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Mount Zion church, an integral part of Athens history, looks to the future
Potential future uses centered around three points: a gathering space, a knowledge hub and a site of heritage tourism.
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Local activists urge Athens City Council to support abortion rights
Read time: About 4.5 minutes Updated to reflect the resolution passing. Athens City Council discussed a proposal from a local activist group to protect abortion rights at a Nov. 14 committee meeting. Athenians for Bodily Autonomy modeled its proposal on an ordinance Columbus City Council passed on July 25. If adopted as originally drafted, it…
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Electric bus added to Athens Public Transit fleet
Athens Public Transit added an electric vehicle shuttle bus to its fleet this month. The bus is blue, with orange flowers, green creatures and white text that says, “I’m electric,” wrapped around its exterior—a design made by Passion Works artists. “We definitely wanted it to stand out,” said Sarah Conley-Ballew, Rural Action director of Sustainable…
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Berry Hotel’s history of Black entrepreneurship informs new play
The new play Hotel Berry highlights the lives and accomplishments of Edward and Martha “Mattie” Berry, whose eponymous hotel was a Court Street landmark for more than a century. The Berry Hotel began as an ice cream shop and later restaurant the Berrys operated on a lot Edward bought in 1880 for $1,300. In 1893,…
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‘Hotel Berry’ production celebrates local history of Black social entrepreneurship, empowers Black theater creatives
The upcoming theatrical production Hotel Berry, opening November 17, explores an integral part of Athens and Southeast Ohio’s Black history: the famed Berry Hotel and the couple who created and ran it, Edward and Martha “Mattie” Berry. The play, commissioned by Ohio University’s Tantrum Theater, focuses on the Berrys and on Eliza Davison and Andrew…
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OU union protest in photos
Members of AFSCME Local 1699 rallied at the Alumni Gate on the Ohio University campus Sept. 23. The union drew attention to working conditions since the university laid off hundreds of custodians, cooks and other support personnel in 2020. Click the photos below to view our captioned photo gallery of the protest.
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Athens sidewalk improvement continues, residents struggle with safety
Elena Caple was injured walking in Athens for the first time in 2020. Coming home from CVS–recently purchased lotion in one hand, her phone in the other–Caple felt her ankle crumple on top of the “cracked and broken” service road that leads to the bike path. It happened again that year: Caple was walking down…