Weeks won't run for re-election to Oconee school board | Online Athens
Weeks won't run for re-election to Oconee school board | Online Athens
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School Board Chairman David Weeks Won't Seek Re-election
School Board Chairman David Weeks Won't Seek Re-election
Free pasta for those who come check out Mirko's new digs
Watkinsville's Mirko Pasta is expanding. Join the crew on Tuesday, March 15th at 11am for their official ribbon cutting! Not only will you get a free tour of the new space for showing up, but you'll also get to eat free pasta for breakfast!
Subway restaurant coming to Town Center in Watkinsville
Watkinsville diners will soon have another choice for breakfast, lunch and dinner in Town Center. Normally this would not make me bat an eye, but biking past local restauranteur and former UGA football coach Ray Goff coming out of Mirko's Pasta, I saw a "coming soon Subway" banner adorning the middle section where the clothing store used to be. Once upon a time there was a Quizno's where Mirko's is, so things have changed in this downtown space before. I would well imagine Mike Thornton is behind this one as well, but I do not know that. There are some Oconee County diners who will surely be happy to have a choice out of the David Weeks continuum of Mirko's and Barberitos and not wanting to take their family to Chops and Hops. There are others who dread the continued encroachment of a national chain and would rather keep Watkinsville weird (to paraphrase a slogan swiped from Austin and fitting for Athens). I worry about the negative effect on the sales t...
Family Dining Day Monday night at Oconee County restaurants
Maybe you will be coming back from the soccer fields of Oconee Veterans Park or Herman C. Michael like I will be with my family, but if you can eat out tomorrow night at one of our county's nine area eateries, the Oconee Area Resource Council and Family Connections will receive 10% of your tab. So eat up Monday at Oconee County restaurants such as Barberitos, Chick-Fil-A, Dickey's BBQ, Fox's Pizza, Jersey Mike's Subs, Mirko's, Scoops, Taco Stand or Zaxby's to contribute to the worthy cause while eating out with your family Monday, September 28, 2009
Just a few photos from recent events
These people came from Walton County and found First Friday by happenstance after a previously pleasurable dinning experience at Mirko's Pasta. They came in to Sweet ReTreats while a waitress brought in a nice dinner to the owner's daughter from neighboring Mirko's while we dined on a pair of hot dogs and a scoop.