Blog Topic: Last Night

Homedrone: Photo Gallery: Public Image Ltd at Georgia Theatre

By Mike White | November 4, 2015 10:23am

Post-punk legends Public Image Ltd played the Georgia Theatre Tuesday night. Below, check out a gallery of photos from the performance:

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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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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: Commission Puts Food Truck Ordinance on Hold

By Blake Aued | October 7, 2015 2:34pm

Photo Credit: Joshua L. Jones/file

Atlanta's Mix'd Up Burgers at a downtown Athens food truck festival last month that drew 6,000 people.

A proposal to allow food trucks to set up shop downtown one day a week is on hold after brick-and-mortar restaurant owners complained.

The Athens-Clarke County Commission voted 6–5 Tuesday night to hold the ordinance for 30 days while they hear concerns from restaurant owners. Commissioners Jared Bailey, Diane Bell, Sharyn Dickerson, Harry Sims and Allison Wright and Mayor Nancy Denson voted for the delay; commissioners Andy Herod, Mike Hamby, Jerry NeSmith, Melissa Link and Kelly Girtz voted against it because they wanted to pass the ordinance immediately.

The ordinance would allow six food trucks to park around City Hall on a first-come, first-serve bases on Tuesdays for a $200 fee.

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Homedrone: Photo Gallery: Unknown Mortal Orchestra, Mothers Play UO Grand Opening

By Joshua L. Jones | August 28, 2015 10:43am

Portland, OR psych-pop band Unknown Mortal Orchestra played the Creature Comforts parking lot Thursday night, with support from local group Mothers. The show, co-presented by the Slingshot Festival, was part of Urban Outfitters' grand opening celebration. Below, check out photos from the event.

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In the Loop: Two UGA Retirees on the USG Health Care Changes

By Pete McCommons | August 19, 2015 10:23am

Below, the observations of two UGA retirees who attended Tuesday’s UGA-Aon Hewitt meeting at the Classic Center, held to explain the new retiree health benefits.

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In the Loop: Commission Rejects Eastside Aldi Rezoning

By Blake Aued | July 8, 2015 10:25am

The Athens-Clarke County Commission rejected a rezoning request to build an Aldi grocery store at the intersection of Barnett Shoals and College Station roads by a 5–4 vote Tuesday night.

Aldi, which also has an Atlanta Highway location, had wanted to build the 17,000 square-foot store on the site of what is currently a gas station, as well as a neighboring residential parcel.

Residents spoke out against the plan, arguing that it would bring too many cars to an area that’s already seeing increased traffic from the new University of Georgia veterinary hospital nearby, and that a proposed buffer between the development and the Crestwood/Green Acres subdivision was inadequate.

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In the Loop: Athens Mourns With Charleston Over Church Massacre

By Blake Aued | June 25, 2015 1:16pm

The Rev. Claude Ray James, First AME's pastor, leads a prayer.

Athens First AME Church—the oldest African American church in the city—invited members of other local churches to participate in a prayer vigil on Wednesday for the nine victims of the racially motivated killings last week at Mother Emanuel AME Church in Charleston, SC. Flagpole photographer Joshua L. Jones documented the emotional evening.

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Homedrone: Photo Gallery: 2015 Flagpole Athens Music Awards

By Joshua L. Jones | June 26, 2015 10:35am

The 2015 Flagpole Athens Music Awards took place at the Morton Theatre on Thursday, June 25. (See the list of winners here.) Below, check out a selection of photos from the show:

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In the Loop: It Was a Violent Weekend in Athens

By Blake Aued | April 20, 2015 10:50am

I don't know if the rain was making everybody stir crazy or what, but it seems like there were way more assaults than usual in Athens over the weekend. All information was taken from Athens-Clarke County police reports.

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