As economy falters, more people giving up their pets Found: 4 Days 19 Hours 26 Minutes ago Athens Banner-Herald - More and more pet owners, succumbing to the pressures of the worsening economy, are turning their dogs and cats over to animal shelters or abandoning the creatures altogether. The trend is putting a strain on some local shelters....
Police to revelers: Don't shoot Found: 1 Week 3 Days 17 Hours 22 Minutes ago Athens Banner-Herald - Shelby Looney heard as many as 20 shots in the Beacon Hill Mobile Home Park at midnight last New Year's Eve, as revelers fired guns into the air to ring in 2008....
Consumers have options for keeping old gadgets out of landfills Found: 1 Week 4 Days 19 Hours 39 Minutes ago Athens Banner-Herald - As consumers start using the latest and greatest high-tech toys Santa put under their trees, it's more important than ever to recycle the old ones being replaced, said Don McFarland, owner of 5R Processors, the company that recycles electronics for the Athens-Clarke County Solid Waste Department....
Officials host groundbreaking for Agriculture Center near school Found: 3 Weeks 1 Day 19 Hours 29 Minutes ago Athens Banner-Herald - The excavator's powerful diesel engine roared and its scoop reached out. In just seconds a rock and brick chimney - the last vestige of an old farmhouse - crumbled to the Earth in a cloud of dust on a piece of cleared land on the outskirts of Danielsville....
Matt Thomas & Atlas Sponsor Holiday Food/Toy Drive Found: 3 Weeks 6 Days 12 Minutes ago Athens Banner-Herald - Matt Thomas, principal and licensed Realtor with Atlas Real Estate Advisors, is hosting a food/toy drive and pics with Santa at his holiday open house on Sunday December 14th from noon until 5pm at MadiSun Park Subdivision in Danielsville, GA....
School choice over in A-C Found: 3 Weeks 6 Days 21 Minutes ago Athens Banner-Herald - After months of deliberation, the Clarke County Board of Education agreed Thursday to do away with school choice and accept a plan that could send up to half of all students to new schools next fall....
Woman's love of art passed down through generations Found: 4 Weeks 1 Day 4 Hours 55 Minutes ago Athens Banner-Herald - For many people, artistic talents are elusive. But for one Madison County resident, the ability seems to be a genetic gift passed down through the generations. Ernestine Cochran can trace the skills from her grandparents and parents, and now is passing those to her own children....
Lady Raiders cruise in rout of Hurricanes Found: 1 Month 2 Days 23 Hours 47 Minutes ago Athens Banner-Herald - Danielsville - Both the Madison County and Monroe Area girls basketball teams reached the semifinals in last season's state playoffs. That was about all the two teams had in common Friday night.
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