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Classic City News
Apr 5, 20235 min read
DA Gonzalez and Shakespeare
By Michael H. McLendon In following the tale of DA Gonzalez, I have often wondered if she remembers reading Shakespeare and the phrase...
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Classic City News
Mar 28, 20232 min read
A case study of ignoring the elephant in the room
Question: What brand of journalism fails to ask the the most basic, elementary questions like who, what, where, when, how, and why?...
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Classic City News
Mar 23, 20233 min read
Never Met a Stranger: Thoughts on a birthday
By T.W. Burger 74, for God’s sake. I often facetiously add “how the hell did THAT happen?” as if I didn’t know. It’s amazing how fast the...
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Classic City News
Mar 23, 20235 min read
A Little Weird: Author! Author!
By Eddie Whitlock Some of you may feel insulted by this column. I assure you that the only person I intend to insult is me. Well. There...
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Classic City News
Mar 18, 202310 min read
Firefly trail route mapped out from false information
I'm Paul Bunce, a "community organizer" working on behalf of taxpayers, property owners and bike riders of Clarke County. We're trying...
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Classic City News
Mar 18, 20232 min read
Time to put the brakes on UGA Bulldogs
By Patricia J. Priest If you wonder why UGA defensive lineman Jalen Carter felt he could get away with driving 89 mph and faster through...
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Classic City News
Mar 12, 20235 min read
Putting Principles over Passions at the Clarke County Jail
By Shane Sims It has been more than a year since I wrote my last article for Classic City News due to an increasingly busy and hectic...
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Classic City News
Mar 9, 20231 min read
Athens lawmakers seek to subvert will of voters
Dear Editor, The efforts by state Senators Frank Ginn and Bill Cowsert and state Representatives Marcus Wiedower and Houston Gaines to...
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Classic City News
Mar 8, 20231 min read
Who Decides What Health Care You Get?
Good news! Republican state legislators have decided they are qualified to make health care decisions for Georgians under 18 who identify...
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Classic City News
Mar 4, 20233 min read
Never met a Stranger: Carrot cake
By T.W. Burger My mother lived in Athens, GA, the bustling university town where I grew up. She liked to get her hair done by Judy, who...
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Classic City News
Mar 3, 20233 min read
AMERICA DESPERATELY NEEDS ANOTHER JIMMY CARTER
By James P. Hilton When little known Jimmy Carter first told his mother Miss Lillian, “momma, I’m running for president,” with a...
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Classic City News
Mar 2, 20236 min read
Why the rush to seal Ga. Square Mall redevelopment deal?
By Michael H. McLendon This is a rush to judgment story where the devil is in the details, but the headline says it all. The bottom...
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Classic City News
Feb 20, 20233 min read
Never Met a Stranger: Fat Albert and the Burgundy Jezebel
By T.W. Burger Fat Albert was the best. I wish he still stood at the wait in the graveled parking area next to my garage. If it weren’t...
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Classic City News
Jan 3, 20231 min read
Federal legislation bears fruit
Good news! A whole lot of highly advanced chip manufacturing will soon happen in the U.S. Who knows maybe Georgia will be a future site....
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Classic City News
Dec 22, 20224 min read
It ain’t necessarily so
By Dennis Rice There has always been in public schools the fight over what to teach, how to teach it, and at what age - especially,...
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Classic City News
Dec 22, 20223 min read
Never Met a Stranger: Critters of the Deep South
By T.W. Burger In all the years that I have lived outside of the South, I have remained amused by what the natives of the North like to...
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Classic City News
Dec 7, 20222 min read
MR. TRUMP, I VOTED FOR YOU TWICE -BUT YOU JUST CROSSED MY LINE IN THE SAND
By James P. Hilton Guard with jealous attention the public liberty. Suspect everyone who approaches that jewell. ~ Patrick Henry The...
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Classic City News
Nov 24, 20222 min read
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Classic City News
Nov 21, 20222 min read
No injuries, but up to 30 people displaced by apartment building fire in West Athens
By Joe Johnson At 6:27 p.m. Friday. Athens-Clarke County Fire and Emergency Services received an alarm for a structure fire in at...
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Classic City News
Nov 18, 20222 min read
Athens-Clarke County Fire & Emergency Services Receives Donation of Pet Oxygen Masks
By Joe Johnson Each year, it’s estimated more than 40,000 pets die in fires, most succumbing to smoke inhalation. The reality in most...
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