Good morning, Athens.

Duluth-based singer-songwriter Charlie Parr performed at the 2025 Nelsonville Music Festival Sycamore Sessions at Stuart’s Opera House, delivering songs from his albums and two covers - one paying tribute to Spider John Koerner and one a classic gospel tune - as part of a WOUB and Ohio University collaboration.

Jenna Pfeiffer, a senior philanthropy coordinator at OhioHealth Foundation, is boosting her nonprofit career by pursuing an online MPA at Ohio University (she won the Marty Wall MPA Scholarship earlier this year) while balancing full-time work.

She says the degree will help her take on more leadership roles.

Local agencies issued weekly announcements with audits for Athens and its school district, road updates on U.S. 33, and free Christmas tree pickups.

Youth registration for the Albany Fair board, amateur radio classes, and village council openings are available, and NAMI Athens seeks youth for a mental health council.

Local child care providers face financial stress after the state’s publicly funded program revised full- and part-time care hour requirements on Nov.

1, reducing reimbursement rates. Providers worry the rollback of enrollment-based reimbursements may force centers to turn away families amid ongoing challenges.