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City recycling resumes soon
Atmore city officials announced this week that the municipal recycling program that was discontinued in late October will resume on Monday, March 12, but with several changes. The collection site has been relocated, new hours and new procedures have been put in place, and more items than before will be accepted. “We had to have two trailers built, and the mayor picked the second one up last Friday (Feb. 23),”…
by Don Fletcher access_time8 years ago
Used cars statute not perfect, but fills void
City officials agree that Atmore’s new ordinance regulating used car sales and used car lots might not be perfect. But, they say, the city’s new set of rules and regulations governing the sale of previously owned vehicles provides a guide that previously didn’t exist. “We were just trying to clean up some things, trying to make it a little stronger,” said Mayor Jim Staff, who said the ordinance was a…
by Don Fletcher access_time8 years ago
City council approves easement
Atmore City Council members approved two measures during their February 26 meeting that paved the way for the sale of a local motel. While both represent a long-term agreement, one will have a short life span. The council voted 4-0 to approve authorization of an easement and encroachment agreement that allows the hotel’s sign to occupy a few feet of city property on which it has stood for more than…
by Don Fletcher access_time8 years ago
Juvenile charged with attempted murder in Atmore shooting
A 17-year-old male was arrested Tuesday (Feb. 27) by Atmore police and charged with the attempted murder of another teen who was shot and critically injured at an Atmore location. According to a press release issued by APD Chief Chuck Brooks, officers were sent to Atmore Community Hospital around 4:08 p.m. after hospital staff notified authorities that emergency department personnel had treated a 17-year-old male gunshot victim whose injuries were considered…
by Atmore News access_time8 years ago
Atmore man, car wind up in Escambia Bay
An Atmore man escaped with only minor injuries Wednesday (Feb. 21) after he and his car were sent flying off a Santa Rosa County, Fla. bridge and into Escambia Bay about an hour before sunrise. According to a Florida Highway Patrol press release, Daniel Payton Taylor, 47, was driving his 2005 Chevy Tahoe eastward on U.S 90, about two miles west of Woodbine Road, when the Tahoe “traveled onto the…
by Atmore News access_time8 years ago