News Features

Perfectly Piper

Piper Needham's Family Teams Up to Support Her and Other Children with Cancer

The Needhams and other locals will shave their heads for childhood cancer research Mar. 31.

By Karen P. Chynoweth | March 28, 2012
Athens, GA, April 2012

A Look Ahead

Advance news from next month, in case you can't wait.

By Curtiss Pernice | March 28, 2012
Open Dialogue or Closed Doors?

Selig's Private "Community Meetings"

The developer's quasi-public information sessions about its Walmart project have been carefully and quietly arranged.

By Kristen Morales | March 21, 2012
Behind the Writer's Desk

Parting Thoughts on Flagpole's "Everyday People"

Our departing columnist reflects on what her stewardship of the interview feature has meant to her.

By Emily Patrick | March 14, 2012
How Much Would You Pay?

Pre-K Programs Scramble to Finish the Year

Parents of Athens pre-kindergartners may be asked to pay to keep them in school for the rest of the school year.

By Kristen Morales | March 14, 2012
Up Against It

The ACC Landfill Encroaches on Neighbors Again

Despite a 1992 agreement, the county dump is expanding once more.

By Melissa Hovanes | March 7, 2012