The party started early in Athens as community officials and business people began celebrating on the eve of Independence Day.

Athens gold medallists Lee Pearson, Deborah Criddle and Anne Dunham are named in Britain's Para-equestrian dressage team for the Beijing Games.

Another collision involving a train and a vehicle in Athens. This one happened Saturday afternoon as an Anderson Alabama man, Johnny Scott, apparently ran his pickup into a train at the Market Street crossing.

Issue date: 4/22/08 Section: News Members of local Athens band Incognito play in the Tate Plaza as part of GA NORML at the University's Benefit Festival on Monday. via The Red and Black

Special Story updated at 11:50 PM on Saturday, September 15, 2007 Heather Rae Hammond and William Alan NeSmith were united in marriage at sunset on August 11, 2007 on the beach of Little Cumberland Island, ... via Athens Banner-Herald

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