Marty Kemp: stand by your man but stand up for what's right
By Pat Priest When former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton ran for president, Republicans loved to bring up the Monica Lewinsky affair...
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Classic City News
- Jul 30, 2020
- 3 min
Galis: Why CCSD still isn’t in danger of losing accreditation
By Leon Galis When the Board of Education announced its separation agreement with CCSD's former superintendent Demond Means, I was sure...
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Classic City News
- Jul 26, 2020
- 4 min
Remembering a lifelong troublemaker
By Evander Baker I didn't know "Congressman John Lewis." And I don't mean that in the sense that I'd never met him or got to know him as...
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Classic City News
- Jul 22, 2020
- 4 min
Two Old Farts Traveling: We did NOT leave our hearts in San Francisco
By Johnnie W. Lewis We came. We saw. But we left, taking our hearts with us. San Francisco is safe from the Lewises. We won’t be...
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Classic City News
- Jul 17, 2020
- 4 min
Open letter to Barrow County School System on reopening plans during COVID-19 pandemic
On Thursday, a group of parents and teachers, called Concerned Stakeholders of Barrow County Schools, sent a letter to the Barrow County...
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Classic City News
- Jul 16, 2020
- 2 min
The Finch: local high school students tackle complex issues in podcast
By Alex Benoit I am a full-time dual enrollment student at the University of Georgia and Oconee County High School. A couple months ago,...
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Classic City News
- Jul 14, 2020
- 2 min
Jerry NeSmith Remembered as a Visionary for Co-Responders
By Farol NeSmith Two days before the citizens of Athens-Clarke District 6 re-elected Jerry NeSmith for his third term on the ACC...
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Classic City News
- Jul 13, 2020
- 4 min
Never Met a Stranger: Airborne with Ort
By T.W. Burger The two bikes rattled down the piney hill, a cacophony of loose metal, knobby balloon tires barely hanging on to the red...
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Classic City News
- Jul 7, 2020
- 4 min
Two Old Farts Traveling: California here we come!
By Johnnie W. Lewis California is an extremely diverse place to visit in our RV, though I’m not sure I would want to live here...
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Classic City News
- Jul 3, 2020
- 6 min
Oconee Joe: The Knapper, distant rock from distant lands shaped by local hands
Chert Rock Used by aboriginal North Americans along the Upper Oconee River Watershed. He watched the young that sat amongst him chip,...
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Classic City News
- Jun 28, 2020
- 6 min
Tear down the Athens Confederate monument and the 'Murmur' train trestle
By Jeff Snowden My mentee wanted to know how I felt about the removal of the memorial to the county's Confederate soldiers who were...
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Classic City News
- Jun 25, 2020
- 6 min
Maddox: Athens needs a fully-funded police department
By Charlie Maddox As a citizen of Athens, Georgia for 73 years and as one who has dedicated the majority of my life to helping Athens...
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Classic City News
- Jun 23, 2020
- 4 min
Update from apparent new ACC District 6 commissioner Houle: The Road Ahead
To say this campaign has not gone the way we expected or hoped is an understatement. The pandemic disrupted our ability to engage and...
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Classic City News
- Jun 22, 2020
- 3 min
Never Met a Stranger: Charlayne
By T.W. Burger In January of 1961 I was an 11-year-old kid in Athens when Charlayne Hunter, now Hunter-Gault, and Hamilton Holmes, both...
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Classic City News
- Jun 19, 2020
- 6 min
Galis:The Real “Reimagining” ACCPD Plan
By Leon Galis Along with nearly 8,500 other people (and counting), I read with interest Nhan-Ai Simms’ extended discussion of the plan...
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Classic City News
- Jun 19, 2020
- 3 min
“Fear is a daily load we carry”
By Pat Priest A single, exasperating post on my neighborhood listserv recently made me think: We need to move! An older guy had written...
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Classic City News
- Jun 18, 2020
- 4 min
Piedmont Athens' response to COVID-19
By Dr. Robert Sinyard It’s been just over two months since the Georgia Department of Public Health (DPH) announced the first positive...
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Classic City News
- Jun 15, 2020
- 8 min
Plan to reallocate police funding hasty response to events outside of Athens
By Nhan-Ai Simms Dear Mayor Girtz and the Commission of Athens-Clarke County, I am writing today to express my concerns about the budget...
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Classic City News
- Jun 12, 2020
- 4 min
To Hellfair and back: Black rage toward police stems from fear and helplessness
By Shane Sims I entered the Georgia State Prison system on the heels of one of the most brutal assaults against the inmate population in...
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Classic City News
- Jun 8, 2020
- 4 min
Two Old Farts Traveling: Here's how we roll!
By Johnnie W. Lewis Here’s an average Travel Day for us, or at least Act One, all performed before breakfast. Unlock tow-dolly, move it,...
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