COLORBEARER OF ATHENS, GEORGIA LOCALLY OWNED SINCE 1987

Stories by Dave Marr

  • City Dope

    Athens News and Views

    The lot where Normaltown's unassuming centerpiece once stood may soon hold a medical building that would dominate the neighborhood.

  • City Dope

    Athens News and Views

    Rain barrels catch water for eco-friendly gardens; the City Dope just catches hell from "business-friendly" developers.

  • City Dope

    Athens News and Views

    The hounds of the national media were unleashed on the Banner-Herald's Jim Thompson last week; how bad can the Dope's bite be?

  • Film Notebook

    News of Athens' Cinema Scene

    The French Film Series runs Mar. 26–Apr. 5 at Ciné.

  • City Dope

    Athens News and Views

    Rep. Doug McKillip had invaluable help reorganizing the ACC government against the wishes of local elected officials and citizens' committees—from Democratic Rep. Keith Heard.

  • City Dope

    Athens News and Views

    Local activists Rallied for a Better Athens at City Hall last weekend, and some of them are still there.

  • City Pages

    Independent Agencies Ask County for Modest Help Amid Budget Cuts

    Advantage Behavioral Health Systems, the Athens Community Council on Aging and the Cultural Affairs Commission look for more support from ACC.

  • Film Notebook

    News of Athens' Cinema Scene

    Alexander Payne's The Descendants, which won the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay, is playing at Ciné.

  • City Dope

    Athens News and Views

    The Megabus shuttle will now get you to Atlanta and back, but it can't transport the Dope from the hell that Athens politics have become.

  • City Dope

    Athens News and Views

    Good moods abound at City Hall and beyond these days, as Caterpillar has announced it will bring thousands of jobs to Athens with a new plant.

  • City Dope

    Athens News and Views

    The story of the Selig development was picked up by regional and national media last week.

  • Film Notebook

    News of Athens' Cinema Scene

    The Athens Jewish Film Festival opens Feb. 11 at the Georgia Museum of Art before moving to the Morton Theatre.

  • City Dope

    Athens News and Views

    Can't we all just get along?

  • The Second Reel

    A New Director Steps in to Guide Ciné into Its Next Phase

    Gabe Wardell takes the reins at the newly nonprofit Athens arthouse Feb. 1.

  • City Dope

    Athens News and Views

    A snafu on campus has been corrected, but the one in City Hall has only gotten worse.

  • Film Notebook

    News of Athens' Cinema Scene

    The second entry in Ciné's Classic Film Noir Series is Kiss Me Deadly, playing Wednesday, Jan. 25.

  • City Dope

    Athens News and Views

    Selig's plans call for much more parking than its proposed development's retail tenants need.

  • City Dope

    Athens News and Views

    Selig's massive development continued to be a hot topic over the holidays, but we still haven't seen the results of the developer's traffic study.

  • Film Notebook

    News of Athens' Cinema Scene

    The Big Sleep, Howard Hawks' 1946 film with Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall, plays at Ciné next Wednesday, Jan. 18 as part of the Film Noir Festival.

  • City Dope

    Athens News and Views

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