Todd DeFeo, Author at Sightseers' Delight

ABH: Winder merchants: Old hotel not the spot for parking lot

September 6, 2005 Todd DeFeo

Saying a deck could alleviate parking problems downtown, Winder City Council members in December agreed to purchase the Old Granite Hotel building for $200,000.

ABH: Taxpayers to foot bill after Barrow loses commandments suit

August 11, 2005 Todd DeFeo

Barrow County commissioners voted 4-2 Tuesday night to spend taxpayer dollars to cover the legal fees an anonymous resident incurred when he sued the government over a Ten Commandments display at the courthouse in Winder.

ABH: Funding will drive study on proposed interstates

July 29, 2005 Todd DeFeo

Funding to the tune of $1.32 million will go toward studying the proposed Interstate 3 between Savannah and Knoxville, Tenn., under legislation the U.S. House of Representatives was expected to approve late Thursday night.

ABH: Commandments display removed

July 20, 2005 Todd DeFeo

A Ten Commandments display in the Barrow County Courthouse, which was the subject of a nearly two-year legal battle, has been quietly removed, in compliance with a federal court order.

ABH: Blast kills one, rocks small town

June 21, 2005 Todd DeFeo

A cigarette or static electricity may be to blame for a fatal explosion at an oil facility in this south Jackson County city Sunday night, authorities said Monday, but state officials considered the incident to be an accident.

ABH: Plans for regional jail put away for now

June 1, 2005 Todd DeFeo

The concept of a regional jail, which could house inmates from several Athens-area counties, appears to be dead.

Depot renovation on track

May 20, 2005 Todd DeFeo

For more than 120 years, the city’s historic train depot has served as the centerpiece of this western Jackson County town.

All’s still well in the city of Hull

May 16, 2005 Todd DeFeo

It’s so small that at one point in 2003, the only city council members were the mayor and his w

Navy School slated for closure

May 13, 2005 Todd DeFeo

The Navy Supply Corps School, a staple of Athens’ Normaltown community for more than 50 years, will close as a part of this year’s round of Base Realignment and Closures (BRAC), according to the office of U.S. Rep. John Barrow, D-Athens.

Some see old courthouses as part community foundation

April 25, 2005 Todd DeFeo

For some, they no longer serve as the centerpiece of government, now little more than a half-occupied office building housing only one or two government offices. But courthouses are the heart of a community.