For more than a month, Blessings of Hope Empowerment Outreach has held a drive to collect fans to help senior citizens in Gadsden County stay cool this summer. The drive ended with a distribution event held at the Hazel J. Baker Community Center in downtown Havana on Saturday, May 27. The event was scheduled from…
Last Thursday May 25, The Gadsden Arts Center and Museum held the opening reception for “Golden Legacy: 80 years of Golden Books.” Ceremonies for Teen Art Council Students, longtime Gadsden Arts Artists Guild members, and Longtime Leaders of Gadsden Arts were also held concurrently. The “Golden Books” reception presented an appreciation of the beautiful artistry…
What is Stress Anyway? The traffic is awful, the bills are due, the laundry is piling up, and the kids are fighting. Life is full of stress. According to the National Institute of Mental Health, stress is how the brain and the body responds to any physical, mental, and emotional demand. Not all stress is…
Q. As a judge, what should courts expect from people, and how do you go about deciding criminal sentences? A. Courts expect people to be honest, well-behaved, and on time. Courts also expect people to give their best efforts to be responsible for themselves and their actions. This includes fulfilling the promises they make. I…
THE SCHOOL BOARD OF GADSDEN COUNTY, FLORIDA NOTICE OF INTENT TO AMEND/ADOPT POLICIES DATE OF THIS NOTICE: May 23, 2023 The School Board of Gadsden County, Florida hereby gives notice of its intent to amend/adopt Gadsden County School Board Policies. PURPOSE AND EFFECT: The purpose and effect of this policy amendment is to establish rules…
For a third year, the Havana Mainstreet’s Plein Air Painting “Painting in the Shade” event was a resounding success. The event took place last weekend, May 18-20. From the Quick Draw to the Gala, Florida painters from across the state reconvened around the town for a contest: an appreciation of art, and a test of…
A 47-year-old man is dead following a single-car crash last week. According to a report from Florida Highway Patrol, the Tallahassee man was traveling east on State Road 8 in an Sport Utility Vehicle. Troopers say the Sport Utility Vehicle left the roadway to the left and began to overturn in the center median. The…
On May 20, Robert Rubero, of Florida State University’s Claude Pepper Center, held a talk about the Women in World War II exhibit on display at the Havana History and Heritage Society, in the Shade Tobacco Wing of the Museum. The histories of Women in the community around Havana – and Florida – during the…
Florida Highway Patrol troopers responded to multiple wrecks on Interstate 10 westbound in Gadsden County on Wednesday, May 17. According to Florida Highway Patrol, troopers responded to a crash near mile marker 184, just west of the I-10 exit to the city of Midway (U.S. 90), at 3:24 p.m. A second and separate incident occurred…
On Saturday, May 20, citizens of the Shiloh community in southern Quincy came together at Shiloh Community Park to celebrate Emancipation Day. Organized by Linda Nealy and the Shiloh Community Action Group, this is the seventh time the event took place in Shiloh Park, beginning in 1999. The freeing of slaves in the United States…
