ATHENS-“I’m a cancer survivor. I’m a breast cancer survivor. Men get that, too,” one fisherman remarked at the sixth annual City of Athens Relay for Life Bass Fishing Tournament held …
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ATHENS-Those who enjoy a spring day in Alabama can visit High Cotton Arts to see how artists interpret the season. Athens Arts League held its annual Alabama Spring Art …
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ATHENS-Local high school students fiercely debated funding projects that would improve their city during the Athens Mayor’s Youth Commission’s March meeting. Dekko Foundation provided a $2,000 grant to Mayor …
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ATHENS-Athens firefighters and other officials pushed a new Engine No. 1 into the bay at Station No. 1 0n Thursday morning, March 30 as part of Athens Fire and Rescue’s …
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ATHENS-More than 1,000 children will embrace outdoor recreation in Athens on Saturday, April 1, as baseball, softball and spring soccer seasons kick off at the Sportsplex on U.S. 31. …
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ATHENS-People in Athens are finding rocks painted with everything from geometric designs to Transformers to words of wisdom. Roberta Ress, an artist with High Cotton Arts, started the painted rock …
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ATHENS-High Cotton Arts will host a free concert for the community during the monthly Listening Lounge. Birmingham-based Matthew Hoyle and The Tall Order will perform on Tuesday, March 21, at …
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ATHENS-Senator Arthur Orr visited the 1930s-era Scout House on Friday, March 10 and presented Mayor Ronnie Marks with a $1,500 community service grant to go toward renovation efforts. The City …
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ATHENS-Athens is the seat of a county named for its limestone, and Athens is ready to rock it in an artistic way. High Cotton Arts artist Roberta Ress is …
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ATHENS-Athens Mayor Ronnie Marks paid a visit to two birthday girls today Thursday, March 2. Mayor Marks honored the two ladies at Limestone Manor today for reaching milestone birthdays. Sue Clark …
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ATHENS-Rep. Danny Crawford, R-Athens, came by Athens City Hallto deliver a $2,500 check to Mayor Ronnie Marks for the Scout House renovation project. The TVA-in-lieu-of-tax grant will go toward renovation. …
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ATHENS-Poke Sallet, Bicentennial, Spelling Bee and more this weekend in Athens. 25th annual Poke Sallet Follies Thursday-Saturday, March 2-4, 7 p.m., Athens Senior Center A variety show by the Prime …
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ATHENS-A birthday so significant the party is going to last three years is kicking off Saturday, March 4, in Downtown Athens. This is a birthday 200 years in the …
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ATHENS-Last Fall, a new program of study was added for the benefit of high school students in Athens and the surrounding area. The program, Music Entertainment Tour Logistics or METL …
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ATHENS-HER-A-CRANES are in the forecast in Athens for Fat Tuesday. That is when art students in a sculpture class at Athens State University will debut their creations in Downtown …
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ATHENS-High school students are interested in what volunteers can do to benefit the City of Athens and are ready to give away money to those who have a worthy project. …
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ATHENS-Brittany Howard, lead singer of the Athens-based Grammy-award winning Alabama Shakes, dropped by Hospice of Limestone County today and dropped off a personal donation. Each year, Howard supports the …
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ATHENS-In Athens, the competition at Hospice for Limestone County’s Chili Challenge for best booth design and best chili can be as fierce as any political campaign. In recent years, …
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ATHENS-Last fall and this winter, Athens firefighters used their boots to entice the community to support the Muscular Dystrophy Association. They asked the public to drop dollars and change …
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ATHENS-When Daveen Raby Stanford received a cancer diagnosis last year, she responded with grit determination. “Cancer, you have picked the wrong person this time,” she told the disease. Stanford …