March 5, 2016 On the heels of President Obama's criticism of the recently passed bipartisan anti-BDS Trade Facilitation and Trade Enforcement Act last...
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Special Features Archives
Valley Mowing Company: Making Alabama The Beautiful Even More So
Over 125 years ago, the Lovvorn family came to our area, and continued to settle the state whose motto is...
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Poke Sallet Follies
Friday, Saturday, Sunday, March 11, 12 and 13, Athens Senior Center; Friday and Saturday at 7 p.m. with dinner; Sunday,...
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Matthew Huggins For District Court Judge, Place 2
Matthew Huggins will firmly tell you that he “appreciates having grown up in this community.” As we chatted, he told...
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Athens to host exhibit on Judge Horton and Scottsboro Boys
Athens to host exhibit on Judge Horton and Scottsboro Boys Exhibit includes family treasures stored in lard bucket When the...
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Re-Elect Ben Harrison As Limestone County Commissioner, District 4
In 2012, when I interviewed Ben Harrison during his successful campaign for the Limestone County District 4 Commissioner, I was...
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Athens Rehab And Senior Care Spotlight On June Van Pamel
June Van Pamel was born in London on June 7th, 1928, and for the first eleven years of her life...
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Battling BDS
American actor Michael Douglas and Jewish Agency for Israel Chairman Natan Sharansky recently visited three college campuses in the US...
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Jim Moffatt For District Court Judge: Experience From Adoptions To Zoning
Jim Moffatt was born near Sandusky, MI, and finished his growing up years in Minor Hill, TN. His family was...
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Arise And Build
The history of TrinitySchool will come to life onstage in February with the production of Arise and Build, a musical...
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Athens Rehab And Senior Care Spotlight On Lora Allen
Lora Allen was born at home in Limestone County on January 11, 1943. Her auntie, who was a midwife, delivered...
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Tan Lines: Full Service Tanning And A Boutique Within The Salon
Judy Springer has been a long time “fan of the tan,” and 18 months ago was a regular customer at...
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Serendipity Antiques And Interiors: One Year Later
Sandy Collins knows what it is like to be a success in the corporate world. She has been both a...
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SOS Insurance: Affordable Rates, Dedicated Agents, And An Additional Location
Are you aware that if it is extremely difficult for you to qualify for insurance, there are two experienced insurance...
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Athens Rehab And Senior Care Spotlight On Dr. Shawky Tadros
Shawky Tadros was born 85 years ago in Egypt, and has lived one heck of an interesting life. He got...
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Rocket City Barns: It’s Barn Season, And There Are Great Bargains And Service To Be Garnered!
Marcy Baker, owner of Rocket City Motors, and more recently, Rocket City Barns, has such a strong entrepreneurial spirit that...
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One Love Hearing Concepts: “You Deserve To Hear”
Zeke Creasy is a guy who, in my view, personifies my favorite type of Athens Now client: one who puts...
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Pawsh Pet Styling And Barkery: Spas For Those With Paws
This past March may have “roared in like a lion and gone out like a lamb,” but it also was...
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Homeland Trading Company: Putting A Good Thing Out There
For this fall football season, Auburn, UNA and Alabama fans alike will be able to sport the colors of their...
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Athens Rehab And Senior Care Spotlight On Edna Higginbotham
Edna Noreen Higginbotham was born in 1915, the second of several children, and moved here when she was a girl....
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