Month: September 2018

Don Fletcher

Taste of the South Sept. 20
By DON FLETCHER News Staff Writer Atmore Area Chamber of Commerce’s Taste of the South, a showcase of many of the best cooks, cooking teams and bakers in and around the community, will turn 15 this year, and Chamber officials are gearing up for a big celebration. This year’s cooking competition — set for 5-8 p.m. next Thursday, September 20, at Heritage Park — will be the initial one for…
by Don Fletcher access_time6 years ago
Honoring first responders
By SHERRY DIGMON News Staff Writer For the 12th year, the congregation of Trinity Episcopal Church hosted a Blue Sunday service to remember those who perished September 11, 2001, in the attack on America. This year’s service, Sunday, September 9, was held jointly by Trinity and St. Anna’s Episcopal Church, Poarch. The Rt. Rev. J. Russell Kendrick, Bishop of the Diocese of the Central Gulf Coast, officiated. The Rev. Jeffrey…
by Sherry Digmon access_time6 years ago
Sunshine Law broken?
By DON FLETCHER News Staff Writer Atmore’s mayor and city council dealt with a heavier than usual agenda during their Monday, September 10, meeting, but it was an item that was not on the agenda that resulted in an apparent violation of the Alabama Open Meetings Act. Among other business, council members officially set the annual trick-or-treat period, gave the green light to the purchase of five new police cars…
by Don Fletcher access_time6 years ago
Hospital no hasty decision
Plan to build new, smaller hospital was 3 years in the making By DON FLETCHER News Staff Writer During the Atmore City Council’s September 10 workshop, the mayor and council were given some insight into the planned construction of a new, state-of-the-art medical center for the community and surrounding area. Atmore Community Hospital Board Chair Nancy Lowrey and Escambia County Healthcare Authority Chair Ruth Harrell shared the lead on a…
by Don Fletcher access_time6 years ago
Obituaries for the week of September 9, 2018
Henry Raymond “Pop” Robbins Mr. Henry Raymond “Pop” Robbins, age 81, passed away Wednesday, September 5, 2018 in Century, Fla. He was a native and life-long resident of McDavid, Fla. He was a brick mason by trade and an avid fisherman. He was of the Baptist faith. He was preceded in death by his parents, Luther and Stella Robbins; one son, Ricky Robbins; wife, Margaret Louise Nicholas; two brothers, James…
by Atmore News access_time6 years ago