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A CAN-paign for good during the holidays – Inwood resident continues recycling program that swaps cans for Christmas gifts
Noah McArthur, a resident of the Inwood Community between Sneads and Grand Ridge, continues operating his “CAN”-paign for Kids recycling program to bless others who need a helping hand at Christmas and other times throughout the year. McArthur has collected and sold aluminum cans for nearly 18 years to be able to raise funds to…
New garbage rates, town manager pay, and lack of town manager accessibility discussed at Greensboro Town Council
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…
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Renowned floral designer and artist to visit Gadsden County – Gadsden Arts Center & Museum to host floral designer John Grady Burns and painter Natalia Andreeva
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…
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….