Atmore News

Atmore Postmaster Lester Cogollo takes a sack from a box of lunches prepared August 7 by Freddie Bowen and Amy McGhee of Brickhouse BBQ for local post office staff, in appreciation of the duties they perform in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic. Cogollo said the gesture, common for first responders, was the first he recalled being provided to local postal workers.

Sweet Butterfinger has been at the Atmore / PCI Animal Shelter for 1 year and 5 months. Butterfinger is a 40-pound male Bulldog mix that loves to be around people and is good with other dogs. The folks at the shelter say you will never meet a dog that is so loving, compassionate and docile. Butterfinger is a senior that will depend on someone to make sure he gets his…

Join the Arbor Day Foundation in August Special to Atmore News Spruce up your landscape by joining the Arbor Day Foundation in August. Everyone who joins the Arbor Day Foundation with a $10 donation will receive 10 free Norway spruce trees or 10 white flowering dogwood trees through the Foundation’s Trees for America campaign. The trees will be shipped postpaid between October 15 and December 10, depending on the right…

Megan Fournier of Atmore graduated from Troy University during summer semester / Term 5 of the 2019 / 2020 academic year. Fournier graduated with the Bachelor of Science degree.

Spencer Williamson of Escambia County was one of six contestants in the Excellence in Agriculture competition held by the Alabama Farmers Federation July 31. Participants in the event are Young Farmers who are involved in agriculture but derive the majority of their income off the farm. Williamson, left, is shown with Federation Executive Director Paul Pinyan.