Big changes and big programs of which the public may not be aware are the topic of a series of city of Augusta forums. The sessions, which begin Wednesday at Gracewood Community Center, will cover changes - effective Jan. 1, 2017 - in Augusta’s animal services ordinance that include a mandatory $10 registration fee for owners who don’t spay or neuter their pets and a ban on unsupervised tethering of animals to fixed objects. read more