In the Loop
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Drunken Mayhem on the Georgia-ULM Weekend
Photo Credit: Lee Gatlin/file
Last weekend marked the kickoff of UGA's football season and the first real test for Athens-Clarke County's new underage consumption law, which grants officers the discretion to simply cite an offender or take them to jail like the good old days. So this weekend we all missed the sight of students standing on the side of the road with their hands zip-tied waiting for the paddy wagon. But the ACC police reports show an audacious new trend in the long tradition of fake IDs in Athens: Kids these days are simply taking scotch tape, placing it over their date of birth and writing in the magic number to get them in the door.
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GDOT Won't Fund Widening of Jimmy Daniell Road
The Georgia Department of Transportation has decided not to fund the widening of Jimmy Daniell Road, nullifying the project framework agreement signed by Oconee County in December of last year.
GDOT took this action because Oconee County never specified where it was going to find the $1.15 million estimated cost to the county for right of way acquisition for the project.
And Athens-Clarke County, which was to be a partner on the widening of the roadway, will not have funding available for its share of the project until 2020.
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Jody Hice: Kim Davis Is Being 'Persecuted' for Her Beliefs
Kim Davis' booking photo.
U.S. Rep. Jody Hice (R-Loganville) is a fundamentalist Christian who is staunchly opposed to same-sex marriage. So it’s really no surprise that he’s standing by Kim Davis, the Kentucky court clerk who was held in contempt of court and jailed last week for refusing to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples in violation of a recent Supreme Court ruling striking down same-sex marriage bans nationwide.
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UGA Closes Bridge Over Thomas Street
Photo Credit: Stephanie Schupska/UGA
A pedestrian bridge over Thomas Street on the UGA campus has been closed after a routine inspection found that the bridge is structurally unsound and needs replacement.
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Commissioners Will Study Complete Streets on Chase
The Athens-Clarke County Commission voted Tuesday night to delay repaving Chase Street to study the possibility of bike and pedestrian safety infrastructure along the corridor, and to reject a rezoning request for a subdivision in Five Points.
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Athens Power Rankings for the Week of Aug. 31
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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Mayor Denson Pitched a Fit About Buffers Last Night
Photo Credit: Tim Denson
Mayor Nancy Denson "called out" fellow Democrats and commissioners at a meeting Thursday.
Mayor Nancy Denson caused a stir at a Clarke County Democratic Committee meeting Thursday night when she hijacked a panel discussion among three commissioners to read a statement defending her opposition to pond and wetland buffers.
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Mayor Denson Takes Bishop Park Master Plan Off the Agenda
After a number of commissioners criticized the expense of overhauling Bishop Park at last week's agenda-setting meeting, as well as the order in which projects would be completed, Mayor Nancy Denson has removed the Bishop Park Master Plan from the agenda for Tuesday's voting meeting. She told commissioners in an email:
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