Blog Topic: Great Job

Homedrone: Get 10 Percent Off Today for Wuxtry's 40th Birthday

By Gabe Vodicka | March 1, 2016 1:05pm

Photo Credit: Joshua L. Jones/file

As we reported last month, Athens institution Wuxtry Records celebrates a remarkable 40 years in business this year. Today, Mar. 1, is the store's official birthday, and to celebrate they're offering 10 percent off all sales of both music and comics (in the upstairs Bizarro Wuxtry shop).

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Grub Notes: Five & Ten Nominated for James Beard Award

By Hillary Brown | February 18, 2016 10:45am

Photo Credit: Five & Ten

The James Beard Awards released its long list of 2016 nominees for restaurants and chefs of the year yesteday, and Five & Ten is among the "Outstanding Restaurant" semifinalists.

The James Beard Foundation describes its outstanding restaurant winner as the best restaurant "in the United States that serves as a national standard bearer of consistent quality and excellence in food, atmosphere and service. Eligible restaurants must have been in operation 10 or more consecutive years."

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Homedrone: Wuxtry Celebrates 40th Anniversary Next Month

By Gabe Vodicka | February 11, 2016 11:08am

Photo Credit: Joshua L. Jones

Crank up the stereo and break out the bubbly: Wuxtry Records will celebrate 40 years in business next month.

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In the Loop: Solarize Athens Installs Panels on Its First House

By Blake Aued | February 1, 2016 4:37pm

Photo Credit: courtesy of Environment Georgia

From left, Montana Busch, Jim Pinneau, Mayor Nancy Denson and Colleen McLoughlin.

Jim Pinneau of Winterville is the first local homeowner to add solar panels to his roof through Solarize Athens, a program that gets home- and business owners bulk rates on solar-panel installation.

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In the Loop: 13 Athens Companies Named to Bulldog 100 List

By Blake Aued | February 1, 2016 12:08pm

Photo Credit: UGA Alumni Association

Thirteen Athens businesses made the 2016 Bulldog 100 list, which recognizes the fastest growing companies owned or operated by UGA alumni.

The University of Georgia Alumni Association honored the businesses and nonprofits Jan. 30 at the Atlanta Marriott Marquis.

Athens companies on the list include:

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Grub Notes: The New Prince Avenue Wendy's Is Open

By Blake Aued | January 18, 2016 2:12pm

Photo Credit: Blake Aued

May Wendy's blessings shine ever down upon you.

Almost a year after the Prince Avenue Wendy's caught fire, lo, it has risen.

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In the Loop: Attorney: Ort's Yard Is Finally Clean

By Blake Aued | November 17, 2015 2:32pm

Photo Credit: Ben McElhannon

Ort's yard as of today.

William Orten “Ort” Carlton is still waiting to hear whether he’ll have to serve a stint behind bars, but his yard is finally, FINALLY cleaned up, according to his attorney, Bill Overend.

“Athens Habitat For Humanity graciously lent a hand yesterday and today, and Ort’s yard is now surely in compliance,” Overend said. “They have also addressed the sliding glass door issue that was the subject of discussion last Monday when the judge ordered Ort to jail.

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Homedrone: Pinecones Change Name to Arbor Labor Union, Sign to Sub Pop

By Gabe Vodicka | November 16, 2015 10:31am

Photo Credit: Joshua L. Jones/file

Athens/Atlanta post-punk four-piece Pinecones have changed the band's name to Arbor Labor Union and will release a follow-up to this year's Sings For You Now on the storied, Seattle-based Sub Pop label next year, according to a press release.

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In the Loop: Clarke County Graduation Rates Are Way Up

By Blake Aued | November 10, 2015 11:03am

The graduation rate at Clarke Central rose by 15 points last year.

More than 80 percent of Clarke County School District students graduated within four years in 2015, the district announced Monday—by far the highest mark since the current measurement standard was implemented.

The statewide graduation rate rose from 72.5 percent to 78.8 percent.

The overall graduation rate for the district rose from 63.2 percent last year to 80.3 percent. (That’s an increase of 17 percentage points or 27 percent, not 17 percent as the district stated in its news release.)

At Clarke Central High School, it rose from 68.2 percent last year to 83.3 percent. At Cedar Shoals, it rose from 71.3 percent to 84.2 percent. At Classic City, the alternative school, it rose from 20.7 percent to 50.7 percent.

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In the Loop: Stolen Scooter Chase Leads to Arrest

By Blake Aued | November 3, 2015 2:02pm

Imagine the General Lee was a scooter.

An early-morning scooter chase through the Eastside ended with the driver, Jeremy Lynyrd Coon, facing multiple charges.

Athens-Clarke County police officers said they followed the scooter on Barnett Shoals Road around 4 a.m. due to a recent rash of scooter thefts.

The driver turned onto Johnson Drive, and while traveling toward Lexington Road, he crossed the center line, according to police.

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