Blog Topic: Breaking News

Grub Notes: Five and Ten is Back

By Hillary Brown | July 9, 2013 11:00pm

Photo via Instagram

Well, that wasn't a very long hiatus. After moving quarters from its original digs in the heart of Five Points (not officially sold yet, but there appear to be some parties interested in the space for a restaurant), Hugh Acheson's flagship restaurant will be open again in its new location Wednesday from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. (coffee and tartines) and then at 5 p.m. for dinner, per the restaurant's Twitter account.

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In the Loop: Morehead Says No to UGA Domestic Partner Benefits

By Blake Aued | July 9, 2013 6:06pm

Jere Morehead isn't off to an auspicious start for Athens progressives. The new University of Georgia won't pursue efforts to extend health coverage to gay and lesbian (and unmarried straight) UGA employees' domestic partners.

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In the Loop: Downtown Property Owners: We're Being Ignored

By Blake Aued | July 9, 2013 5:39pm

Some downtown property owners say they've been left out of the process of making a master plan for downtown Athens.

Janey Cooley, senior vice president for First American Bank & Trust, told the Athens Downtown Development Authority that UGA College of Environment and Design professor Jack Crowley, who is writing the master plan, hasn't spoken to her since a meeting with the Downtown Athens Business Association a year ago.

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In the Loop: Superintendent Rules in Favor of Challenged Book

By Blake Aued | July 8, 2013 3:02pm

After the Clarke County Board of Education ordered him to review his initial decision last month, Superintendent Philip Lanoue has again overruled objections that And the Earth Did Not Devour Him contains too much profanity for middle school students.

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Homedrone: American Music Festival Has NOT Been Canceled

By Blake Aued | July 3, 2013 2:51pm

The Melting Point has tweeted that its American Music Festival will go on Thursday rain or shine, and the outdoor portion of the concert will be moved inside.

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In the Loop: Fourth of July, I Mean Star-Spangled Classic, Canceled

By Gabe Vodicka | July 3, 2013 1:36pm

Nope.

First my barbecue, and now this? Another day of bummer summer weather, another holiday casualty. This just in from ACC:

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In the Loop: Commission Approves Selig Development

By Blake Aued | July 2, 2013 11:44pm

After two hours of public input and debate, the Athens-Clarke Commission voted 8-2 tonight to approve a special use permit for the development at the Armstrong & Dobbs property, all but ending nearly two years of wrangling over the mega-project that will change the face of downtown.

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Homedrone: Wednesday's Orange Twin Show Moved to 40 Watt

By Gabe Vodicka | July 2, 2013 2:18pm

Photo Credit: Tobin Brogunier

Athens Cowboy Choir

So, the Orange Twin Conservation Community was all set to host its anticipated annual concert—this year featuring the Athens Cowboy Choir, the Shoal Creek Stranglers, The Darnell Boys, Art Rosenbaum and the Orange Twin Family band—and then this happened. Due to the entirely credible threat of terrible, horrible, no good, very bad weather, the show has been moved into town.

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In the Loop: BikeAthens, People for a Better Athens Weigh in on Selig

By Blake Aued | July 2, 2013 12:45pm

People for a Better Athens is turning out its members to today's 7 p.m. Athens-Clarke County Commission meeting at City Hall, where commissioners are set to approve Selig Enterprises' development at the Armstrong & Dobbs site near downtown.

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In the Loop: Girtz: It's Hard to Legislate 'Funky' Development

By Blake Aued | July 1, 2013 3:14pm

Commissioner Kelly Girtz passed along some background information Sunday night on the Selig development. He intends to make a motion at Tuesday night's meeting to require Selig to include a bike path and a sidewalk connecting Firefly Trail to the UGA campus across Oconee Street.

While it doesn't include the flat rail spur that some believe has been reserved for a rail-trail link to campus, the path along Hickory Street extension would have a grade of no more than 5 percent. In a month or two, Selig would also have to come back to the commission for design approval for the plaza along the rail-trail.

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