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Classic City News
Dec 29, 20231 min read
Photo of the Day: December is going out with a bang!
Erik Hogan is a photographer who primarily shoots landscape, wilderness, and nature scenes in the Athens area. Follow on Instagram...
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Classic City News
Dec 28, 20235 min read
Erik Hogan: Undiscovered Rhododendrons
By Erik Hogan There is a time frame in the Spring when rhododendrons bloom high in the Blueridge Mountains. I see other photographers’...
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Classic City News
Dec 21, 20231 min read
Erik Hogan: Winter Solstice Sunrise
Every year December 21 marks the official start of winter. It also is the date of the Winter Solstice, when the sun is directly over the...
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Classic City News
Dec 18, 20235 min read
A Little Weird: Christmas Babies
By Eddie Whitlock Christmas isn’t as cool as it used to be. Literally, it’s not. When I was a kid growing up in Griffin the weather...
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Classic City News
Dec 17, 20235 min read
Field Notes: Traditions
By Erik Hogan Field Notes XXXIII: How the largest cavalry charge in the history of warfare resulted in a Christmas cookie This is the...
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Classic City News
Dec 15, 20233 min read
Never Met a Stranger: 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 10, 20234 min read
Field Notes: Reflections on Life in Opacity.
By Erik Hogan I was out and about in the world the other day and experienced very dense fog throughout the morning. This is highly...
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Classic City News
Dec 3, 20234 min read
Field notes: A study of Owls
By Erik Hogan I drove very slowly along the quiet neighborhood street in the early morning. The road was so small it did not have lanes....
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Classic City News
Nov 21, 20234 min read
Never met a stranger: Cold Turkey, a Thanksgiving tale
By T.W. Burger One doesn’t hear as much as much talk from the "back to nature" folks these days as one used to. Excuse me. That should be...
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Classic City News
Nov 20, 20235 min read
A Little Weird: We never thank the right people
By Eddie Whitlock I called my sister before I wrote this. Cathy is five years younger and a hundred times better than me. If I ever want...
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Classic City News
Oct 16, 20235 min read
Never Met a Stranger: When the Goat Man came to Athens
By T.W. Burger Charles “Ches” McCartney, aka The Goat Man, had been a personal hero of mine ever since I was a boy growing up in Athens...
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Classic City News
Oct 3, 20232 min read
Mitchell Bridge Rd resident voices concerns to ACC Commissioners about homeless camp relocation
Resident's letter to commissioners and mayor about the possibility of the homeless encampment moving to Tallassee Road Dear Commissioners...
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Classic City News
Oct 3, 20232 min read
Never Met a Stranger: I suffer from AWAM Syndrome
By T.W. Burger The malady can be contagious, but AWAM is mostly found among those of a certain age, especially in the US of A. AWAM is an...
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Classic City News
Sep 16, 20232 min read
Never Met a Stranger: Truckin’
By T.W. Burger In a recent ZOOM meeting of a book club I belong to, someone remarked that we all think of ourselves as cowboys, free...
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Classic City News
Aug 9, 20232 min read
Mokah Speaks: Parents, now is time for that talk before a cell door slams shut on your child
By Mokah Jasmine Johnson Did you know one out of every three Black boys born today can expect to be sentenced to prison, compared to 1...
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Classic City News
Jul 15, 20232 min read
Attacks on Athens DA Gonzalez are politically motivated
By Robert Covi All three branches of Georgia’s government have republican majorities and everyone knows how difficult it is for the...
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Classic City News
Jul 10, 20231 min read
The Christmas Escape: the William and Ellen Craft story to be presented this week at ACC Library
Join the Athens-Clarke County Library Heritage Room in welcoming professional storyteller Jeanette Waddell. This event will take place at...
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Classic City News
Jun 21, 20235 min read
A Little Weird: The end is the beginning
By Eddie Whitlock On a family vacation when I was about 10 years old, I bought a post card that wound up on the wall of my bedroom until...
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Classic City News
May 8, 20235 min read
A Little Weird: Open on Sundays
By Eddie Whitlock My daddy was arrested in 1982 for selling beer on Sunday, which was illegal in Georgia at the time. I had been away at...
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Classic City News
May 2, 20233 min read
Never Met A Stranger: Bullets Are Easy
By T.W. Burger A confession: I love guns. I had several growing up and into my adulthood. Though I hunted, I wasn’t passionate about it....
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