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Dennis' banner year isn't over just yet
Who could blame Madison County golfer Lee Dennis for not wanting 2010 to end?

Banner-Herald all-area wrestling team
First team

Jobless, house payment due, but fund's there
Chris was stumped. He had lost his job, but still was waiting for his unemployment checks to start. Meanwhile, he was in danger of losing the house he shared with his wife and three children if he didn't make a payment.

Cleveland, longtime director at ABH, dies
Gary Cleveland, the man responsible for producing the Athens Banner-Herald for the past 29 years, died Sunday morning after succumbing to a brain tumor discovered in May. He was 63.

Vandals flip signs, create road hazards
Vandals who turned 35 road signs -- including warning signs -- upside down earlier this week created a dangerous situation for motorists along Ruth Jackson Road in Bogart, Oconee County Roads Superintendent Michael Weathers said Wednesday.

Plum Voice Has Banner Year in 2011
NEW YORK, Feb. 21, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Interactive Voice Response (IVR) and survey utility leader Plum Voice experienced record growth again in 2011—the company's best year ever. In 2011, Plum's cloud-based (hosted) IVR service, premise-based systems and telephone survey platform fueled record sales.

Hanna named top Banner-Herald editor
A newsroom veteran will take the reins of the Athens Banner-Herald today, replacing departed executive editor Jason Winders.

Forum: Advice to the Banner-Herald: Be the watchdog
Executive Editor Melissa Hanna's recent column on the Banner-Herald's quest for reinvention prompted me to provide some historical context that reveals change has been the constant in Athens newspaper journalism (Column, "Reinvention is newspapers' challenge," Aug. 16). What's missing today is competition.