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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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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....
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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...
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Classic City News
- Apr 6, 2021
- 7 min
Never Met a Stranger: Wenceslaus at rest
By T.W. Burger (Some details changed to avoid getting beat up or sued.) It was winter in the Deep South, which often meant two young men...
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Classic City News
- Mar 24, 2021
- 6 min
Never Met a Stranger: Ort as Landing Strip
By T.W. Burger Many of you might have memories of William Orten Carton, aka “BC” aka “ORT” that extend way past when I moved away. So, I...
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Classic City News
- Mar 4, 2021
- 3 min
Never Met a Stranger: The new vacuum
By T.W. Burger The new vacuum cleaner winging its way through my house is a far cry from the monsters I and my contemporaries grew up...
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Classic City News
- Feb 17, 2021
- 4 min
Neighborhood Leaders Promote Prosperity in Athens-Clarke County
Neighborhood Leaders in Athens-Clarke County are of the community, in the community, and for the community. Their work, led by Family...
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Classic City News
- Jan 25, 2021
- 10 min
Bearing Witness
"We must complain. Yes, plain, blunt complaint, ceaseless agitation, unfailing exposure of dishonesty and wrong---this is the ancient,...
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Classic City News
- Jan 18, 2021
- 17 min
Bearing Witness
"We set our sights on the embarrassing target of mediocrity. I guess that means about halfway. And that raises a question. Are we...
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Classic City News
- Jan 4, 2021
- 9 min
Bearing Witness
"No man can put a chain about the ankle of his fellow man without at last finding the other end fastened about his own neck." Frederick...
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