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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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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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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.
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Athens needs to cough up cyber scam details
The City of Athens is twisting public records law to shield officials from scrutiny. It has to stop.
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Residents, officials discuss small business challenges at town hall
The public forum encouraged discussion among Athens business owners, residents and officials.
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Opponents of Pomeroy Landing housing project return to city council
The project would create 50 affordable housing units on Pomeroy Road near the intersection with Coventry Lane.
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Athens hires law firm to recoup costs of prescriptions
Two pending federal lawsuits could find companies liable for price fixing of insulin and generic drugs. The firm would sue those companies on the city’s behalf as requested.
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Athens to build low-income housing on city’s West and Near East sides
At its meeting Monday night, Athens City Council heard the first reading of an ordinance that authorizes construction of 14 single-family homes using state grant funds.
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Community forum to address loss of Athens businesses
The event is a reaction to a rash of closings toward the end of 2024 as well as criticism of the city’s handling of construction and development projects.
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City, nonprofit partner to open emergency warming center
The Gathering Place will use the former firehouse on Columbus Road as an emergency warming shelter.