Author: Don Fletcher

Strand project gets state OK, receives grant By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer Although the scheduled start date for The Pride of Atmore’s Strand Theatre-Atmore Hardware Store renovation project has come and gone, organizers are still wearing smiles on their faces.Good news came last week in the announcement by Rural Development Partners (RDP) and Coastal Growers LLC that the two had teamed up to provide a $150,000 grant to help fund…

By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer During the Monday, April 12, meeting of the Atmore City Council, members appointed three individuals to the city’s Industrial Development Board and re-appointed two others, approved a mental health awareness event, and gave the green light to the purchase of a used excavator for use at the city landfill.Mayor Jim Staff told the council the excavator purchase was a “good deal” that would help save…

By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer While Atmore Area Chamber of Commerce officials announced that one of the community’s most popular festivals would resume after a one-year hiatus, officials of Poarch Band of Creek Indians announced that its annual Thanksgiving Pow Wow will be put on hold for the second straight year.Chamber officials announced on the organization’s Facebook page that the annual Mayfest observance — postponed, then canceled last year due…

OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer The former Atmore Area YMCA building that has remained vacant, shuttered and mold-ridden since the organization ceased operations more than two years ago, might have a bright future.Mayor Jim Staff told city council members during a Monday, April 12, workshop that he has been working on a plan to utilize the historic building, which once served as the city high school, or…