Category: Community

Collier By RANDY TATANOSpecial to Atmore News Every teacher has a desk.But in Escambia County, they have two.When technology crashes in a classroom, a teacher needs help immediately. In the past, they’d have to fill out a request and wait for help to arrive. Now there’s a dedicated phone number to get immediate assistance from the school system’s technology department. And teachers won’t be talking to someone in a foreign…

The Atmore Public Library is holding a book sale this week. ALL books are 50 cents each – hardbacks and paperbacks. Many of these books are like new. You’ll find fiction, non-fiction, Christian fiction, large print, and children’s books. The sale ends Friday. Shown is library director Hope Lassiter.

The Atmore Area Chamber of Commerce held a ribbon cutting for Southern Elegance Thursday, September 15, at Heritage Park. Chamber board members and Ambassadors, and friends joined owner Dana Vickrey, her husband Todd, and their son Cody and his fiancé Ariel Faircloth for the occasion.

Special to Atmore News The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices has recommended the first updated COVID-19 boosters which target both the original strain of the virus and two of the Omicron variants (BA.4 and BA.5). People ages 12 and older are eligible to receive Pfizer-BioNTech boosters and people ages 18 and older may receive Moderna boosters which provide broader protection against the newer variants.Vaccine…

Special to Atmore News Officials with Atmore Community Hospital (ACH) announce the name of the former ACH MedPlus Building has been changed to ACH Specialty Care, which will be home to visiting specialists and the hospital’s general surgeon.“We are in the process of looking at area physicians who have an interest in holding a clinic in Atmore,” ACH administrator Brad Lowery said. “As of today, we have vascular care, general…