Northeast Georgia News
Reporting from Barrow, Clarke, Jackson, Madison, Oconee and surrounding counties.
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BikeAthens: Laying Foundations for Transportation
Nonprofit BikeAthens works to expand equity and safety for bicyclists and pedestrians in Athens, Georgia.
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Madison County Farm Owners Bring Corn Maze, Exotic Petting Zoo to Northeast Georgia
Walking through a corn maze can be exciting and mysterious. The tall stalks of corn loom overhead, and with each turn the path becomes more difficult. But the process to grow a maze is harder than it looks. Broad River Corn Maze farm owners Michelle Kaye and Jennifer McClure realized…
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Avid Bookshop Reopens Its Doors, Navigates Pandemic
UPDATED: 1:56 p.m. October 7, 2021 UPDATE: This week, Avid Bookshop opened for browsing on Tuesdays in addition to the regular Wednesday-Saturday hours. “One of the darkest moments of last year was when I realized that I wasn’t doing what I found most fulfilling at the job, which is connecting…
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Milledge Avenue Church’s Pumpkin Sale Raises Funds, Promotes Inclusivity
The Milledge Avenue Baptist Church’s pumpkin patch is a fall tradition for some students and area residents and an annual fundraiser for the congregation. It opened Oct. 3, and students in Prof. Lori Johnston’s Religion Reporting course on Oct. 4 interviewed clergy, volunteers and shoppers for quick-turn stories. Their social…
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Lay Me Down to Rest: COVID-19’s Impact on Local Gravediggers
The jaws of the machine tear and pull at the stubborn ground like a mechanical madman. Dirt clods fall from the teeth of the machine as gravediggers force the ground to make way for another body — another COVID-19 body. This is what the gravediggers at Master Grave Service,…
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Oconee County Brings in Specialized Van to Determine Road Repaving Needs
Lights flash behind David McGhee as he begins his 390-mile journey surveying roads in Oconee County. McGhee is an operator with consulting firm Infrastructure Management Services or IMS. He is traveling through the county in a van equipped with state-of-the-art lasers to analyze the road conditions. “I collect all the data that…
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Remembering 9/11, Twenty Years Later: Paul Eidson
Paul Eidson, U.S. Air Force, retired Once word came in that the United States was under attack, his unit issued a Threatcon Delta, which is the highest awareness level of security for a terrorist attack, and that was the only time he experienced that call. He said experiencing 9/11 reinforced…
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Remembering 9/11, Twenty Years Later: Kayla Bergeron
Kayla Bergeron, a 9/11 survivor, at the Special Equestrians of Georgia center in Alpharetta, Georgia “Life is fragile. It can change in a second. I went from the dream job with a view of the Statue of Liberty on the 68th floor in the north tower. And it was taken…
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Remembering 9/11, Twenty Years Later: Bob Hart
Bob Hart, Athens artist who created a memorial trail as a tribute to those who were killed in the September 11, 2001 attacks “There was still smoke coming up a month later that you could see there. It was a New York like I’d never seen before. When you’re in…
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Remembering 9/11, Twenty Years Later: Dylan Cruz
Dylan Cruz, student veteran and employee of the Student Veterans Resource Center at the University of Georgia “When 9/11 happened, I was 8 years old. My parents sat me down and told me — from what I can remember — that things were going to be different, that things were…