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The Jay Town Council Monday night approved Dewberry Engineering to determine a plan to downsize its Bray-Hendricks Park renovation due to recent cost increases in construction, following a town meeting Monday night to discuss it. The town originally had a plan to renovate the 24-acre site for about $4.5 million and has been working for the last two years to raise those funds through grants, loans and legislative appropriations. Recent bids, however, came in between $6 and $8 million, which has...
The Greater Escambia Council for the Arts (GECA), located at 100 N. Trammell St. in Atmore, presents the performance of E.B. White's 'Charlotte's Web', starting at 7 p.m., Thursday, Dec. 1 (tonight), Friday, Dec. 2, Saturday, Dec. 3 and at 2 p.m., Sunday Dec. 4. Directed by Katherine Eby and Albert Grassia, the show stars a cast of youngsters who tell the story of Wilbur, a pig who finds an extraordinary friend in Charlotte, the spider, and their journey as friends. Doors each night open at 6:30...
Monday night, the Jay Council tabled the Bray-Hendricks Park renovation plans after recent bids from several different construction companies came in much higher than anticipated. About two years ago, the park renovation was estimated to cost around $4 million. The town has $2.5 million from grants and other sources and Jay Operations Manager Eric Seib said the town is in the process of obtaining the other $1.5 million. “We have grant opportunities of up to $1 million,” said Seib. “We just...
W.S. Neal High School and Escambia County High School have landed on the list of ‘failing schools’, receiving an ‘F’ based on the scores of 11th grade ACT tests taken last spring. The grade comes from 2013’s Alabama Accountability Act, which requires the bottom 6 percent of schools to be labeled as failing based on those ACT test scores from the previous spring. Escambia County Superintendent Michele McClung said when she saw their ACT scores when she stepped foot on the job and she knew they...
While the rest of the state of Florida supported Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis Tuesday with 59.38 percent of the votes vs. Democrat Charlie Crist’s 39.96 percent, Precinct 22 in the town of Century supported Crist with 122 votes and DeSantis with 115. Precinct 22 in Century Tuesday, about 6 percent, or 241 out of 1,207 registered in Escambia County’s Precinct 22 in Century turned out in person to cast their ballots, with 451 votes counted total. District 1 State Rep. Michell Salzman took 69....
State Rep. Alan Baker was awarded the National Association Of Secretaries of State (NASS) Gold Medallion Award Monday, Oct. 31, 2022 by Alabama State Secretary John Merrill at the courthouse in Brewton, Ala. Baker served 27 years as in public education as a teacher and coach, where he acquired 10 state championships, five in football and five in track, and was honorably inducted into the Alabama High School Sports Association's Hall of Fame and retired in 2005. He was elected to the Alabama...
Flomaton High School parent and Quarterback Club President Matthew Fillmore shared concerns he had regarding shortcomings in the Flomaton High School’s football program with the Escambia County (Ala.) Board of Education last Thursday. Fillmore’s son, a junior, is on the track team and plays football for Flomaton. He said his main concern was that football games often wind up without a trainer on the sidelines, and he has seen three kids get hurt so far, citing that when a call comes in, the amb...
An Atmore woman was killed in a single-vehicle crash that occurred last Thursday, Oct. 27, around 2:40 p.m. Patricia Allen Helton, 57, was fatally injured when the 2006 Chevrolet Silverado she was driving left the roadway, struck a ditch, and overturned. Helton was not using a seat belt at the time of the crash, was ejected and pronounced deceased at the scene, According to an Alabama Law Enforcement Agency (ALEA) report. The crash occurred on Bell Fork Road, about eight miles northeast of...
Local festivities for Halloween and area fall festivals will begin this Friday, Oct. 28, and continue through Monday, Oct. 31. Atmore The Atmore Chamber of Commerce's Trick or Treat on the Street will be from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m., Friday, Oct. 28, with businesses giving candy to participants. Brewton Brewton will kickoff the Halloween activities at 3 p.m. Saturday with the Witches of Brewton hitting the streets at 3 p.m.; the Cold Moon Festival at Dogwood Hills at 4 p.m.; and the Zombie Walk and hau...
At the Century Council meeting Tuesday, Pensacola resident and Democratic candidate for District 1 seat in the Florida House of Representatives. Franscine Mathis spoke to citizens about their concerns for the town. Mathis is vying for the seat a second time in the Nov. 8 General Elections, losing with 34 percent of the votes to Republican Incumbent Michelle Salzman in the 2020 General Election. Salzman is seeking re-election. "I've been talking to the people of Century," said Mathis. "Things...
The Century Town Council had to call a continuance after approving its millage rate Saturday, Oct. 8 at a public hearing to approve both the proposed millage rate and budget for Fiscal Year 2022-2023 when it was discovered a number in the advertised proposed budget was $10,000 off. After the proposed millage rate was approved at the meeting, it was brought up that the budget had not been advertised correctly. According to Century Town Clerk Leslie Howington, she immediately reached out to CPA...
After Town Clerk Leslie Howington read a letter announcing the resignation of seat 3’s Councilman Leonard White, the Century Town Council approved its tentative budget and millage rate Tuesday night at its first reading with a full quorum. The second reading will be at the next council meeting at 7 p.m., Tuesday, Oct. 4, at town hall, when the remaining council members will make a final vote. The letter Howington read was: “First I would like to thank the citizens of the town of Century for tru...
