Blog posts by Blake Aued, Editor
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The Onion May Have Just Punked Athens
Blog: Culture Briefs
The Classic Center sent Flagpole an announcement this morning that beloved fake newspaper The Onion was bringing some kind of show to Athens Oct. 6.
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Committee Votes Against Public Curfew
Blog: In the Loop
Athens doesn't need a curfew for public spaces like the City Hall and courthouse grounds, say four commissioners who serve on a committee that's been discussing the proposed law.
The Legislative Review Committee—chairman Kelly Girtz, Allison Wright, George Maxwell and Doug Lowry—voted unanimously to send the proposal on to the full commission, along with a recommendation that their colleagues not pass it.
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Downtown Master Plan Meeting Tonight
Blog: In the Loop
Apologies for the late notice, but People for a Better Athens is sponsoring a meeting on the downtown master plan at 6:30 p.m. today at Transmetropolitan.
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Another Cyclist Hit by Car
Blog: In the Loop
A drunk Jefferson teenager hit a bike rider on South Lumpkin Street early Monday morning, then fled, according to Athens-Clarke police.
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Meet New ADDA Director Pamela Thompson
Blog: In the Loop
Pamela Thompson is the new executive director of the Athens Downtown Development Authority.
The ADDA board voted unanimously to hire Thompson, a former Georgia city planner and Virginia county manager, after meeting for half an hour in closed session this afternoon.
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Athens Poet Aralee Strange Has Died
Blog: Culture Briefs
Poet Aralee Strange died Saturday at the age of 69.
After a decades-long career in New York and Cincinnati, Strange came to Athens. For the past four years, she has organized the Word of Mouth poetry readings at the Globe. C.J. Bartunek wrote about the readings for Flagpole in March.
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Giant Kroger Coming to Eastside
Blog: In the Loop
Do you like to shop at grocery stores that are visible from space? Well, you're in luck. Kroger is building gigantic new stores all over Athens.
Kroger has already expanded its Alps Road store and is building a new 123,000 square foot store on Highway 29 near Madison County. Now, it's filed plans to replace its store at the corner of Barnett Shoals and College Station roads with one that's twice as large.
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Broken Downtown Parking Meters Will Be Replaced
Blog: In the Loop
When you come downtown, do you drive around looking for a broken parking meter so you don't have to pay?
Enjoy it while you can. The Athens Downtown Development Authority is about to replace most of its old, coins-only meter—including 60 broken ones—with new models that also accept credit cards.
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A New Movie Theater Is Opening in Oconee
Blog: Culture Briefs
A 16- screen movie theater is opening Friday at Epps Bridge Centre, the new outdoor mall on the Oconee Connector. It'll have 3D, digital surround sound and five-story screens, but the best part? Beer!
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Black Nerd Rocks the Hot Corner
Blog: Homedrone
The Hot Corner was hopping on Saturday as, at the festival's peak, hundreds of people packed onto Hull Street to hear gospel, R&B, jazz and hip hop and feast on BBQ and soul food.
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Planning Commission OK's Selig Development
Blog: In the Loop
The Athens-Clarke County Planning Commission unanimously signed off on Selig Enterprises' massive mixed use development on Oconee and East Broad streets Thursday night.
The planning commission recommended that the county commission approve a special use permitallowing Selig to build 15 residential units on the ground floor, where ACC requires commercial space in downtown developments. The county commission is scheduled to vote Tuesday, July 2.
About 20 people spoke out against the development, mainly complaining that, with 100,000 square feet of commercial space, 375 apartments and 1,485 parking spaces in two hidden decks, it's too big and too auto-centric.
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Athens-Clarke Commission Fires Auditor
Blog: In the Loop
The Athens-Clarke Commission opted not to reappoint longtime Auditor John Wolfe for another two years at its voting meeting Tuesday.
A majority of commissioners indicated they would not vote to reappoint Wolfe after his recent biennial perfomance review, Mayor Nancy Denson said.
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UPDATE: Red & Black Publisher Harry Montevideo Has Resigned
Blog: In the Loop
Harry Montevideo has resigned as publisher of the Red & Black, the University of Georgia student newspaper.
