Blog Topic: Great Job

In the Loop: You Can Stop Boiling Your Drinking Water Now

By Blake Aued | October 20, 2015 11:31am

Photo Credit: Jeff Montgomery

Athens-Clarke County lifted a boil-water advisory for western Clarke County Monday night after testing showed that the water is safe to drink.

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In the Loop: The Loop's Prince Avenue Interchange Is Open Again

By Blake Aued | October 16, 2015 8:22pm

Photo Credit: Jeff Montgomery

ACC workers repair a water main break off Jefferson Road Friday.

Just in time for the deluge of cars rolling into town for the Georgia-Missouri game Saturday night, the Georgia Department of Transportation has reopened two ramps at the Loop-Prince Avenue interchange.

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In the Loop: Hey! The Plans for St. Joe's Don't Look Half Bad

By Blake Aued | October 5, 2015 4:29pm

Photo Credit: Davis Property Group

Rejoice, ye townies, for the St. Joseph’s Catholic Church property shall not be maxed out with more student apartments.

Plans submitted Friday by Greenville, SC-based Davis Property Group show a 192,000 square-foot mixed-use development (not including parking) with commercial space fronting Prince Avenue and 146 one- and two-bedroom apartments above and behind it, all in three-story buildings.

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In the Loop: Police Make Arrest in Greenway Attack

By Blake Aued | September 30, 2015 12:12pm

Photo Credit: Blake Aued

The greenway near College Avenue.

Athens-Clarke County police arrested Pedro Alvarado, 43, on Tuesday in connection with a reported assault on the North Oconee River Greenway.

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In the Loop: Complete Streets: Prince Is Now Complete Streets Athens

By Kristen Morales | September 18, 2015 11:02am

Photo Credit: Krysia Haag

One vision of a complete Prince Avenue.

Safe streets, whether they wind through a neighborhood or carry trucks and cars on their daily commutes, lead to a better community.

That is the mantra behind a group of residents who are starting an effort to align Athens-Clarke County’s policies with state and national transportation standards. Complete Streets Athenslaunches its community-wide effort with the event “Streets are for People” from 6-8 p.m.Thursday, Sept. 24, at Little Kings Shuffle Club, 223 W. Hancock Ave.

The event is free and open to the public, and will include bike light installations and an introduction to the mission of Complete Streets Athens.

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Grub Notes: Rejoice/Despair: Pumpkin Spice Season Is Upon Us

By Blake Aued | August 21, 2015 11:17am

The temperature has dipped below 100 degrees, so it must be fall.

Another sign: Terrapin is the first local beverage maker out of the gate with a pumpkin-spice product.

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Culture Briefs: A UGA Astronomer Helped Discover a Planet

By Blake Aued | August 17, 2015 1:27pm

Photo Credit: The University of Georgia

An artist's rendering of 51 Eridani b.

University of Georgia astronomy professor Inseok Song was part of a team that recently discovered a gas-giant planet orbiting a distant star.

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In the Loop: Ride Free Buses to Brunch and the Farmers Market This Weekend

By Blake Aued | August 14, 2015 12:15pm

Photo Credit: Joshua L. Jones/file

Starting this Saturday through Dec. 19, you can catch a free bus to the Athens Farmers Market, except on football gamedays.

The “Fresh Food Bus” will run on Saturday mornings every hour from 8:15 a.m.–12:15 p.m. and will stop at Building S, Memorial Hall/the Tate Center, the Multimodal Center and Russell Hall. A full schedule is available here.

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Homedrone: B-52s' Kate Pierson Marries Partner in Hawaii

By Gabe Vodicka | August 5, 2015 3:40pm

According to pictures posted to her Facebook page—as well as multiple news outlets—B-52s singer Kate Pierson married her longtime partner, Monica Coleman, in a ceremony in Hawaii earlier this week.

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In the Loop: UGA Will Hire 56 New Faculty Members This Year

By Blake Aued | July 27, 2015 4:57pm

Photo Credit: Andrew Davis Tucker/UGA

Peggy Brickman (left) teaches a small class at UGA.

The University of Georgia will hire 56 new faculty members in the coming year, UGA announced today.

Some new faculty will start teaching in August the university said. Ten faculty members were hired last fall to teach 80 courses with high demand.

By fall 2016, UGA will have added 319 course sections in 81 majors, and the majority of classes will have fewer than 20 students.

UGA’s current student/faculty ratio is 18–1.

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