Author: Don Fletcher

Don Fletcher

Almost done
Equipment operators with Suncoast Infrastructure refill the trench dug to work on the main sewer line that runs beneath Short Street and serves Perch, Bream and Trout streets. The Mississippi-based company is nearing completion of the three-months-plus, half-million dollar sewer rehabilitation project, all but a small portion of which is being paid for with a Community Development Block Grant.
by Don Fletcher access_time8 years ago
National Walking Day held
Twenty-one individuals from the Chamber and three other organizations participated in the first-ever local observance of National Walking Day, held April 5 at Atmore Area YMCA, including employees and executives of United Bank, an area official of Point Broadband and several of the local Y’s employees and board members. Shown above are walkers and Y personnel. Shown below, from left, front, Brandy Giger, Jordan Barnett, Emily Harp; back, Daniel Harp…
by Don Fletcher access_time8 years ago
Former airport manager honored for 44 years of service
After Atmore City Council members quickly disposed of the two business items on their April 9 meeting agenda, they took a brief moment to honor an individual who had been a fixture at the local airport for more than four decades. Freddie McCall Jr., who now manages the local aerodrome, presented a plaque of appreciation to Mickey Parker, who began his acquaintance with the local flight facility in 1973 and…
by Don Fletcher access_time8 years ago
Atmore’s first Habitat home dedicated
Kim Fountain of Atmore and her three children celebrated on March 31 a new chapter in the history of their family and in the history of Escambia County Habitat for Humanity. When Fountain accepted the keys to 507 East Craig Street, which is the first Habitat house erected within the city limits of Atmore, from local Habitat board president Jason Newby, she became a homeowner for the first time. “It’s…
by Don Fletcher access_time8 years ago
Deer causes 6 cars to hit I-65 guardrail
A deer that was trying to cross Interstate 65 in the predawn hours of March 30 triggered a bizarre incident during which a vehicle struck a guardrail, tore it loose and sent it across two lanes of traffic, where five other vehicles ran over or struck the twisted piece of metal. According to Alabama State Trooper reports, the chain of relatively minor accidents started around 5:48 a.m. when 79-year-old William…
by Don Fletcher access_time8 years ago