In the Loop
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UPDATED: New Watering Rules, Selig Plans and Downtown Parking Meters
As anyone who's gone outside or even looked out a window the past few months knows, the drought is over. It's safe to water your lawn again.
Mayor Nancy Denson officially lifted almost all outdoor watering restrictions July 25. The Athens-Clarke County Commission ratified the decision tonight, and it takes effect Thursday.
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UGA Is Not Partying That Hard
The University of Georgia finished just 11th in Princeton Review's rankings of the top party schools, down six spots from last year.
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GDOT Is Moving the Loop
Photo Credit: E.R. Snell
In what state Department of Transportation spokeswoman Teri Pope dubbed "Wild Work Zone Wednesday," workers will be moving the 10 Loop's intersection with Peter Street and Olympic Drive 700 feet to the south this week.
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Athens Power Rankings for the Week of Aug. 5, 2013
1. 40 Watt Club (Last Week: N/A)
We thought the venue's upcoming schedule couldn't get any more impressive (Kurt Vile, Deerhunter, Neutral Milk Hotel and Bill Callahan are set to grace its stage this fall). But the 40 Watt continues to add on: Waxahatchee, Blitzen Trapper, of Montreal and Thurston Moore's Chelsea Light Moving have all been announced over the past week or so. The club gets serious bonus points for rebounding after last year's underwhelming fall season.
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Athens Congressman Calls Himself 'Anarchist'
U.S. Rep. Doug Collins (R-Gainesville) is fundraising off a recent New York Magazine article that accuses him and other tea party Republicans of intentionally sabotaging the federal government.
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Goodbye, Pauldoe
And hello, Columbia Brookview.
The Athens Housing Authority and its partner, private developer Columbia Residential, started tearing down Jack R. Wells Homes off Hawthorne Avenue on Wednesday to make way for mixed-income apartments and townhouses.
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Downtown Traffic Is About to Get Worse
For the next six to eight weeks, workers will be repaving almost five miles of West Broad Street, Oconee Street, Oak Street and Lexington Road, aka U.S. Highway 78 and State Route 10.
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Democrat Michelle Nunn Launches Senate Bid
After better-known candidates like U.S. Rep. John Barrow (D-Athens Savannah Augusta) took a pass, Democrats may have finally found someone who has even an outside shot at taking Sen. Saxby Chambliss' seat.
Michelle Nunn, 46, is a political novice who, until yesterday, ran the nonprofit Points of Light, which was inspired by Republican President George H.W. Bush's call for community service. Her father is the legendary Democratic former U.S. Sen. Sam Nunn. Judging by this morning's announcement, Michelle Nunn plans to run as a moderate like her daddy:
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