With the arrival of warmer weather in March, lawns and gardens around Havana have brightened with blooms and new growth. The first day of Spring is Monday, March 20, but based on the green beauty of Havana’s lawn and gardens, it seems Spring has come early to Havana. Each month, the Havana Garden Club selects…
Now in its 11th year Quincy PorchFest will be back in full effect on Saturday, March 18. The free music festival, held in the historic downtown district of Quincy, will feature Lili Forbes, Funky ‘Taters, Disciples of Music, Thursday Night Music Club, Ben Flournoy Trio, Jerry Thigpen Trio, Baby Gray, Latin Soul, Hot Tamale, and…
The Havana Volunteer Fire Department held its annual chicken pilau fundraiser on Thursday, March 2 at Havana Community Park. The event, which lasted from 5 p.m. until 7 p.m., was organized as a drive-through, with customers lining up along Sixth Avenue East to receive their meals. For $10, supporters of the department received over a…
All of Gadsden County’s municipalities will have seats up for election this year. In Quincy, an election for districts 1 and 5 (held by Commissioners Keith Dowdell and Anissa Canidate, respectively) will be held. At this point, Dowdell is running unopposed; Candidate is facing opposition from Quincy resident Beverly Nash. In Chattahoochee, an election for…
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…
