Month: November 2019

News Staff Report The City of Atmore and the Alabama Department of Environmental Management will jointly sponsor a Brownfield 101 workshop this Thursday, November 14, at Atmore City Hall. The workshop will include many aspects of recovering brownfields — properties that are either contaminated or thought to be contaminated and usually idle, underutilized or abandoned — that might be made safe for redevelopment. Among the topics to be discussed are…

News Staff Reports An expanded version of Music on Main, featuring a series of indoor and outdoor musical performances for shoppers enjoying extended hours in many stores, will take place next Thursday, November 21, from 5:30 p.m. until 7 p.m. The event promises fun for all ages and allows shoppers to finish last-minute Thanksgiving shopping and to get a jump-start on Christmas shopping while enjoying numerous and varied musical performances…

News Staff Report The Greater Escambia Council for the Arts is presenting “Bus Stop” next week. “Bus Stop” is a drama, with romantic and some comedic elements. It is set in a diner in rural Kansas, about 25 miles west of Kansas City, Missouri during a snowstorm from which bus passengers must take shelter. The show runs Thursday, Nov. 21, through Saturday, Nov. 23, 7 p.m. each night, and Sunday,…

Former Atmore tire dealer failed to pay for merchandise By DON FLETCHER News Staff Writer A former Atmore businessman surrendered to the Escambia County Sheriff’s Office November 5 after an investigation by Flomaton police led to a charge against him of first degree theft by deception. According to an employee of the Escambia County Detention Center’s booking and release division, Christopher Rowland, 35, former owner of Rowland’s Tires, was released…

By DON FLETCHER News Staff Writer Escambia County High school Principal Dennis Fuqua said last week that his school’s inclusion on Alabama’s “failing schools” list for the second straight year has no effect on how steadily the school’s student population is progressing, as reflected in the recently released Alabama State Report Card for each school. “Being on that list again does not take away from the great things we have…