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News Staff Report The 14th annual Christmas in Candyland event, a holiday party for youngsters throughout the Atmore area, will take place this Saturday, December 18, at Grace Fellowship Church.The fun and fellowship will begin at 3 p.m., said Betty Cox, founder and administrator of Change of Mind Outreach, the event’s sponsor. The annual party includes a hot meal, free Christmas goodies, free toys and games for the youngsters, and…

News Staff Report Calvin Grace, director of the City of Atmore Streets & Sanitation Department, announced that solid waste collection would proceed as usual on Christmas Eve (December 24) and the Monday after Christmas (December 27).City crews will begin running routes at 7 a.m. each day and could possibly arrive earlier or later than usual at various locations, he said.The city’s recycling center at 412 East Ridgeley Street will be…

By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer Atmore City Council approved six separate resolutions and named two individuals to the city’s zoning board during the council’s Monday, December 13, meeting.Each of the resolutions was passed unanimously, with no discussion and no comment, by city governors, who also voted in unison to appoint Elliott Faircloth and Shaquanda Kyles to the Board of Zoning Adjustments.The first resolution was to allow Civil Southeast to apply…

Woman,men charged with drug possession Hadley Lassiter Jones By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer An Atmore woman who admitted during a December 2 traffic stop that she had marijuana in her purse was arrested, but not for the small quantity of pot she had in her possession. Instead, it was what else that was in her purse that landed her in jail.APD Chief Chuck Brooks said this week that Sabrae Paeton…

Wallace By RANDY TATANOSpecial to Atmore News He’s been an English teacher, a minister and a US Marine, and now Coleman Wallace has a new job title: President of the Escambia County School Board.Originally from New Jersey, Wallace spent much of his life in the Garden State before retiring to Alabama in 2008. He spent time working at Drexel University and Antioch University in admissions and counseling. Years later he…