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1. Global warming claims all hot air, says speaker at OU2. OU student charged with raping 17-year-old3. For most, the journey to Nine Fest seemed worth it4. Police chief: City can’t stop parties before they start5. Is another oil and gas land-rush starting in Athens?6. Parties spun by OU alums have bootie-shakers raving7. High St. student renters take on big local landlord8. Tanning parlor fights to get back into uptown Athens storefront9. Oak and Mill fests mellow down easy10. City Council acts to ban ‘fracking’ in water supply area11. Landowners’ group renews leasing pitch12. Wal-Mart asks judge to grant store win in shoplifter’s lawsuit13. Electric blue skies, May warmth frame music fest14. OU and city officials urge better fest behavior15. Pills defeated relative when no other drugs could do it16. David Alan Jones17. Local developers hoping to revive struggling hotel18. Hall of Fame baseball coach calls it a day at OU19. Festering fests; down, down deep; and the Golden Rule20. Nine Festers enjoy the sun and music, without the mud
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Top Articles from Halloween
Saturday, October 31,2009
Halloween
Halloween
A journey through the history of Halloween in Athens
Following is the definitive history of Halloween in Athens — that is, modern Halloween in Athens. We really can’t say what those Ohio Company colonists back in the late 1700s were doing on Halloween night. Who needs a costume when you’ve got a cool tri-corn hat, nifty knee breeches, and a cracking muzzle-loader.
Sunday, January 1,2006
Halloween
No, this history begins in 1974, when the street takeovers began in Athens on Halloween, and ends in the present day.
One more note: throughout these articles, you'll see mention of various city officials, local personages and students. Many of these people are no longer in the positions they were in when these articles were written. For example: former Police Chief Ted Jones, quoted as the police chief in the early years of the party, eventually became chief of OU Campus Safety, and Joel Rudy, former Dean of Students at OU, left. From here on out, please enjoy the history:
Halloween
Halloween in Athens :: A History
The Athens NEWS Definitive History: A journey through more than 30 Athens Halloweens
Following is the definitive history of Halloween in Athens-that is, modern Halloween in Athens. We really can't say what those Ohio Company colonists back in the late 1700s were doing on Halloween night. Who needs a costume when you've got a cool tricorner hat, nifty knee breeches, and a cracking muzzle-loader.No, this history begins in 1974, when the street takeovers began in Athens on Halloween, and ends in the present day.
One more note: throughout these articles, you'll see mention of various city officials, local personages and students. Many of these people are no longer in the positions they were in when these articles were written. For example: former Police Chief Ted Jones, quoted as the police chief in the early years of the party, eventually became chief of OU Campus Safety, and Joel Rudy, former Dean of Students at OU, left. From here on out, please enjoy the history:
