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Athens Opening The Square Arts & Entertainment DistrictATHENS- On Friday, June 19 at 5:00pm The Square Arts & Entertainment District will open in Downtown Athens!
June 8th City Council meeting to designate a portion of downtown Athens as an entertainment district. The Square Arts & Entertainment District will extend for approximately a block on each side of the Limestone County Courthouse. Athens Main Street Director, Tere Richardson says “We had been working with the Mayor and City Council for six months to evaluate establishing...
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Celebrate Summer with Fridays After FiveATHENS- Celebrate summer by enjoying all Downtown Athens has to offer the entire family! Fridays After Five will be on selected Fridays of each month in June - August, beginning this Friday, June 19, from 5-8 p.m. in downtown Athens, AL. Future dates include July 17 and August 14. Put the dates on your calendar. Fridays After Five was created to attract residents and out-of-towners alike to dine, shop and enjoy live entertainment while appreciating the historical beauty of the downtown area. Participating businesses and restaurants will remain... Be aware of I-565E exit changes New Greenbrier ramp to open; detour for eastbound Mooresville exit HUNTSVILLE — The Alabama Department of Transportation advises motorists of upcoming changes at two interchanges on Interstate 565 in Limestone County: The new eastbound Exit 3 offramp from I-565 to Greenbrier Road and Swancott Road will open Wednesday, June 17. Wednesday night, the contractor will begin setting barriers to temporarily close both eastbound ramps at Exit 2 (Mooresville Road). Eastbound traffic to and from Mooresville Road will be detoured... A Message from the organizers of the Blanche Freedom Festival 2020From the organizers of the Blanche Freedom Festival is in Blanche, Tennessee Via Facebook
2020! Need we say more. We want to let everyone know a quick update on the Freedom Festival this year. At the first of the year the committee met and decided not to move ahead with the event this year. Many factors weighed in on this decision but let me share just a couple. First, we just didn't feel a peace about putting it on this year in our hearts. Several of our originators have moved forward and we felt it may be time to just end it. Second, with the new school being built, several of the programs are working to raise money in the community to help fund a new playground for the kids as well as sport facility. These two things will not be provided in the building of the school so people are working real hard to raise the money and we didn't want to take away from this great movement. Now we are dealing with the Pandemic of Covid 19 and i'm sure glad we made the decision we did. It would be hard to ask... Athens Red, White & Boom In July 2020 Making Efforts To Go Forward with In-Car Viewing and Additional RestrictionsThe Athens-Limestone County Tourism Association initially announced on June 11, 2020 that public safety in the face of COVID-19 outbreaks and the increasing occurrence was to take precedent this year after initial guidelines for fireworks displays outlined not only social distancing guidelines but additional mitigation efforts like contact tracing and limiting capacity – a difficult task for a small organization that would require strict attendance control to a limited number and turning away crowds once capacity was met.
Athens-Limestone Tourism is... Health and Safety First, No Red, White & Boom In July 2020The Athens-Limestone community will have less bang and sparkle this 4th of July as the Athens-Limestone County Tourism Association opts to heed to the side of caution after reviewing the guidelines offered by the State of Alabama for large community gathering and several agencies requirement of a detailed mitigation and response plan that included limiting attendance, assuring people would willfully maintaining 6 feet social distancing within their cars for the duration of the event, having a process in place potentially to contract trace attendees in case of a COVID-19 outbreak, and other points that such a small organization couldn’t provide.
By DAVID RAINER, Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources
Thankfully, with a few exceptions, Alabama State Parks remain open during the COVID-19 restrictions. And as diligent as always, our park rangers are on duty to deal with any situation that might arise with everything from a welcoming wave and helpful hand to rescuing park visitors in peril. That peril was particularly apparent last December when a line of storms started moving through north Alabama. Joe Wheeler State Park Ranger Ryan Robertson was on patrol on December 16, 2019, while Ranger David Barr had the day off, or so he thought. “That afternoon, we had some pretty volatile weather,” Barr said. “Ryan was running duty, and I stopped him at the boat ramp and told him I would be home if it got bad.” It got bad... Special Waterfowl Hunting Days Announced for Youth, Veterans and Active Military PersonnelThe Alabama Division of Wildlife and Freshwater Fisheries (WFF) has designated Saturday, November 23, 2019, as one of the 2019-2020 hunting season’s Special Youth, Veteran and Active Military Personnel Waterfowl Hunting Days. The second of the two special waterfowl hunting days is scheduled for February 8, 2020. On those days... ALDOT To Repair I-65N River Bridge |
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The public is invited to a celebration of the United States Constitution on September 18, 2019, at the historic McCandless Hall at Athens State University. The event is hosted by Athens State University and the John Wade Keyes DAR. The festivities will begin...
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