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John Clark Metcalf
A funeral service will be held at 11:00 am on Thursday February 6, 2025, at the Morrison Funeral Chapel, Glouster-Bishopville, with Debbie Koons officiating. Interment will be in the Maplewood Cemetery, Glouster. Visitation will take place on Wednesday February 5, 2025, from 5 -8 pm at the funeral chapel, where there will be a Masonic…
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Connie D. Montgomery
A funeral service will be held at 1 p.m. on Tuesday February 4, 2025, at the Morrison Funeral Chapel, Glouster-Bishopville with Brother Will Tevis officiating. Interment will be in the Hilltop Cemetery, Millfield. A visitation will take place on Tuesday from 12 p.m. until the time of service.
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Ruth Borovicka
Arrangements have been entrusted to Hughes Funeral Home of Athens. A private family memorial will take place at a later date.
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Factory Street and Station Street water line replacement
This is expected to be a three (3)-week closure with the roadway closed through the end of business day on Monday, Feb. 24.
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Nelsonville voters will get another crack at the city charter question
Nelsonville City Council voted to place an issue on the May 6 primary ballot that would retain the city charter, but amend it to allow a mayoral form of government.
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Daniel James Clark
A funeral service will be conducted Saturday, February 1st at 1:00 p.m. at Jagers & Sons Funeral Home, Athens. Friends may call Saturday 12:00 noon until time of service.
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Nelsonville boil order for Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2025
The Nelsonville Water Department has scheduled to shut off water service for Diamond Brick Road from the Roundabout to Scenic Lane, and all Scenic Lane, on Monday, Feb. 3, at 8:00 a.m.
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Athens mayor, council members clash over process for event street closures
At Monday’s Athens City Council committees meeting, Mayor Steve Patterson defended a proposal to make Athens City Council responsible for approving individual event applications, following complaints about difficulty with 2024 closure requests from an Uptown business owner.
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Don’t fall for the AI-generated newsletter scam
An AI newsletter aimed at Athens is making money off the work of local journalists — but it doesn’t share that largesse with us.
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Athens to revive comprehensive plan review advisory commission
The body, established in 2006, will conduct a mandatory five-year review of the Athens 2040 Comprehensive Plan to assess progress toward its goals and possibly add new ones.
