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By SHERRY DIGMON News Publisher While we’re “rockin’ around the Christmas tree” and singing Auld Lang Syne, we’re also working around a scheduling nightmare. First, Atmore News. Our regular publish date is December 25. That week, we’ll publish the paper on Monday, December 23. We’ll do our home delivery and fill the racks and inside store sales that evening. The office will be closed Tuesday through Thursday, December 24-26. The…

Thousands lined the streets Saturday evening, December 14, for the annual Christmas parade. This year’s theme was Dr. Seuss. Atmore Community “Who-Spital” (at left) won first place and Poarch Facilities (at right) won the Judges Award for “Oh, The Places You’ll Go.” The Lions Club float won second place and K-9 Kleaners was third.

Atmore Area Chamber of Commerce officials, along with officials of several local business and industrial concerns, a state representative and a county commissioner unveiled Tuesday, December 17, the latest effort at local marketing and workforce development. The event, held at ECHS’s Hodnette Auditorium, was to display the first four of 17 steel trains that will eventually be displayed throughout the Atmore area, similar to the Pelicans in Paradise initiative in…

Santa was busy around town Saturday, December 14. That morning, he led the LA Bikers Toyz for Kidz ride (at left), delivering gifts to make kids’ Christmas merry and bright. That evening, he was on the United Bank float (at right), waving and throwing goodies to the crowd during Atmore’s Twilight Christmas Parade.

Arrests in Circle K, Piggly Wiggly hold-ups; Grey Goose robbery still under investigation By DON FLETCHER News Staff Writer Atmore police arrested last week two local men — one wanted in connection with the December 7 armed robbery of the Kangaroo Express (Circle K) convenience store on West Nashville Avenue, and one believed to be responsible for the armed robbery three days earlier of the Davisville, Fla. Piggly Wiggly. An…