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Campus NEWS

Oak and Mill fests mellow down easy

State liquor agents arrest over 50, however

By Cynthia Robinson

Country music blared at 9 a.m. from a house near the corner of Palmer and Mill street, recalling the crazy festivities of the recent "Palmer Fest."

 
Campus NEWS

Global warming claims all hot air, says speaker at OU

By Brenda Evans

Robert M. Wagner of the group Conservative Cavalry denied the existence of climate change during an appearance at Ohio University Thursday evening. Wagner suggested the notion of human-caused global warming is mainly a cover for intrusive government regulation.

 
Election NEWS

County’s new senator rallies troops at Dem dinner

by Jim Phillips

Athens County's newest state senator gave a rousing shout-out to organized labor, and leveled a few crisp head-butts at the state's current Republican leadership, when he spoke to the Athens County Democratic Party at a fundraising dinner last week.

 
 
 
 
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Local NEWS

Law director: City not trying to legislate fests out of existence

by David DeWitt

The city of Athens has three predominant laws to deal with the spring student festival season: The nuisance party law, the noise ordinance and the riot code.

Wearing Thin

Festering fests; down, down deep; and the Golden Rule

by Terry Smith

It's one of those days when I'm champing at the bit to pop off about a variety of topics, but they have nothing to do with one another. So that means it's time for a three-way…

Habitat for Humanity

Habitat for Humanity 2012

The Athens NEWS 2012 Special Section on Habitat for Humanity highlights the success of Athens Habitat for Humanity's new ReStore. To read the digital edition of this story, along with the rest of 2012's special section click here.

Local NEWS

City closer to hiring back-tax chaser

by David DeWitt

City Council unanimously approved a resolution last week that will give delinquent taxpayers a grace period to work with the auditor's office through an amnesty program.

Arts and Entertainment

Local cult band bidding a fond farewell to Athens

By Bentley Weisel

What has become a local music craze over the past four years for the band Mind Fish is now coming to an end with a final show in Athens.

Local NEWS

Tanning parlor fights to get back into uptown Athens storefront

by Jim Phillips

The owner of a new uptown Athens tanning parlor was in court last week, asking a judge to order her landlord, who has locked her out for not paying rent on time, to let her re-open for business.

The View from Mudsock Heights

Expressing oneself via mailbox destruction, then & now

by Dennis Powell

In case you were wondering, as I'm sure you were, I spent the weekend replacing my mailbox. It seems that some local genius passed by the other night and visited a baseball bat or something similar upon it.

Campus NEWS

Writer finds fascination in a doggie’s life

By Cynthia Robinson

"I like to lead students into the foreign land of non-fiction story-telling," said Susan Orlean last Wednesday evening during Ohio University's annual Spring Literary Festival. Orlean was one of a handful of visiting writers, including Amy Hempell and Terrence Hayes. She gave a lecture on Wednesday night which focused mainly on her recently published book Rin Tin Tin: The Life and the Legend as well as the essence of her craft.

What's Happening

The new What's Happening

NEWS consolidates its print, online listings

The Athens NEWS offers our online readers new and improved website events listings. These expanded listings utilize our online events engine, in the easy-to-use events calendar in the right-hand column of this (and every other) page on this website. Just click on a date in the calendar to find events. Search using categories, dates and locations for the most up-to-date local events.

Campus NEWS

Student Senate hopefuls debate

By Mallorie Sullivan

Student advocacy, senate disputes and Student Allocation Commission (SAC) regulation were among the issues addressed by Student Senate presidential hopefuls and their co-candidates during the second Student Senate debate May 9.

Local NEWS

City Council acts to ban ‘fracking’ in water supply area

Despite ‘ban,’ state says it reserves regulatory power

by David DeWitt

Athens City Council made several moves on Monday to further expressing its opposition to oil and gas drilling in sensitive areas, specifically the city's wellhead protection zone and the Wayne National Forest.

Local NEWS

Local developers hoping to revive struggling hotel

by Jim Phillips

The owners of the Baymont Inn & Suites, a 100-room motel on Home Street in Athens, have agreed to let the property be foreclosed upon and sold.

Guidelines for Letters to the Editor

Send them to: news@athensnews.com

Deadlines for letters are noon on Tuesday for Thursday's edition, and noon on Friday for Monday's edition. Sometimes we will consider late letters if we know ahead of time when the letter will arrive and how much space it will require. Remember, send them to news@athensnews.com.

Read on for other information about submitting letters:

Campus NEWS

High St. student renters take on big local landlord

by Jim Phillips

One of Athens' biggest student landlords was in court Wednesday, fighting a motion by a group of tenants who have asked a judge to find him in contempt of court.

Campus NEWS

Palmer Fest house fire tenants speak out about arson, street fest

In two interviews recently captured by Sway the Crowd Productions, three tenants who lived at a Palmer Street rental that was set on fire during Palmer Fest speak about their anger and frustration over the arson. The videos can be viewed if you click to continue reading this article.

 
 
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