The decision was a mutual one between Montevideo and the nonprofit's board of directors that stemmed from financial struggles in the online world, said board member and spokesman Chuck Reece.
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Rand Paul Thinks Paul Broun Is Nuts
Blog: In the Loop
U.S. Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY), who wants to take government back to the 1950s, thinks Rep. Paul Broun (R-Athens) is going too far.
Paul had this to say to a Silicon Valley group on Tuesday, according to The Daily Beast:
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Public Hearing on High Speed Rail Today
Blog: In the Loop
Free this afternoon? Why not go to Suwanee to support high-speed rail through Athens?
The only public hearing in Georgia is at 4 p.m. today at Suwanee City Hall, 323 Buford Highway.
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ACC Planners Give Nod to Selig Development
Blog: In the Loop
An Athens-Clarke County Planning Department report released this afternoon says that the planning commission and the county commission should approve the Selig development.
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Solar Power and Electric Cars
Blog: In the Loop
"The sun doesn't send a bill," said Ted Terry, field coordinator for Georgia Solar Utilities, an Atlanta company that is installing 4,000 solar panels on a Dublin high school.
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Hack for Athens This Weekend
Blog: In the Loop
Got computer skills and want to use them for the common good? Check out Hack for Athens this weekend.
The event is part of the National Day of Civic Hacking, an Obama Administration-backed event where software engineers, software designers, entrepreneurs, educators, artists, scientists and others will collaborate to produce open source solutions to public problems.
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Athens Could Get High-Speed Rail
Blog: In the Loop
Forget driving. Forget airport hassles. One day, you might be able to hop on a train at the Multimodal Center and ride 110 miles per hour to New Orleans, Houston, Washington, DC, New York or Boston.
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Charles Knapp Named Terry College Dean
Blog: In the Loop
Former University of Georgia President Charles Knapp is coming back to UGA.
Incoming President Jere Morehead named Knapp interim dean of the Terry College of Business today, replacing Robert Sumichrast, who is leaving for a similar position at Virginia Tech. Knapp, who preceded Michael Adams, will serve for one year while a permanent replacement is sought.
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Culture Briefs | June 19, 2013 4:25pm
The Onion May Have Just Punked Athens
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In the Loop | June 18, 2013 9:14pm
Committee Votes Against Public Curfew
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In the Loop | June 18, 2013 4:16pm
Downtown Master Plan Meeting Tonight
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In the Loop | June 18, 2013 11:12am
Another Cyclist Hit by Car
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In the Loop | June 17, 2013 5:59pm
Meet New ADDA Director Pamela Thompson
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Culture Briefs | June 17, 2013 10:24am
Athens Poet Aralee Strange Has Died
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In the Loop | June 13, 2013 4:41pm
Giant Kroger Coming to Eastside
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In the Loop | June 12, 2013 11:04am
Broken Downtown Parking Meters Will Be Replaced
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Culture Briefs | June 11, 2013 12:17pm
A New Movie Theater Is Opening in Oconee
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Homedrone | June 10, 2013 12:03pm
Black Nerd Rocks the Hot Corner
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In the Loop | June 7, 2013 11:18am
Planning Commission OK's Selig Development
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In the Loop | June 6, 2013 2:43pm
Athens-Clarke Commission Fires Auditor
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In the Loop | June 5, 2013 3:18pm
UPDATE: Red & Black Publisher Harry Montevideo Has Resigned
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In the Loop | June 5, 2013 10:36am
Rand Paul Thinks Paul Broun Is Nuts
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In the Loop | June 4, 2013 11:12am
Public Hearing on High Speed Rail Today
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In the Loop | June 3, 2013 6:03pm
ACC Planners Give Nod to Selig Development
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In the Loop | June 3, 2013 4:39pm
Solar Power and Electric Cars
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In the Loop | May 31, 2013 12:29pm
Hack for Athens This Weekend
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In the Loop | May 30, 2013 10:51am
Athens Could Get High-Speed Rail
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In the Loop | May 29, 2013 1:14pm
Charles Knapp Named Terry College Dean