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Representative Gallop Franklin receives committee assignments

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…

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Retired Gadsden County High School teacher promotes his books in Tallahassee

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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Never Forgotten – American Legion members honor deceased veterans at Mt. Pleasant Cemetery

Members of American Legion Post 51, the Chattahoochee Rotary, and Gadsden County Commissioner, District 3 Kimblin NeSmith gathered at Mount Pleasant Cemetery on Monday morning, November 7, to honor the memory of the many United States military veterans buried there. The veterans of Post 51 stood at attention and saluted as the American flag was…

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Piecemakers host their 16th annual Quilt Show

Since 2006, the Greensboro First Baptist Church has hosted an event where they sell homemade quilts to the public. The quilts are handmade by a group of local ladies who attend the church – a group who go by the name ‘Piecemakers’. The organization consists of eight people, Genera Shepard, Janet Kever, Patsy Willis, Shirley…

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“They All Came Home. ” – Five brothers fought in World War II and came back home to Havana

As World War II unfolded, one family in Havana sent all five of their sons across the oceans to fight and participate. Brinkley and Claudia Poppell were the proud parents of Milton, Leonard, Elbert, and Grady as well as a half-son, Otis Todd, the son of Claudia Julia Bell Todd (later Poppell) and Farley Alonzo…

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Election Results Are In: several seats headed to runoff elections

The results are for the election races in Gadsden County on Tuesday. Alonzetta Johnson-Simpkins is moving forward in the race for the Gadsden County Commissioner District 2 seat. Johnson-Simpkins will face off against Republican Jeffery Moore in the November General Election. Governor Ron DeSantis recently appointed Moore to seat after it was vacated by Dr….

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Chattahoochee celebrates Independence Day at the river

Monday, July 4 saw a large and festive crowd gathered at River Landing Park in Chattahoochee to celebrate Independence Day with live music, food, and fireworks. A stage was set up in the park, with food and craft vendors nearby. For the kids, BJ’s Party Factory set up a large inflatable water slide and bounce…

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Pop Up Market spotlights local entrepreneurship and artistry

Local artists and entrepreneurs were given the opportunity to offer their creations to the public at the Summer Pop Up Market on Saturday, June 25. The event was hosted by Chattahoochee Main Street at their office in downtown Chattahoochee, where tables were set up in a cool indoor environment away from the midday heat. Shoppers…

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Drugs bring death to Gadsden County

Mass overdose in Gadsden County leaves at least 5 dead, sheriff’s office to look through past cases and determine if fentanyl is to blame for other deaths More than 15 people overdosed on illegal drugs in Gadsden County during this last holiday weekend. At least five people died, and several were hospitalized after going into…

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Gadsden homeschooling families get ready for a new school year

Recently, several homeschooling families of Gadsden County met in a room at the Havana Public Library to distribute school supplies amongst themselves. Tables in the room were filled with textbooks, reading materials, binders of teacher education materials, educational posters, lesson guides, and more. The distribution was made possible thanks to a retired school teacher, who…