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The Athens Storytelling Festival tent has been erected on Marion Street on The Square. Spirit of Athens is showing the movie "The Goonies" tonight, and the Storytelling Festival will start Wednesday for school children and Thursday night for the public.
Marion Street will be closed to traffic in this area through Saturday. Please use caution driving around The Square this week because there will be crowds day and night for these events.
Local News
October 23, 2012
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