Atmore News

Ribbon cutting
The Atmore Area Chamber of Commerce held a ribbon cutting for Hometown Nutrition Thursday, March 4. Chamber board members joined the owner and employees for the occasion. Shown are, from left, A.J. Beachy, Erin Hankins, David Dobson, Karelis Morales, Sydney Stewart, Anna Boatwright, Angela Boatwright (owner), Savannah Spence, Emilee Waters, Anna Marie Gilchrist and Anna Norton.
Lights, camera, GECA!
1st 2021 show is film By ELLEN JOHNSON Special to Atmore News On Saturday, March 27, the Greater Escambia Council for the Arts will premiere its first ever filmed staging of a show with their performance of Shakespeare’s comedy, “A Midsummer Night’s Dream.” What started as a typical production for the organization turned into a film due to the challenges brought about by Covid-19. The cast and crew were made…
Chili cookoff
1st place – Triptek, from left, Tracy Miller, Garrie Singleton, Josh Martin, Rusty Miller, Miles Smith 2nd place – Comfort Care, Maggie Quimby and Jason Smith 3rd place and People’s Choice – The War Bama Chili Bar, from left, Ben Odom, Angela Leachman, Jarrod Leachman News Staff Report The Chamber of Commerce chili cookoff has been on hiatus for a couple of years, but it was back Saturday, February 27,…
CACC administrators to be honored
Special to Atmore News Three administrators with Coastal Alabama Community College will be honored by Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society (PTK) during PTK Catalyst 2021, the Society’s annual convention, broadcast live from Orlando, Florida, April 8-10. The Distinguished College Administrator Awards are presented to college vice presidents, deans, or directors serving at post-secondary institutions who have shown strong support of student success on their campus by recognizing academic achievement, leadership,…
Obituaries, week of March 7, 2021
Andrea Cumbie Boutwell   Boutwell Mrs. Andrea Cumbie Boutwell, age 49, passed away Sunday, February 28, 2021 at her home in Flomaton, Ala. She was a native of Fairhope, Ala. and had resided in Flomaton for most of her life. She was a retired school bus driver with the Escambia County Alabama School Board with twenty-one years of service and was on the Board of Trustees with Traveler’s Rest Cemetery. She…