You wouldn’t think that a barber school would be a hotbed of scams and schemes, but apparently it can be. A barber school in a southern state was caught defrauding the Department of Veterans Affairs by stealing money from veterans’ education benefits. The Post-9/11 GI Bill program pays schools directly to cover the tuition and…
What is your “all this?” Recently, I wrote a story for the paper about a domestic violence survivor. She said she married a “wolf in sheep’s clothing.” He was one way while they were dating and another once they were married. She grew up in church, the daughter of a pastor, and believed that marriage…
Quincy Blues Brews & BBQ is this Saturday Stop by the Gadsden County Courthouse Square in downtown Quincy for the second annual Blues Brews & BBQ festival, this Saturday, November 4 from noon until 8 p.m.Johnnie Marshall Blues Band, Jerry Thigpen Trio: Ben Flournoy Trio, and DetroitLive will be performing. There will be lots of…
Celebrate the arrival of Fall around the Courthouse Square at an enjoyable evening of drinks, food, and fellowship with neighbors and friends, Thursday October 26th, 6 – 8 p.m. • View the festive decorations placed by Quincy Main Street volunteers, and window decorations by talented local artist Devonte King. • Get an up-close look at…
I am notoriously terrible at remembering things, especially names of people and where I park my car. A few weeks ago, I came home from the grocery store and told my husband a cute little story about not being able to remember where I parked, not even the general area of the parking lot, and…
In a heartwarming gesture of generosity, tech mogul Freddie Figgers recently surprised several local seniors with an all-expense paid trip to the Bahamas. On Thursday, Sept. 7, Figgers, a Quincy native, stopped by Gadsden Wellness to drop off a check for the trip. The seniors applauded as the non-profit organization’s director Sherrie Taylor announced the…
We don’t need to look any further than the vehicle speeding up behind us or passing us at above the speed limit to see that we have a huge problem with appreciating the importance of “rule of law” in our country. Law, and its abeyance, is the glue that has held us together for a…
There are few gridirons in North Florida as historic as Corry Field. For nearly 100 years, football teams in Gadsden County have called Corry Field “home.” It is perhaps the oldest continuously-used football field in Gadsden County, and its past should be remembered by the community. Corry Field has been used by three local varsity…
If all the decluttering you did over the summer has now left you with piles of belongings, you might be ready to just have it all gone. And you might say, “I think I’ll hold a yard sale!” If you’ve been to several yard sales, it looks so easy. Holding a yard sale is a…
Everyone is an individual with different opinions about everything. I have always been and forever will be an “out of the box” thinker who believes that it’s OK to “not know”, and who enjoys thinking about the reality of things without pinning reasons on an imaginary figure (God). I worry that a lot of our…
