Blog posts by Blake Aued, Editor
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Half of Athens Spent the Weekend Stalking Jon Hamm
Blog: Culture Briefs
Several celebrities—Paul Rudd, Jon Hamm, Sarah Silverman, Jack McBrayer, Zack Galifianakis and Kristen Schaal reportedly among them—were in town this weekend, rumor has it for a “Bob’s Burgers” writer’s wedding. (In addition, Rudd is filming The Revised Fundamentals of Caregiving in Atlanta; Hamm and Galifianakis are starring in Keeping Up with the Joneses, also filming in Atlanta; and McBrayer has family in Athens.)
It turned Athens into a bunch of star-struck Creepy McCreepersons. Like me, your Facebook feed is probably full of #HammSightings. Here, too, are few select tweets about this momentous occasion:
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Commissioners Tackle Normaltown Parking, Downtown Beautification, Airport Expansion, Leisure Services
Blog: In the Loop
Commissioner Jerry NeSmith.
It's unclear if Athens-Clarke County commissioners can do anything about a parking deck (with a medical office attached) in Normaltown that would triple the traffic on narrow, winding, residential Yonah Avenue. But several of them are pushing to revise zoning and building codes so the situation doesn't happen again.
About a half-dozen Normaltown and Boulevard residents turned out Tuesday night to ask commissioners to do something to revise plans for the deck to redirect at least some traffic onto Prince Avenue. They asked that county officials consider how 800 cars a day leaving the deck will affect traffic not only on Yonah, but on Park Avenue, with its wonky intersection, and Satula Avenue, which is narrow, often backed up and crowded with parked cars already.
"I don't understand how we can do a traffic impact analysis and not consider the impact of traffic on neighborhoods. It doesn't make sense to me," Commissioner Jerry NeSmith said at the voting meeting. "It's unfortunate we don't have the building codes, the zoning codes in place to protect against this sort of thing.
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Get Your First Taste of Southern Brewing Co.'s Beer
Blog: Grub Notes
Southern Brewing Co. co-founders Brian Roth (left) and Rick Goddard (right) with 1991 Masters winner Ian Woosnam.
Athens' third craft brewery will make its public debut Sunday at the Classic City Brew Fest.
Southern Brewing Co. will offer six beers at the festival: a kolsch, an IPA, a milk stout, an English bitter and two brewed with wild yeast.
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Athens Power Rankings for the Week of Apr. 6
Blog: In the Loop
Photo Credit: Melissa Hovanes
Welcome to Athens Power Rankings. In the spirit of sports rating systems, through painstaking analysis, we rank the top movers and shakers in the Classic City each week. Who's hot? Who's not? Find out below.
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UGA Sold Its TV Station
Blog: In the Loop
The University of Georgia has sold its TV station to a Maryland company.
Marquee Broadcasting paid $2.5 million for the station, which has hemorrhaged money ever since UGA bought it seven years ago.
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Famous Athens Dog Cheeseburger Has Died
Blog: In the Loop
Photo Credit: Melissa Hovanes
Sadly, this is not an April Fool's Day joke. Well-known Athens dog Cheeseburger has passed away at age 15.
Covenant Presbyterian Church on Barnett Shoals Road, where Veasey attends and Cheeseburger is buried, will hold a service for the dog at 2 p.m. Saturday.
Cheeseburger and his owner, Johnny Veasey, were featured in the Aug. 29, 2012 issue ofFlagpole.
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Mike Hamby and Kathy Hoard Chased a Chicken All Over the Kroger Parking Lot
Blog: In the Loop
Photo Credit: Mike Hamby via Facebook
Talk about free range.
Was this chicken looking for one of its deceased ancestors? Whatever the reason, it was roaming around the Alps Kroger parking lot a few days ago—and it was up to three Athens-Clarke County commissioners to track it down.
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Beer Bill Passes, Plastic Bag Ban Ban Rejected
Blog: In the Loop
Photo Credit: Quinn Dombrowski/Flickr
A watered-down version of Senate Bill 63, the "Beer Jobs Bill," passed the Georgia House this afternoon. House members also voted down SB 139, which would have barred local governments from banning or regulating plastic bags and other disposable containers.
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UGA Will Stop Burning Coal Tonight
Blog: In the Loop
Photo Credit: UGA Office of Sustainability
Sometime tonight, the UGA Office of Sustainability expects the university's coal-fired boiler to burn through its last-ever load of the polluting fuel supply.
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Athens Power Rankings for the Week of Mar. 23
Blog: In the Loop
Eric Marty of Slingshot.
Welcome to Athens Power Rankings. In the spirit of sports rating systems, through painstaking analysis, we rank the top movers and shakers in the Classic City each week. Who's hot? Who's not? Find out below.
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No, Mike Mills Is Not the World's Richest Musician
Blog: Homedrone
Photo Credit: Anton Corbijn
Athens Facebook was duped over the weekend by an article claiming that R.E.M. bassist Mike Mills is the highest paid musician in the world.
Here's the article (in full, so as to avoid sending the sketchy website behind it any more clicks).
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A UGA Student Died in a Dorm, and Another Was Hit by a Car
Blog: In the Loop
University of Georgia student Mikal Ghirmazghi, 21, was found dead in her dorm room at Russell Hall at about 6 p.m. Thursday, according to UGA police.
