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Join the Arbor Day Foundation – Get 10 free shade trees
National Arbor Day is Friday, April 28, this year, and the Arbor Day Foundation is making it easy for anyone to celebrate the annual tree-planting holiday. Join the Foundation in April and receive 10 free shade trees. By joining the Foundation in April, new members receive the following trees: red oak, sugar maple, weeping willow, baldcypress, thornless honeylocust, pin oak, river birch, tuliptree, silver maple, and red maple. The free…
Firefighters at work
From left, Atmore Fire Department Lt. Wayne Kelley, Capt. Zack Stewart and Asst. Chief Daniel Love, each of whom has carpentry experience, install rafters for a 150-foot long pole barn being erected at the city maintenance facility on East Ridgely Street. City firemen are often called on to handle or help with projects that fall outside the normal purview of the department, saving the city money and helping fill the…
Atmore gearing up for Alabama Bicentennial
Looking ahead to the state’s bicentennial (ALABAMA 200), a group met Thursday, March 30, to talk about Atmore’s involvement in the three-year celebration. Alabama will officially turn 200 on December 14, 2019, and the state is dedicating three years to special events, projects and initiatives. The three years are designated as follows: 2017 Exploring Our Places 2018 Honoring Our People 2019 Sharing Our Stories The local committee’s first project is…
Community Foundation hosting author Robert Putnam
The Community Foundation of South Alabama is hosting Robert Putnam, author of the New York Times bestseller, Our Kids: The American Dream in Crisis, Thursday, April 20, 1 p.m. to 3 p.m., in the Alabama School of Math and Science Auditorium, 1255 Dauphin Street, Mobile. This event is free and open to the public, but please register at the Community Foundation website, www.communityfoundationsa.org. The following information is provided by The…