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A Ghost Story from New Orleans
The Old Home Wanted Him Back from Athens
originally published June 18, 2008
Former Athens resident Mark DeJarnette, now back home in New Orleans, writes back with a tale about the house he lives in and his friend - “the Papaya Lady” - who used to live there.
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Born Under Siege
Encounters with Jubilee Partners, Part 3
originally published May 21, 2008
The conclusion of a series of articles on the local refugee-support organization, focusing on a lifelong refugee who, with his family, has fled an ongoing genocide in Myanmar.
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Spam Lit
Missives from the Likes of Angeline Hawk and Artus Joles
originally published May 21, 2008
What’s really going on with junk email.
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Entering the World of Political Refugees
Encounters With Jubilee Partners, Part 2
originally published May 14, 2008
Part two of a series on the local humanitarian and refugee-support organization - a profile of two young men who, with their family, fled civil war in Liberia a decade ago and came to the United States last year.
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The Athens Farmers’ Market
Country Comes to Town When Local Growers Launch a New Effort This Weekend
originally published May 14, 2008
The grand opening is on Saturday at Bishop Park, and plans are for the market to continue every Saturday this year through mid-November.
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Sign of the Times
Athens' Only Independent News Stand Closes Its Doors
originally published May 14, 2008
Barnett's Newsstand shuts after 30 years of business.
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Walking the Walk
Encounters with Jubilee Partners, Part 1
originally published May 7, 2008
Getting to know Jubilee Partners, the 30-year-old project based on a patch of land in Madison County with roots - and positive impacts - the world over. Part 1 in a series.
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Three Decades and Counting
The Athens Human Rights Fest Soldiers On
originally published April 30, 2008
It’s back again on College Square all weekend long.
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Having It At Home
Athens and America Explore Homebirth and Midwifery
originally published April 30, 2008
Screenings of a documentary on the topic take place Monday, May 5 at Ciné, along with a panel discussion featuring local women in the know.
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History Lives at the Hot Corner Celebration
This Year’s Edition of the Annual Downtown Festival Kicks Off the New Athens Heritage Project
originally published April 30, 2008
The details on what’s going down on the west end of downtown this weekend.
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The New Way to Play
Athens’ “WOW” Park (Now with Dragon!) Goes Cutting-Edge
originally published April 16, 2008
…and it’s a far cry from the jungle gym of yesteryear.
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Your Athens-Centric Legislative Wrap-Up
How Local Lawmakers Voted on the Major Issues
originally published April 16, 2008
Clip and save for election time!
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"The Other Side of the Story"
Melvin Hall Talks About Life Out of Prison and Off of Drugs
originally published April 9, 2008
The words of one local ex-con and former addict who's straightened out.
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“To Increase Seasons of Change”
Learning a Language Only to Forget It
originally published April 2, 2008
Wherein the author comes across a story in French which he wrote, but can no longer read.
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Dennis Holmes
Just Out of Prison, Homeless and Looking for Work: Does He Have a Chance?
originally published March 12, 2008
Nowhere to work: nowhere to sleep.
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Mermaids and Alligators
Georgia in the Spirit of 1776
originally published March 5, 2008
Local historian Steven Scurry traces the roots of the Oconee War - the borderland conflict between Georgians and Creek Indians over the Oconee River Valley - to the period of the American Revolution.
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Here Among the Multitude
Political Theorist Michael Hardt Swings Through Town
originally published February 20, 2008
A thinker on the nature of empire in the 21st century visits UGA this week.
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NBAF Thoughts
An Email From Kelly Girtz
originally published February 20, 2008
District 9 Commissioner Kelly Girtz, in his own words, on the topic of the proposed bio-defense lab.
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On the Navarro Beat
Santiago Times, Part Two
originally published February 13, 2008
What happens when you work for a tiny left-wing newspaper, cover a communist senator in the Chilean legislature, and then meet him face-to-face?
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This Just In
originally published February 6, 2008
This Just In: Some concerned citizens have invited the ACC Commissioners and Mayor to a public meeting to discuss their positions on the proposed National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility. Representatives of FAQ (For Athens Quality-of-Life) will join the commissioners in answering questions from the audience. The meeting is at the Presbyterian Student Center, 1250 S. Lumpkin St., on Wednesday, Feb. 13 at 7 p.m.
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