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    Never Met a Stranger: Library, the soul of where you live, or Mom saves me from the Bird Lady
    Classic City News
    • May 10
    • 4 min

    Never Met a Stranger: Library, the soul of where you live, or Mom saves me from the Bird Lady

    By T.W. Burger A few years ago, library in a town I used to cover had to close. There had been a problem with an ancient water heater,...
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    A Little Weird: My civil Battle with Jody and Clyde
    Classic City News
    • Apr 21
    • 4 min

    A Little Weird: My civil Battle with Jody and Clyde

    By Eddie Whitlock My wife bought me a cool mask last year. It reads “BLACK LIVES MATTER, WOMEN’S RIGHTS ARE HUMAN RIGHTS, NO HUMAN BEING...
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    How journalism used to be....
    Classic City News
    • Apr 13
    • 1 min

    How journalism used to be....

    Journalism used to be an honorable profession. It used to be a reliable resource for the everyday citizens. It used to be a resource for...
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    Never Met a Stranger: Missing Motors
    Classic City News
    • Apr 11
    • 2 min

    Never Met a Stranger: Missing Motors

    By T.W. Burger I suffer from AWAM Syndrome. The malady can be contagious, but AWAM is mostly found among those of a certain age,...
    185 views0 comments
    Never Met a Stranger: Blindfolding History
    Classic City News
    • Apr 1
    • 4 min

    Never Met a Stranger: Blindfolding History

    By T.W. Burger The little paper cranes were everywhere. Some were laid carefully on the graves, others tied by brightly colored bits of...
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    Never Met a Stranger: The train home
    Classic City News
    • Mar 16
    • 4 min

    Never Met a Stranger: The train home

    By T.W. Burger Train travel has fallen by the wayside, with more than a little under-the-counter help by forces from the automobile and...
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    Oconee Joe: The Old Homestead
    Classic City News
    • Mar 8
    • 2 min

    Oconee Joe: The Old Homestead

    Behind the bridal veil of spider webs, an old door hangs slacked jawed on a front porch. Above, sky blue paint peels where Mama used to...
    1,008 views0 comments
    Never met a Stranger: Visiting graves
    Classic City News
    • Mar 4
    • 2 min

    Never met a Stranger: Visiting graves

    By T.W. Burger On those rare occasions that I visit the small town where I was born, I find myself visiting graves, particularly those of...
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    Never Met a Stranger: COVID Thoughts
    Classic City News
    • Dec 6, 2021
    • 3 min

    Never Met a Stranger: COVID Thoughts

    By T.W. Burger It seems, overall, like a bad dream. You know the kind; where you keep falling off the edge of the precipice, forever...
    352 views3 comments
          Oconee Joe:  Last of the Weeping Stones
    Classic City News
    • Nov 16, 2021
    • 9 min

    Oconee Joe: Last of the Weeping Stones

    Though the streams always connect me back to the One Mother, I really do originate from many waters. This tale begins at a convergence of...
    1,304 views2 comments
    Father reflects two years after son's murder in Athens
    Classic City News
    • Nov 10, 2021
    • 5 min

    Father reflects two years after son's murder in Athens

    By Steve Cloer Today, November 10th 2021, marks the second anniversary of the unimaginable loss of my son Benjamin Lloyd Cloer. No one...
    2,350 views13 comments
    Kathy's Fur Babies: Donkey the dog
    Classic City News
    • Nov 5, 2021
    • 1 min

    Kathy's Fur Babies: Donkey the dog

    In partnership with Athens-Clarke County Animal Services, Classic City News regularly publishes profiles of cats and dogs waiting to be...
    147 views0 comments
    One Man's Opinion: Building Towards Zero - Ending Homelessness
    Classic City News
    • Oct 13, 2021
    • 3 min

    One Man's Opinion: Building Towards Zero - Ending Homelessness

    By Bill Crane Though Washington, D.C., and our U.S. Congress can still produce leaders, and I have hopes that our White House will again...
    394 views2 comments
    Never Met a Stranger: Remembering "Charlie Mac"
    Classic City News
    • Jul 16, 2021
    • 12 min

    Never Met a Stranger: Remembering "Charlie Mac"

    By T.W. Burger Retired businessman, golfer, fisherman, and former bomber pilot Charles M. “Charlie Mac“ McMullen, 98, died at his Athens...
    810 views0 comments
    Two Old Farts Traveling: Reunionizing
    Classic City News
    • Jul 5, 2021
    • 4 min

    Two Old Farts Traveling: Reunionizing

    By Johnnie W. Lewis Ever been to a reunion? Do you know how loud they can get? I know it depends on how many participate or attend, and...
    240 views1 comment
    Reduce gun violence in Athens by investing in our children
    Classic City News
    • Jun 15, 2021
    • 4 min

    Reduce gun violence in Athens by investing in our children

    By Shane Sims I will begin by stating the obvious (to many): Athens youth are in a crisis. Over the past few months there have been a...
    959 views2 comments
    One Man's Opinion: Refunding the Police?
    Classic City News
    • Jun 10, 2021
    • 3 min

    One Man's Opinion: Refunding the Police?

    By Bill Crane Within days of the death of George Floyd at the hands of a Minneapolis Police Officer, as well as the preceding death of...
    607 views0 comments
    Never Met a Stranger: Remembering Herman on Memorial Day
    Classic City News
    • May 28, 2021
    • 3 min

    Never Met a Stranger: Remembering Herman on Memorial Day

    By T.W. Burger One steamy August day in 1969 my boyhood friend Herman Fields stepped on a landmine, in a place far away from Athens...
    242 views0 comments
    Never Met a Stranger: Miss Ruby and her young citizens
    Classic City News
    • May 20, 2021
    • 3 min

    Never Met a Stranger: Miss Ruby and her young citizens

    By T.W. Burger Miss Ruby Anderson stood in the front of our high school classrooms when our regular teachers were sick or having babies....
    195 views0 comments
    To Hellfair and Back: Second chances
    Classic City News
    • Apr 19, 2021
    • 3 min

    To Hellfair and Back: Second chances

    By Shane Sims There are approximately 70 million Americans with criminal records – that is one in three Americans. That is 70 million...
    260 views0 comments
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