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VFW Auxiliary plans March activities
Special to Atmore News The Atmore Memorial VFW Auxiliary has a couple of important events coming up in March. You’re invited to participate. “Mommy & Me” baby shower The Auxiliary will collect baby items for the Women’s Health Program at Birmingham VA Medical Center’s “Mommy & Me” program on March 16. The “Mommy & Me” program hosts a “baby shower” which provides pregnant female veterans with baby items at no…
by Atmore News access_time5 years ago
Public gets overview of sustainability plan
By DON FLETCHER News Staff Writer About 40 residents of Atmore and Poarch heard the basics of a plan to foster growth and sustain economic stability within the community during a February 19 public meeting at Escambia County High School’s Hodnette Auditorium. John Robert Smith and Chris Zimmerman of Smart Growth America (SGA) explained some of the basics of such a plan and explained how analysis of the current situation…
by Don Fletcher access_time5 years ago
Council approves new police car purchase
By DON FLETCHER News Staff Writer Atmore City council members unanimously approved the purchase of five new police cars during their February 25 meeting. After Jonathan Gibbs of Boy Scouts Troop 26 in Atmore led in the Pledge of Allegiance, the council took barely three minutes to approve the minutes of its February 11 meeting and give the green light to the vehicle purchase, which was the only item on…
by Don Fletcher access_time5 years ago
ECMS shines for BOE
By SHERRY DIGMON News Publisher The setting for the February 21 Escambia County Board of Education meeting provided an opportunity for the administration, faculty and students of Escambia County Middle School to shine – and shine they did. Students Naasia Reynolds and Janiyah McCants welcomed the board from the school’s new broadcast studio. The meeting was held in the ECMS collaboration lab, with a robotics demonstration by seventh-grader Jakaiya Owens.…
by Sherry Digmon access_time5 years ago
2 crashes on Main Street
By DON FLETCHER News Staff Writer A pair of two-vehicle crashes that occurred a day apart on Main Street caused extensive damage to three of the four vehicles and sent two people to a local hospital with injuries that were not believed to be life-threatening. The first mishap occurred around 8 a.m., February 20, at Main’s intersection with Howard Street, when 23-year-old Jacinda Wiley of Castleberry, northbound in a 2016…
by Don Fletcher access_time5 years ago