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2018 Election
Free, Discounted #ElectionDay Transportation to Be Offered in Athens
For Athens residents who won’t be driving to the polls tomorrow, you have other options to get there. Riding Athens Transit, or taking Uber or Lyft are ways to get to the polls to cast your vote. A list of 21 polling places and the bus routes to get there…
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Athens-Clarke County
When One Bus Door Opens, Another Closes: Athens Transit Reroute Benefits Some, Inconveniences Others
The Athens Transit System, otherwise known as “The Bus,” has undergone marked changes to 10 of its 20 routes as of July 1 this past summer. These adjustments were made with the intention to expand ridership, increase cost-effectiveness and decrease the length of wait times at hundreds of bus stops throughout…
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Athens-Clarke County
Sinkhole Stops Cedar Shoals High School Bus
A Cedar Shoals High School bus hit a sinkhole while carrying students to school in Athens’ Nellie B community. It happened on Tuesday. No one was injured. Athens Public Utilities Director Glenn Coleman told Grady Newsource a broken six-inch water main washed away soil supporting the asphalt. Nellie B residents regained…
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Athens-Clarke County
Special Needs School Transportation Gets an Update
Oglethorpe County School System will spend their government transportation bond on a new bus in 2017. The bond, worth more than $77,000, will replace one of the school system’s special needs buses, which happens to be the oldest bus in the fleet. Currently, Oglethorpe County owns just four special needs…
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Madison County
Brenda Arrendale: Life of a Caring Bus Driver
Madison County, Ga- Meet Brenda Arrendale, a bus driver for Madison County and a retired special ed teacher. She has been driving her bus for 36 years, and she decided she still wanted to driver her bus even though she retired from teaching because she loves the kids that she…
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Northeast Georgia News
No Friend Eats Alone on Thanksgiving Thanks to One Man
Reporter: Emily Curl Jack Ansley is the owner of Jack’s restaurant in Braselton. He has owned this place for seven years- and the customers have become more like family. We all have our own Thanksgiving traditions, but Jack has a pretty unique that includes twenty-five of his closest customers. Jack…
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UGA Transit New Bus App
While some students may play the guessing game when it comes to exams– they won’t have to guess when their buses will arrive. The UGA Transit System released a new app called Route Shout. The app allows students to locate the buses and updates them on arrival times. It’s been…