses. Today, June 24, from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m., she and her staff will celebrate

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Josh Heath June 24, 2021 No Comments
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Longtime hospital employee starts boutique for colleagues and working women

“Doctor in Me offers a variety of colorful and traditional scrubs in different sizes. (Photo from The Doctor In Me Facebook) Shalimar Anderson is taking what she’s seen and worn in the Operating Room and at home—and offering it up to other hard-working females. Anderson opened “The Doctor In Me” in the high traffic shopping center on 280 South Belair Road next to the Neighborhood Wal-Mart. “I wanted to open the store because I wanted to provide a “one-stop-shop” for the working woman who wears scrubs on a daily basis,”

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Neil Gordon June 1, 2021 No Comments
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Grocery store chain opens in Daniel Village and helps to relieve hunger in the CSRA

Food Lion made very few changes inside the store. Here’s the new store’s deli/bakery section, which looks about the same as it did when BI-LO was in business. (Photo by Josh Heath) Editor’s Note: We sent Josh Heath back to the Bi-Lo\Food Lion just a few weeks after he wrote the story of the Bi-Lo closing. Here is what we found. There’s a new Food Lion store open at 2803 Wrightsboro Road in the Daniel Village Shopping Center, but it doesn’t resemble other grocery stores in the chain. Instead, it

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Josh Heath April 28, 2021 No Comments
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Church led restaurateur to open business in Augusta

The restaurant is located at one of the busiest intersections of Washington Road at Stevens Creek Road near I-20 and adjacent to the Starbucks and Dunkin Donuts. (photo by Neil Gordon) Magda Faltaous has commuted back and forth every Sunday for three years from his home in Columbia, S.C. to attend church on Furys Ferry Road in Columbia County. “If business is good, I may move here,” he says. He is in the middle of about a $100,000 investment in the old Denny’s Restaurant building on Washington Road in between

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Neil Gordon April 16, 2021 No Comments
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