The Greensboro town council met on Monday, December 12 at 7 p.m. at Gardner Hall for the final monthly meeting of the year. Following the approval of the minutes for the November monthly meeting and the paying of the town bills, the council briefly touched upon two recurring issues that have come up in recent…
The county has hit a roadblock in efforts to purchase a 52-acre parcel of land in Quincy. The first public hearing on the matter was held on Tuesday, December 6. The property is located at 2426 Pat Thomas Parkway. In September the board initially voted to pay the seller a refundable deposit in the amount…
Christmas is coming to Veterans Memorial Park in Bristol! The “Polar Bear Express” trains have been departing from the Tom Keenan Depot in Bristol, Florida, each weekend in December, starting at the beginning of the month. Train enthusiasts, local families, and those who want a special way to celebrate the holidays can still catch a…
The Gadsden County Public Library System is hosting a Gingerbread Man edition of its Storybook Play Dates this month, complete with games and crafts. The activities are for children aged five and up. Children use their imagination, pretending to bake tasty treats, and build a farm out of Legos, before rolling out Play-Doh to create…
Locals will be able to meet renowned floral designer John Grady Burns when he comes to the Gadsden Arts Center & Museum from Natchez, Mississippi as part of the Afternoon with the Arts on Wednesday, January 25 from noon to 3 p.m. During his visit to the Quincy center for arts, Burns will demonstrate his…
Newly elected Rep. Gallop Franklin (D-Tallahassee) recently received his first committee assignments. Franklin was assigned to the Education & Employment Committee, Education Quality Subcommittee, Insurance & Banking Subcommittee, Higher Education Appropriations Subcommittee,Health Care Regulation Subcommittee, and Select Committee on Hurricane Resiliency & Recovery. “As a newly elected House Representative, I am pleased to be assigned…
A former Gadsden County High School teacher was available Saturday, December 10 at a Tallahassee bookstore to sign copies of two books he wrote. Author John Nogowski was seated upstairs at the Midtown Reader, a local business on Thomasville Road in the Midtown area, for an hour starting at 3:30 p.m. to promote updated editions…
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After being closed for seven months, Buddy’s Fruit Stand has opened for business again. Before the fruit stand took a brief closure earlier this year, owner Wanda Crawford was diagnosed with Mantle Cell Lymphoma, a rare form of cancer. This diagnosis required her to close the stand while she received treatment at Shands Hospital and…
Last week, the Sneads Pirates brought home a win of 72-42 over the Freeport Bulldogs. It’s not unusual to see the Sneads Pirates football team winning and listed as one of the top Florida teams in Regional Playoffs but this year they topped that normalcy with a perfect 10-0 first season. The Pirates may have…
