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GECA to present Arsenic and Old Lace
By SHERRY DIGMON News Staff Writer The Greater Escambia Council for the Arts is bringing back an old favorite – Arsenic and Old Lace, a 1944 dark comedy by Joseph Kesselring. The show features a recently married confirmed bachelor, two eccentric aunts, a disturbed uncle, a homicidal brother … and a corpse hidden in a window seat. It’s all in good fun. Show dates are Thursday through Saturday, Sept. 27-29,…
by Sherry Digmon access_time7 years ago
‘New’ truck for AFD
‘Best pumper city has ever had’ By DON FLETCHER News Staff Writer Most folks might consider an almost-20-year-old vehicle as anything but new. But when it comes to trucks designed for fire suppression operations, one that old is just starting to get broken in. Atmore Fire Department Chief Ron Peebles said the department’s newest vehicle — a 1999 Spartan pumper bought as a replacement for an AFD unit that was…
by Don Fletcher access_time7 years ago
Atmore men caught with pot
News Staff Report Two Atmore men were among the latest caught in a crackdown by East Brewton police on the possession and use of illegal substances within the city. Cleo Frye III, 25, of a Short Street address, and 22-year-old Dalvin Williams Frye, who lives on Second Street, were each arrested on a second-degree marijuana possession charge after the car in which they were traveling was pulled over by police,…
by Atmore News access_time7 years ago
Taste of the South Sept. 20
By DON FLETCHER News Staff Writer Atmore Area Chamber of Commerce’s Taste of the South, a showcase of many of the best cooks, cooking teams and bakers in and around the community, will turn 15 this year, and Chamber officials are gearing up for a big celebration. This year’s cooking competition — set for 5-8 p.m. next Thursday, September 20, at Heritage Park — will be the initial one for…
by Don Fletcher access_time7 years ago
Honoring first responders
By SHERRY DIGMON News Staff Writer For the 12th year, the congregation of Trinity Episcopal Church hosted a Blue Sunday service to remember those who perished September 11, 2001, in the attack on America. This year’s service, Sunday, September 9, was held jointly by Trinity and St. Anna’s Episcopal Church, Poarch. The Rt. Rev. J. Russell Kendrick, Bishop of the Diocese of the Central Gulf Coast, officiated. The Rev. Jeffrey…
by Sherry Digmon access_time7 years ago