Recently, I've seen many videos of surprise homecomings on television commercials and the internet, and everytime I watch I always tear up. It doesn't matter if it's parents returning home to their kids or a pet owner reunting with their dog; they are all touching. } more
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Cecil Chao Sze-tung, known as China's Hugh Hefner, has always snubbed the thought of traditional marriage...until last week when... } more
Dating has changed a lot over the years. When my parents were growing up, the man courted the woman and asked her father for permission to date. } more

Rep. Regina Quick, R-Athens, was one of two local delegates to score less than an "A+" in the Chamber of Commerce's annual legislative score card. She and I played phone tag Monday when I was reporting the story and I wasn't able to get her comments in a timely fashion. Instead, she sent over this statement Wednesday morning and she did not mince her words. (Links and italicized portions are my own; otherwise, it's as she wrote it.) Dear Friends: read more

The committee opted Tuesday night to put off deciding on the ordinance until, at the earliest, its next meeting. Of note: The Athens-Clarke County attorney highlighted that the proposed times are, in essence, placeholders for the commission to change or keep as it pleases. Full text of the Use of Public Right-of-Ways ordinance draft is below. read more
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