A giant animal of steel and myth skulked past Chase St. Thursday afternoon, scaring hipsters and townies without remorse. As far I could gather from the caption below this amazing rail car stencil, a bear cat (pictured above) is the bringer of a special kind of love. I’m a huge fan of railroad graffiti, but [...]
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May 12, 2010
Rochester Urban Farms
Sure, we’ve got a lot of problems in Athens – 30 percent poverty for starters. But, in many ways, it’s pretty nice here compared to other cities. For all our talk of blighted properties – vacant lots and boarded up homes – the hard work of folks like the Athens Land Trust, Hands on Athens, [...]
May 10, 2010
Food Stamps premier at Farmer’s Market
As Athens welcomed the return of its much beloved Farmer’s Market at Bishop Park Saturday, May 8th, the most significant addition to this year’s market was easy to overlook as shopper’s marveled at the season’s first harvest. A small plastic credit card machine, accessing a network through a cell phone, allowed EBT users to swipe [...]
