City website to receive makeover at discounted price, launch in August
By Colette Whitney | Apr. 2, 2012After more than a year of discussion, the City of Athens’ website will see a $30,000 facelift.
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OU student organizing charity bike ride for injured friend recovering from crash
By Lindsay Friedman | Mar. 29, 2012While many students were partying on the sandy shores during spring break, Hocking College student Grace Wyatt was fighting for her life.
Uptown parking garage brings in revenue, saving Athens money
By Lucas Daprile | Mar. 29, 2012With more than 300 spaces and more than $250,000 generated in 2011, the Athens Parking Garage has been both a source of revenue and additional parking for the city.
Athens makeup artist lights up local lip-gloss market with her creation
By Sara Lowenstein | Mar. 28, 2012They say her lip gloss is cool, her lip gloss is poppin’. In the words of rapper Lil’ Mama, a local makeup artist’s new line will have women loving the way they put it on so perfect.
'Double-dipping' bill heads to Ohio House
By Joshua Jamerson | Mar. 27, 2012Though “double dipping” is commonly frowned upon when it comes to food, Ohio lawmakers are debating whether public employees’ “double dipping” into state funds hurts taxpayers.
Panel examines benefits, costs of hydraulic fracturing in Athens
By Laura Scheer | Mar. 27, 2012About 70 students, residents and city officials listened to six panelists discuss the potential benefits and risks of hydraulic fracturing in the Baker University Center Theatre Tuesday night.
County sheriff investigating possible murder-suicide
By Ryan Clark | Mar. 26, 2012The Athens County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a possible murder-suicide that occurred Monday morning.
Athens rental prices climb above other college towns'
By Allison Wichie | Mar. 25, 2012Ohio University students on the hunt for off-campus housing should be prepared to shell out about $100 more per month than tenants in similar Ohio college towns.
Athens, OU reel in heavy profits from parking tickets
By Stefan Malmsten | Mar. 7, 2012Every day — rain or shine, hot or cold — four women roam the streets of Athens, ticketing illegal parkers and bringing more than $300,000 into the city’s coffers annually.
Lang to face off against Stivers for 15th District in fall
By Ian Ording, Xander Zellner | Mar. 6, 2012Ohio’s 15th Congressional District GOP primary might have ended in a landslide for incumbent Rep. Steve Stivers Tuesday, but the Democratic face off was a lot less decisive.
Chmiel secures nomination for Sullivan's seat
By Joshua Jamerson, Kelly Gifford | Mar. 6, 2012Mark Sullivan was uprooted Tuesday from his decade-long hold on his commissioner’s seat after he was defeated by Chris Chmiel for the Democratic nomination.
Maiden unseats Stanley by landslide margin in heated engineer battle
By Allison Wichie | Mar. 6, 2012Jeff Maiden celebrated his landslide victory over Archie Stanley, a 32-year incumbent, in fitting fashion for an incoming county engineer — cutting into a cake topped with gray icing roads and yellow construction trucks.
Congressional hopefuls fighting for 15th District seat
By Ian Ording, Xander Zellner | Mar. 5, 2012Months after Ohio’s redistricting process left Athens County with a new congressional representative, three men are seeking to take his seat before he can get comfortable.
County's fierce engineer contest coming to an end
By Allison Wichie | Mar. 5, 2012One of the most heated campaign races of the Athens County election season will come to a simmering end this Super Tuesday.
9 commissioner candidates vying to fill 2 available seats
By Joshua Jamerson, Kelly Gifford | Mar. 5, 2012With nine people competing for two seats as Athens County commissioner, Tuesday’s primary election will narrow the field to a maximum of four candidates for November’s general election.
Community program strengthens local ties
By Sara Lowenstein | Mar. 4, 2012Laura O’Neil’s hands are much more comfortable holding a paintbrush than a chainsaw.
Historical ball gives opportunity to remember past in the present
By SARA JERDE | Mar. 4, 2012Hoop skirts and Union soldiers dominated the Ohio University Inn’s ballroom Saturday evening.
Engineer candidates grapple over gravel roads
By Will Drabold | Mar. 1, 2012For a rock with no adhesive properties, gravel has become a major sticking point in the Athens County engineer’s race.
College-town firefighters struggle amid cutbacks
By JIM RYAN | Feb. 29, 2012Fire departments on-call in the college towns of Athens and Oxford are feeling the heat of tight budgets and shrinking staffs, but Bowling Green’s department has put that fire out.
Local 'fracking' opponents testify before congressmen
By Kelly Gifford | Feb. 28, 2012Although concerns surrounding hydraulic fracturing have been well-received by city and county officials, negative testimony given to several congressmen has seemed to have fallen on deaf ears.