Authorities said they don't know yet how Ghirmazghi died, but there were no obvious signs of foul play.
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Hoop Skirts Banned at UGA Fraternity Events
Blog: In the Loop
A Harper's illustration of a typical Southern belle wearing a hoop skirt in 1861.
University of Georgia fraternities, sororities and administrators have agreed to ban antebellum-style hoop skirts from Greek events in the wake of the University of Oklahoma Sigma Alpha Epsilon racist chant video.
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White Men Get Ahead at the University of North Georgia
Blog: In the Loop
This is the cover of the University of North Georgia's latest continuing education catalog. It depicts two white dudes in suits winning the Race of Life after receiving a UNG education, while a woman tries to keep up, and a black man stumbles, probably because he hurt his back playing basketball.
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Jamie Hood's Trial Will Cost More Than $300,000
Blog: In the Loop
Admitted cop-killer Jamie Hood is finally going on trial in June on 70 charges, including two counts of murder during a crime spree in 2011 that drew national attention. It’s going to cost us.
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A Gutted Beer Jobs Bill Is Up for a Vote Friday
Blog: In the Loop
Photo Credit: Porter McLeod
Creature Comforts' David Stein pours a beer from a tank at the downtown Athens brewery.
Creative Loafing reported last month that Lt. Gov. Casey Cagle (who received $130,000 in campaign contributions from alcohol distributors in 2014) was working to kill Senate Bill 63, the "Georgia Beer Jobs Bill," which would have allowed breweries to sell beer directly to the public.
Cagle didn't kill the bill, but it looks like he's at least partially gutted it. A version with the direct-sales clause removed is coming up for a vote Friday, the last day of the session for legislation to pass one chamber and move on to the other.
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Half a Million Georgians Signed Up for Obamacare
Blog: In the Loop
In Georgia, 541,080 consumers enrolled in or renewed health coverage through the Affordable Care Act exchanges during the latest open enrollment period, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services announced today.
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The Guns on Campus Bill Is Back
Blog: In the Loop
Photo Credit: Dede Giddens
Remember the UGA frat boy who got in trouble a couple weeks ago for firing a gun in the airduring a beef with a neighboring fraternity? That would be totally legal, if a Georgia lawmaker gets his way.
For the third year in a row, a state legislature has introduced a bill to legalize carrying guns on college campuses. From the Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
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Athens Power Rankings for the Week of Mar. 9
Blog: In the Loop
Welcome to Athens Power Rankings. In the spirit of sports rating systems, through painstaking analysis, we rank the top movers and shakers in the Classic City each week. Who's hot? Who's not? Find out below.
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FREE BBQ! (We're Not Kidding)
Blog: Grub Notes
Community Connection of Northeast Georgia and other Athens nonprofits are sponsoring a series of four free pig roasts across Athens. All you have to do is fill out an anonymous survey about your health care needs.
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latest stories
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Culture Briefs | April 12, 2015 12:53pm
Half of Athens Spent the Weekend Stalking Jon Hamm
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In the Loop | April 9, 2015 2:44pm
Commissioners Tackle Normaltown Parking, Downtown Beautification, Airport Expansion, Leisure Services
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Grub Notes | April 9, 2015 12:27pm
Get Your First Taste of Southern Brewing Co.'s Beer
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In the Loop | April 6, 2015 10:51am
Athens Power Rankings for the Week of Apr. 6
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In the Loop | April 2, 2015 12:55pm
UGA Sold Its TV Station
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In the Loop | April 1, 2015 1:21pm
Famous Athens Dog Cheeseburger Has Died
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In the Loop | March 31, 2015 5:09pm
Mike Hamby and Kathy Hoard Chased a Chicken All Over the Kroger Parking Lot
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In the Loop | March 27, 2015 3:44pm
Beer Bill Passes, Plastic Bag Ban Ban Rejected
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In the Loop | March 24, 2015 2:55pm
UGA Will Stop Burning Coal Tonight
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In the Loop | March 24, 2015 10:47am
Athens Power Rankings for the Week of Mar. 23
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Homedrone | March 23, 2015 10:43am
No, Mike Mills Is Not the World's Richest Musician
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In the Loop | March 20, 2015 10:35am
A UGA Student Died in a Dorm, and Another Was Hit by a Car
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In the Loop | March 19, 2015 11:32am
Hoop Skirts Banned at UGA Fraternity Events
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In the Loop | March 18, 2015 1:58pm
White Men Get Ahead at the University of North Georgia
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In the Loop | March 17, 2015 5:29pm
Jamie Hood's Trial Will Cost More Than $300,000
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In the Loop | March 12, 2015 2:34pm
A Gutted Beer Jobs Bill Is Up for a Vote Friday
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In the Loop | March 10, 2015 4:38pm
Half a Million Georgians Signed Up for Obamacare
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In the Loop | March 10, 2015 10:16am
The Guns on Campus Bill Is Back
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In the Loop | March 9, 2015 3:28pm
Athens Power Rankings for the Week of Mar. 9
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Grub Notes | March 3, 2015 4:47pm
FREE BBQ! (We're Not Kidding)