Recently added articles from Athens Banner-Herald (Athens, GA):
With three schools in works, district budget to be tight in Clarke County, Ga.
Oct 01, 2007 ... Byline: Benjamin Price Oct. 1--Interim school superintendent James Simms finds himself sitting at the helm of Clarke County Schools as the district embarks on its largest expansion in almost two decades. A total of three new schools may be built in the next five years ...
Athens Banner-Herald, Ga., Don Nelson column.(Column)
Sep 30, 2007 ... Byline: Don Nelson Sep. 30--During a recent Athens-Clarke Economic Development Foundation meeting, Chairwoman Flora Tydings -- also president of Athens Technical College -- recounted a visit she made to North Carolina earlier this summer. Tydings attended a ...
Barrow County, Ga., eyes taking couple's property for airport.
Sep 25, 2007 ... Byline: Blake Aued Sep. 25--The Barrow County Commission will vote today whether to take a Winder man's land to install a new landing system at the county's airport. The county needs about 13 acres of pasture and three rental houses owned by Jimmy and Elaine Smith so ...
Rural areas battling medic shortage in Georgia.
Sep 24, 2007 ... Byline: Lee Shearer Sep. 24--A statewide shortage of emergency medical workers is more than a statistic -- especially in sparsely populated, rural counties like Oglethorpe County, it can be a threat to public health. "I've had calls come in and didn't have a crew," ...
Entrepreneur uses pedal power to jumpstart business in Athens, Ga.
Sep 23, 2007 ... Byline: Don Nelson Sep. 23--Michael Hitchcock, a resident of Hull, Ga., is counting on rickshaws to kick-start his plan for a multifaceted transportation business in Athens. The rickshaws, also called pedal-cabs, that the 34-year-old Hitchcock will employ to cart ...
Athens Banner-Herald, Ga., Don Nelson column.(Column)
Sep 23, 2007 ... Byline: Don Nelson Sep. 23--CONSERVATION CRITICAL, BUT MORE NEEDED: The record-setting drought parching our rivers, streams, lakes and reservoirs also could dry up economic development here, in our region and our state. A Level Four Drought Response policy, such as ...
Seafood restaurant brings island life to Athens, Ga.
Sep 23, 2007 ... Byline: Don Nelson Sep. 23--A strong connection between Athens and St. Simons Island, Ga., made the decision fairly easy for partners and brothers-in-law Andy Osborne and Robert Burch to open a Gnat's Landing in Athens. The seafood restaurant opened up at the end of August on ...
Athens, Ga., high school indignant at incorrect SAT reporting.
Sep 19, 2007 ... Byline: Benjamin Price Sep. 19--Jefferson High School tops most lists for best schools in the state, but when its SAT average slipped last year, administrators wondered why. What they discovered has caused the administrators to question the accuracy of school-wide ...
Airline pitches shuttle plan to Athens, Ga., airport authority.
Sep 18, 2007 ... Byline: Blake Aued Sep. 18--A company that provides air shuttles from small cities to Atlanta could begin operating in Athens early next year. Lawrenceville-based Wings Air will begin flying up to 12 to 15 flights a day from Athens-Ben Epps Airport to ...
Georgia residents want lake water to be released into dry stream.
Sep 18, 2007 ... Byline: Lee Shearer Sep. 18--CRAWFORD-Georgia's long drought has set neighbor against neighbor in Oglethorpe County, where a creek that flows from man-made Lake Oglethorpe has almost entirely dried up with no water spilling from the lake. Downstream neighbors have ...
Efforts to build a regional airport in Northeast Georgia met with opposition.
Sep 17, 2007 ... Byline: Blake Aued Sep. 17--Efforts to build a regional airport in Northeast Georgia barely have gotten off the ground, but a group of Barrow County residents already are banding together to fight it. A newly formed group, Concerned Citizens of Barrow County, will ...
Man challenges bonds for $350 million reservoir in Georgia.
Sep 17, 2007 ... Byline: Merritt Melancon Sep. 17--A Newton County man has put a temporary hold on the construction of the proposed $350 million reservoir that would serve Oconee and Walton counties. Sam M. Hay, a Newton County resident, has challenged the legality of the first set ...
Modern, high-tech classrooms bring gains and strains.
Sep 16, 2007 ... Byline: Benjamin Price Sep. 16--A modern 21st century classroom would have been hard to imagine a decade ago. Students blog with teachers about homework assignments, publish work on home pages, take online classes, create podcasts and multimedia presentations, while ...
Paramedics to receive overtime pay in lawsuit settlement.
Sep 15, 2007 ... Byline: Joe Johnson Sep. 15--Madison County emergency service workers will get heftier checks after the county settled with a former paramedic who claimed he was shortchanged on overtime pay. Scott Harpold, the former paramedic, sued the county in federal court after ...
Mortgage offices close, lending tightens in Athens, Ga.
Sep 09, 2007 ... Byline: Don Nelson Sep. 9--The national credit crunch driven by a housing slump and the subprime lending collapse hit Athens mortgage banker Donna Stalling hard. Stalling, who ran First Magnus (formerly AmTrust and before that Bankers Equity) mortgage business in ...
Thailand native fills Athens, Ga., shop with imports.
Sep 09, 2007 ... Byline: Don Nelson Sep. 9--Most every piece of merchandise in Suree Amonteerakul's newretail shop Suree X-Ordinary is handcrafted from her native country of Thailand. Embroidered silk wall hangings, bracelets, handbags, cards and more fill makeshift ...
UGA research chief touts benefits of biodefense lab.
Sep 06, 2007 ... Byline: Don Nelson Sep. 6--Researchers at a national bioterrorism research facility in Athens could develop a test to detect Asian flu carried by foreign travelers coming to Atlanta's Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport, a University of Georgia administrator told ...
UGA students, faculty push for more child care on campus.
Sep 06, 2007 ... Byline: Rebecca Quigley Sep. 6--On a recent weekday afternoon, while University of Georgia graduate student Denise Domizi sat through class, her husband cared for their 5-month-old daughter and picked up their 4-year-old girl from preschool. Domizi -- along with ...
$3.5M for UGA security upgrades.
Sep 06, 2007 ... Byline: Lee Shearer Sep. 6--The University of Georgia should spend more than $3.5 million to upgrade its ability to respond to emergencies, according to committee reports that list dozens of specific changes UGA should make. This spring, UGA President Michael Adams ...
CORRECTION: Use of personal checks declines as cards, cash gain popularity.
Sep 03, 2007 ... Byline: Chris J. Starrs Sep. 3--The story slugged AH-FEWER-CHECKS-20070903 moved by McClatchy-Tribune Regional News for Sept. 3 contained the incorrect dateline. The story was actually published on Sept. 30. Please delete or kill the original record. The corrected ...