Due to an oversight in documenting taxes paid on the town’s Community Redevelopment Agency (CRA) since 2018, the residents in the town of Century will likely see a 151.68 percent increase in their property tax when the millage rate goes from the current .3657 to a possible .9204. The council was not able to approve the proposed millage increase or tentative budget because there was not a quorum at last Thursday’s meeting when Councilman Leonard White was not present. The town’s millage rate is u...
The Jay Council got a look at the plans so far for the Bray-Hendricks Park master plan last Wednesday and made a few modifications that will save some money and utilize the space better. Councilman Josh Holloway was not present. The company doing the architectural designs of the buildings is STOA Architects out of Pensacola. The plans for the main concession building in the middle of the park include a concrete foundation, brick veneer, a steep sloped metal roof that will last a long time and...
When Century residents go to the polls Tuesday, Aug. 23 for the primary elections, elections for the Century Town Council will not be on the ballot. Council seats 3, 4 and 5 were up for election. District 5 Councilwoman Sandra Jackson-McMurray qualified and will face no opposition. Nobody filed to run for council seat 3 currently held by Leonard White and seat 4 currently held by James Smith, Jr. Qualifying ended on June 17. McMurray-Jackson will be sworn into office at the first council...
Capital Trust Agency (CTA), a partnership established in 1999 between the town of Century and the city of Gulf Breeze that issued bonds for projects all over Florida to build, purchase and renovate facilities like schools, apartments, and other facilities that serve a public purpose to revitalize disadvantaged communities, recently partnered with the town of Quincy, Fla., cutting Century out of the deal after Century negotiated a higher fee rate last October. Century Attorney Matt Dannheisser an...
Jay Mayor Shon Owens showed frustration for the town’s lack of information about the utilities in and around Bray-Hendricks Park at Monday night’s meeting and said there should have been fireworks this year based on the possibility of how long it will be before work on the utilities for the renovation can begin. “Before I get frustrated, why don’t we have all these answers before we ever start a project like this?” asked Owens. “These utilities are things that we are supposed to have in pla...
Flomaton High School students will have a new principal this year as Mark Harbison was approved last Friday by the Escambia County (Ala.) Board of Education by unanimous vote. Harbison will replace George Brown, who served as Flomaton's principal for one year before being names assistant superintendent. Harbison comes to Flomaton from Perdido School, K-8 school in northern Baldwin County, where he was assistant principal for the last six years. He and wife Kacey Harbison, who still teaches...
An Atmore man and a Jay woman lost their lives in a multi-car crash on Interstate 65 near the Creola city limits on Wednesday, July 20, around 12:45 p.m. Brittney Talbot, 37, of Jay was driving a 2001 Honda Civic southbound with passenger Christopher Knighten, 38, of Atmore, when her Civic was struck by a 2021 Dodge Ram, driven by David R. Mayfield, 35, of Springville, according to an Alabama Law Enforcement Agency report. Talbot’s vehicle then crossed the median into the into the northbound lan...
The Century City Council approved removing mid-month late fees for natural gas and water and changed the written notice on utility bills to reflect the town’s policy on late payments at Tuesday night’s meeting. Councilwoman Sandra McMurray Jackson brought a personal gas and water bill and pointed out that the late penalty and fees can be confusing and expensive for residents who live on a fixed income. “I’m just asking tonight that we vote to take it off,” said Jackson. “We just need to remove t...
In a special meeting June 30, the Jay Town Council approved an increase of 6 percent on water and sewer base use for residential and commercial customers inside and outside Jay town limits, rounding to the nearest 5 or 0. For example, residents inside the town limits who pay the base rate for water and sewer (totals do not include garbage) currently pay $20.25 for water and $21.21 for sewer. The new rates would be $21.50 for water and $22.50 for sewer. Residents outside town limits currently...
Monday will be Independence Day this year and local celebrations kick off Friday, July 1 in Century and wrap up with fireworks Monday night in Poarch and East Brewton this year. Century/Flomaton The town of Century is hosting the celebration this year with food trucks, vendors, music and Kona Ice will be at Showalter Park in Century starting at 6 p.m., Friday, July 1. The fireworks show will begin after dark. Poarch Wind Creek Casino in Atmore will have fireworks beginning at 9 p.m., Monday,...
In a workshop Tuesday night, the Century Council, which also serves as the Century Community Redevelopment Area (CRA) board, discussed the status of the Century CRA and the option to appoint two more board members. A CRA is a legislative tool established by Florida law to reinvest property taxes in community revitalization projects where taxes are generated to remove slum and blight conditions within designated areas or districts. Started in 2017, the Century CRA, funded by tax increment...
A Flomaton man who has been part of an ongoing investigation into stolen property was arrested June 14 and charged with suspected in a series of thefts that took place during the last two years. Aaron Keith Baxter, 33, 383 Wagon Wheel Road, is accused of being one of two people who brought stolen property to the home of Justin Oden, who lives at 70 N. Pineview Circle in Flomaton, according to an Escambia County Sheriff's (Fla.) Office report. When victim Brian Grant from Century Marine called...
Saturday, May 28, around 12:20 p.m., deputies with the Santa Rosa County Sheriff's officer responded to a shooting at 3487 Highway 4 in Jay to discover a 43-year-old Jay man had been shot and killed by a 16-year-old. Jaden Simmons, 16, has been arrested and charged with second degree homicide when it was determined he fatally shot Jonathan Simmons, 43. Sheriff's deputies would not confirm the victim was the father of the shooter, but other public sources say they were father and son. The...
