Farmington News

The Georgia Nature Center will host the "Solar-Powered Music Festival" this weekend at the center, at 3001 Salem Road off U.S. Highway 441 in the Farmington community.

Concert-goers to this weekend's Solar Festival can rest assured they're minimizing their carbon footprint - at least with their ears.

A new film by historian Celestea Sharp was shown for the first time publicly at the Oconee County Library auditorium June 14.

Farmington resident Tony Glenn didn't fight the Oconee County commission to get them to listen - he just pressed "Record." Arguing that neighboring county governments already broadcast some meetings, a group of ...

Wednesday, June 11, 2008 Watkinsville Mayor still on target with commentary at most recent meeting I do not agree with every word or utterance out of the mouth of Watkinsville Mayor Jim Luken.

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Farmington potters are holding annual shows this weekend Story updated at 6:28 PM on Wednesday, June 4, 2008 Several local potters will be holding their annual sales and shows on Saturday and Sunday at the ...

Story updated at 10:26 PM on Sunday, May 25, 2008 Whether he was preaching or teaching, the Rev.

Story updated at 8:57 PM on Wednesday, May 21, 2008 The Oconee County Sheriff's Office reported the following incidents : Damage: On May 9, a man reported that he went to check on his brother-in-law's home on ...

“We saw this coming about 15 years ago at Oconee County”

Story updated at 11:48 PM on Tuesday, May 13, 2008 Despite the continuing urbanization of Oconee County, there's still plenty of evidence to support the idea that the community hasn't lost touch with it ... via Athens Banner-Herald

Story updated at 4:51 PM on Sunday, May 11, 2008 A group of Oconee County residents teamed up Tuesday to push county commissioners to once again consider televising or webcasting their meetings, citing other ... via Athens Banner-Herald

“We have such an adva-ntage being here. We are so much closer to campus - there are 35,000 students just down the street that can buy tickets”

Break out the blue jeans, belt buckles and boots - the Great Southland Stampede Rodeo is returning to Athens after spending the past four years outside of Athens-Clarke County. via The Red and Black

“We have shifted our focus to the youth of our community and surrounding communities”

Story updated at 7:28 PM on Wednesday, April 9, 2008 Rock N Relief 2008 will kick off Saturday at the Oconee County High School Warrior stadium with a talent show and performances by local rock bands. via Athens Banner-Herald

“We're having a family egg hunt the week before at Harris Shoals Park”

People line up for the start of the annual Oconee County Easter Egg Hunt at Heritage Park in 2006. via Athens Banner-Herald

“The first one was actually the truck stop”

Story updated at 11:56 PM on Thursday, February 14, 2008 A landowner has dismissed the lawsuit he filed against the Oconee County government for denying a rezone application to allow a controversial gas station ... via Athens Banner-Herald

“I have bad feelings when I drive down Hodges Mill”

Sam Mitchell, right, hugs his grandson, Mason, 6, during a dedication ceremony last year at his Oconee County farm, which was placed under a farm conservation program to protect it for the future. via Athens Banner-Herald

Athens Craftstravaganzaa Holiday Market 'Fresh Look' Film Festival Story updated at 7:00 PM on Friday, November 30, 2007 9 a.m.-5 p.m. today and Sunday, Farmington Pottery, 1171 Freeman Creek Road, Farmington ... via Athens Banner-Herald

“It needs to be flexible if it's going to be in perpetuity”

Story updated at 11:48 PM on Wednesday, November 28, 2007 An Oconee County farmer and the Athens Land Trust are celebrating the end this week to a complicated, first-of-a-kind deal that protects a 150-year-old ... via Athens Banner-Herald

“Making 130 ornaments was easy compared to that. That only took two or three days.”

Molded by the breath and hands of Loretta Eby Loretta Eby blows glass after adding colored chips recently at her Watkinsville studio at Happy Valley Pottery. via Athens Banner-Herald

“I've always been of this nature”

"I had a little money saved up and built my shop. That was the happiest time of my life," Alfred Rudolph Bell reflected one day at the retirement home that he now calls home. via Athens Banner-Herald