On Wednesday, February 22, the Havana Town Council met under an emergency meeting regarding the potential removal of a board member – DeCorkus Allen. According to documents listed on the Gadsden Clerk of the Court website, Allen had been arrested by officers with the Quincy Police Department on February 17 on charges related to felony…
With the theme of Remembering the Past…Celebrating the Future, the Gadsden County Board of County Commissioners and the City of Quincy teamed up with the Black History Parade and Festival Committee to provide a week of festivities in honor of Black History Month in Gadsden County. Members of the Black History Parade and Festival Committee…
In an electric atmosphere, 635 youth wrestlers from every pocket of Florida gathered near Orlando to battle for the chance to be named an IOF State Champion. Twenty-one of those wrestlers traveled from Tallahassee, competing for Grappling House Wrestling club, a local K-12 team that operates out of Titus Sports Academy. In the end, one…
Nearly 20 local vendors showed up to peddle their wares at the Havana Market on Saturday, February 25. The event was held from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m. in front of the Shade Tobacco Museum on Second Street in downtown Havana. The market was organized and hosted by Jennifer Folsom of Jenny’s Soaps and Gifts,…
Mother Tanya Scheff, the Rector at Saint Paul’s Episcopal Church in Quincy, made a seven day pilgrimage to Israel in January of this year. “This trip was actually a gift from our bishop.” Scheff explained. “The Episcopal Diocese of Florida paid for new clergy to make this trip. Any new clergy person in our diocese…
The Havana Public Library is hosting a series of classes entitled “Free online sources for Genealogy” from 5:30 p.m. until 7:30 p.m. on Monday nights. The course, which is open to the public and free of charge, is divided into three parts, the first was on February 20, the second on February 27, and the…
On Thursday, March 2, at Havana Community Park, firefighters and their supporters will gather together for a fundraiser in support of the department. The annual chicken pilau fundraiser, hosted by the Havana Volunteer Fire Department, will be serving up plates of chicken pilau, coleslaw, green beans, and a side of crackers to supporters. Plates will…
In its current form, there is nothing ‘universal’ about the proposed ‘universal’ school of choice voucher program. The word universal implies that access is open; (and to a certain extent unlimited.) However, by their very definition private schools are entities that are allowed to be selective with the type of children they accept into their…
CERTIFIED BUILDING/RESIDENTIAL BUILDING CONTRACTORS Gadsden County Community Development is now soliciting applicants for certified building/residential contractors desirous of participating in its Community Development Block Grant program for rehabilitation/demolition/replacement of homes in the unincorporated area of Gadsden County. All interested contractors must be confirmed in the listing maintained by the Gadsden County Building Department as qualified…
