Photo Feature – Page 21 – The Chattahoochee News-Herald & Sneads Sentinel

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D.A.R.E is back! – Chattahoochee Elementary School students are the district’s first D.A.R.E. graduates in nearly a decade

The Gadsden County Sheriff’s Office relaunched Its Drug Abuse Resistance Education (D.A.R.E.) Program this school year. Eight Chattahoochee Elementary School fifth graders graduated from the program on Friday, December 16. Those students are Jor’Dyn Travis, Skylor Streeter, Kamiley Rozier, Zamiah Pyles, Kloee Murray Farrah Moon, Ahraya Gibson, and Zaydiin Carter. After the graduation ceremony, the…

School district, communities undecided between Sneads or Grand Ridge location

A special workshop was held at the Sneads Assembly of God fellowship hall on Tuesday, December 13 at 5 p.m., to discuss the possible location of a new school that would cover East Jackson County students from Kindergarten through 8th grade. The new school was initially proposed to be located in the Four Points area…

Trulieve mass layoff leads to class action lawsuit

Trulieve recently laid off part of its workforce in Gadsden County. Officials for the North Florida-based cannabis company have yet to reveal how many employees were laid off, or for how long the layoffs will continue. Trulieve became the largest employer in Gadsden County after opening its local facilities in 2018, with reportedly 8,000 employees…

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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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County risks losing $20,000 as property purchase negotiations are extended

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…

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Buddy’s Fruit Stand reopens

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…

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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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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…