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Athens City Council overrides mayor’s veto on salary increase
The Athens City Council on Monday voted unanimously to override a veto by Mayor Ronnie Marks to raise ... Read more
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Editorials
OUR VIEW: The library board needs to step up
What are we to make of what’s going on between our local governments and the Athens-Limestone Public Library? ... Read more
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Statewide development group honors lawmakers Orr, Collins
State Senator Arthur Orr, R-Decatur, and Rep. Terri Collins, R-Decatur, were recently recognized as the 2019 Senate and ... Read more
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City approves share of GIS flyover
The subject of maps and geographic information systems may not seem exciting, but most people would be surprised ... Read more
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UPDATED: City Council cuts library funding by $30,000
The Athens City Council on Monday voted to cut the city’s appropriation to the Athens-Limestone Public Library by ... Read more
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Athens City Council OKs raise for council, mayor
For the first time in more than a decade, the Athens City Council on Monday approved raises for ... Read more
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City Council cuts public library funding by $30,000
Citing concerns over its internal accounting practices, the Athens City Council on Monday voted to cut the city’s ... Read more
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Athens industry to hire 60 new employees
An Athens industry will hire 60 new workers as part of a $40.4 million expansion of its facility ... Read more
Editorials
OUR VIEW: Jimmy Gill Park needs quick action
Athens City Councilman Jimmy Gill died more than three years ago. His cut-through-the-bull approach to governing is lacking ... Read more
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Athens Council urged to complete Jimmy Gill Park
Athens City Council on Monday was asked not to put the Pilgrim’s Pride park project ahead of moving ... Read more