John Halley

The Honor Guard makes a dramatic gun salute during the Veterans Day ceremony against the colorful fall foliage.

East Elementary School made their presence known in the annual Veterans Day Parade with waving flags and a patriotic homemade banner on Saturday in downtown Athens.

With the Athens County Courthouse as a backdrop, veterans and Army ROTC cadets march down Court Street in the annual Veterans Day Parade on Saturday.

It was a great day for students from Athens and Fort Fry Middle Schools. They learned a lot about early America at the Living History field day at Federal Valley Resource Center in Stewart. There were eight stations where members of the 13th Virginia Living History Center and Caesar’s Ford Theater (tribal citizens from Oklahoma and Indiana) dressed in period attire and demonstrated early American and Native American life. David Irvin is pictured here with his Revolutionary War musket. At one point, the students used wooden muskets to get the feel of early military service. Robert Brookover, from Cincinnati, Ohio, is shown with his hand carved wooden canoe. Using a canoe was a popular way to travel in the wilderness when there were no roads. The middle schoolers that attended this event have experienced a little bit of what life was like for early Americans and native people.

PHILIPSBURG--Heavy rains over the course of two nights have caused nearly 200 new potholes to emerge on St. Maarten’s roads, highlighting the island’s long-standing infrastructure challenges. Minister of Public Housing, Spatial Planning, Environment, and Infrastructure VROMI Patrice Gumbs addressed the issue during Wednesday’s Council of Ministers press briefing, describing the situation as significant but manageable.

Santa’s Workshop on Court Street in Athens was busy on Friday evening. Hundreds of kids came face-to-face with Kris Kringle, requesting Christmas gifts and engaging in causal conversation with jolly Saint Nick.

Santa visits Nelsonville

The staff of the "Athens News" and the "Athens Messenger" would like to wish its readers a merry Christmas and a happy New Year. Today also marks the final issue of the "Athens News" for 2024. See you in 2025!

Back row: Jordan Davis, Mary Jolley, Gabriel Scotto, Brenda Brown, Paul Reynolds, Tom Leake Front row: Adam Calhoun, Cherish Cunningham, Paula Keplar, Angela Wince, Anna Millar, Laura Zielinski