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New arrivals at the library
Check out the new arrivals at Atmore Public Library. Patrons rate new arrivals Several patrons are sharing their opinions of the new books they’ve read. Five stars is the top rating. Maria Alanis: The Trustworthy One by Shelly Shepard Gray, 5 stars Shelia Trawick: A Walk Along the Beach by Debbie Macomber, 5 stars Anne Petty: The Summer House by James Patterson, 5 stars Shelia Trawick: A Beautiful Arrangement by…
by Atmore News access_time6 years ago
Celebrating the Nineteenth Amendment
Bradley Bryne U.S. Congressman On August 18, the U.S. will celebrate the 100th anniversary of the ratification of the Nineteenth Amendment to our Constitution which guaranteed women’s right to vote. The women’s suffrage movement in our country began in the 1840s as women abolitionists saw the parallels between the effort to free enslaved Americans and their own desire to vote. A convention was held in Seneca Falls, New York in…
by Submitted Article access_time6 years ago
Remembering Lt. William Maxwell
Bonnie Latino reminded me that August 12 is the anniversary of the death of Lt. William Maxwell. In our text exchange, Bonnie asked me if I knew as I was growing up here that Maxwell AFB was named for him. She didn’t know it until 1998. I didn’t know it growing up either. Isn’t that a shame? August 12 marks the 100-year anniversary of Lt. Maxwell’s death – a hero’s…
by Sherry Digmon access_time6 years ago
CARES Act funding to nursing homes and hospitals
Special to Atmore News MONTGOMERY – Governor Kay Ivey on Friday, August 7, awarded $100 million of the Coronavirus Relief Fund to support two grant programs of up to $50 million each for nursing homes and hospitals for the purpose of responding to and mitigating the COVID-19 public health emergency. “While there are many aspects of COVID-19 that we still don’t know, one thing that isn’t in dispute is our…
by Atmore News access_time6 years ago