Letter from the Editor

One year ago, we announced a vision to create the Athens County Independent. If we’d known how hard it would be, we might’ve thought twice. Just kidding! (Sort of. Seriously, there are days when I think I should’ve just started a crafts business.)   This community embraced the idea: More than 300 people donated over $18,000…

We want to be a forum for anyone in Athens County who has something to say. From pressing public issues to lighter topics, your thoughts and opinions matter.

Those women, and those I remember from my childhood church, tended to be middle-aged or older. And I wonder who will take their place when the time comes.

As an adult, I hate winter. Winter now seems an endless slog of gray skies and rain. Hell, in my mind, isn’t fire and brimstone. Hell will be cold and damp.

Obituaries are a community record that is every bit as important as minutes of public meetings, a trove for historians and genealogists alike.