In the Loop
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Athens Power Rankings for the Week of Apr. 7
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 after the jump.
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Sunshine Cycles Is Moving to Baxter Street
Sunshine Cycles is moving from downtown Athens to Baxter Street later this month.
Owner Jimmy Marbut had initially planned to close his downtown Athens location for a few weeks starting Apr. 15 while landlord Corky Sams renovated the West Washington Street space, but the anticipated construction time kept growing and growing to about five months.
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Oconee Farmers Market Opens
Twenty-nine vendors offering eggs, goat milk, pies, cakes, meats, boiled peanuts, herbs, landscape plants, fresh greens and more set up booths in front of the courthouse in downtown Watkinsville yesterday for the launch of the 11th season of the Oconee Farmers Market.
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GDOT Rep Jamie Boswell's Roadside Signs Are Illegal
Oconee County granted permits in August of last year for signs on two undeveloped pieces of land at the busy intersection of SR 316 and the Oconee Connector.
The signs are for land offered for sale by Boswell Properties, owned by Jamie Boswell, Athens real estate broker and, since early 2013, District 10 representative to the 14-member State Transportation Board.
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Caterpillar Avoided Billions in Taxes
Caterpillar, the global construction equipment manufacturing firm with a plant in Bogart, dodged $2.4 billion in taxes, according to a U.S. Senate report.
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Three Candidate Forums Set in Oconee
Oconee County citizens will have at least three opportunities in April to put questions in open meetings to the five candidates seeking two spots on the Oconee County Board of Commissioners.
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Commissioner Kelly Girtz Endorses Rachel Watkins
Grippin' 'n' grinnin'.
Athens-Clarke County Commission District 3 candidate Rachel Watkins got a big boost today when her campaign announced that Commissioner Kelly Girtz has endorsed her.
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Junkman's Daughter's Brother, 8e's Bar Closing
Junkman's Daughter's Brother—downtown Athens' source for band T-shirts, posters, Halloween costumes and quirky gifts for 28 years—is closing.
Mark Gavron, 59, said he is ready to retire and is planning to close when his massive East Clayton Street space's lease is up at the end of August, although there's a chance his landlord could extend it until January.
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