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The Flomaton Town Council voted to keep the dumpster behind town hall for the time being and will install cameras to be monitored by dispatchers to catch and prosecute illegal dumpers with a fine of up to $500. The dumpster is designed to be used by Flomaton residents only and is only designed for debris not household garbage, tires, chemicals or electronics. Businesses and commercial operations are not allowed to use the dumpsters, which is free of charge to the citizens. Utilities...
Escambia County (Ala.) Tax Collector Tim Pettis began advertising this week on about 400 parcels of land that will be sold at a public auction due to failure to pay property taxes by the Dec. 31 deadline. The tax sale is scheduled to begin at 10 a.m. Thursday, May 16, in front of the Escambia County Courthouse in Brewton. Pettis said the 400 parcels represent about $145,000 in delinquent taxes. A partial list of properties to be auctioned is being published this week in the Tri-City Ledger, the...
Four businesses and a church that are renting buildings owned by the town of Flomaton will see their rent go up $50 per month beginning June 1 and the Flomaton Town Council has been approached by someone interested in renting the Old Jackson Theater building, which is also owned by the town. Mayor Dewey Bondurant Jr., proposed raising the rent on the four buildings across the street from town hall from $350 per month to $400 per month and from $500 to $550 per month for the church renting the...
This Friday, Flomaton High School gym will be teeming with students dressed as historical figures, presenting pictures, discussing events and many more aspects of local, state, national and world history as the third annual Flomaton High School History Fair begins at 8 a.m. The event will end around 2 p.m. and is open to public. The project began when FHS government teacher Brett Chancery asked Principal Scott Hammond about putting on a history fair three years ago. When Chancery left the...
In April, the Florida Department of Transportation will replace the structurally deficient bridge on County Road 168 over Unnamed Branch, northwest of Century. The new bridge will consist of two 12-foot travel lanes with 6-foot shoulders and a concrete barrier wall. The anticipated completion date is winter 2019. The construction cost is $1.9 million. The project also includes resurfacing the approaches to the bridge, new guardrail, drainage improvements, new pavement markings and enhanced signage. During construction, traffic may be detoured...
A Jay man was arrested for possession of weapon March 25 during a routine traffic stop after law enforcement discovered the man was a convicted felon and had a firearm in the vehicle. Theron Douglas Godwin, 76, Fawndale Drive, was traveling eastbound on Highway 4 in a Chevrolet Silverado when a Santa Rosa County Sheriff's Office deputy traveling westbound noticed a missing passenger tail light and pulled Godwin over, according to a Santa Rosa County Sheriff's Office report. The report said...
The Coon Hill Day 5K Trail 5K Event to Benefit 183-year-old Coon Hill Cemetery will begin at 7:30 a.m., this Saturday, April 13th. Registration the day of the race is $25 and the proceeds used to maintain this historic cemetery. The pioneering settlement in the 1800s named Coon Hill was chosen by a vote over the name Opossum Hill. This was the first town in the area now known as north. At the turn of the century, many folks moved away from the saw mills on the creeks of the Escambia River and th...
With no opposition during a public hearing Monday, the Escambia County (Ala.) Commission unanimously voted to vacate Pine Street, Montgomery Street and Camp Street in Pollard. County Engineer Bill Bridges said the roads in question were deeded county rights-of-way but had never been developed. Commissioner Scottie Stewart, who represents the district, said he has received no calls or objections to vacating the roads once it was advertised. In other business Monday, the commission: - Authorized...
The Escambia County (Ala.) Commission is asking the public to join the Earth Week project April 20 through April 27 by picking up trash along road rights-of-way with the week ending the annual Earth Day Clean Up on Saturday, April 27. The county will provide trash bags to any individual or group at no cost. Once filled, the bags can be left on the side of the road and a work crew will pick them up. Anyone needing bags can contact the county engineer's office at 251-867-0236 or their county...
With money tight, Flomaton Mayor Dewey Bondurant Jr., recommended that the town of Flomaton quit sending representatives to conferences sponsored by the Alabama League of Municipalities. However, at least two council members said they thought it was important for Flomaton to have representation at the conferences. Councilwoman Lillian Dean said this year's conference has already been paid for. Mayor Bondurant asked Town Clerk Shila Carter to see if the town could get its money back. “I feel l...
There are a couple of phrases that come to my mind when I think about the dumpster the town of Flomaton put behind town hall to offer residents free access to get rid of debris. One is 'No good deed goes unpunished'. The second comes from the Field of Dreams when they said, 'Build it and they will come'. The Flomaton Town Council tried to help its citizens by putting that dumpster back there. But it has been abused on multiple occasions. The dumpster was designed for residents living inside the...
This Friday, as many as 29 students from across Escambia County (Ala.) will gather at the Double AA Auction, Inc., building on Ag Drive in Brewton (which is located behind Southern Pine Electric Co-op) to show and sell pigs they have been raising since Dec. 4. Students learn from the start that this is not a pet project, it's a food project. They are raising those pigs to be slaughtered and turned into hams, bacon, pork chops, ribs and more that will end up on somebody's dinner table. We talked to four students involved in the program last...
The town of Flomaton has an opportunity to partner with the town of Century to receive free assessments on public and private properties to determine if those sites are contaminated. Debbie Nickles, town planner for Century, and Beth Norman with Cardno, an environmental group from Tallahassee approached the council Monday about including the town of Flomaton in the project. Phase I of such a project would allow environmentalists to assess properties to determine if there is contamination on the...
The Exploreum Science Center announces a groundbreaking new partnership with the Poarch Band of Creek Indians in the digital upgrade of its Dome Theater. Working with D3D, a nationally recognized company based in Evanston, Illinois, the Exploreum will make a huge leap from its current state as a film-based theater into a digital laser-based Giant Screen Dome theater. “We are thrilled to partner with PCI and D3D on this massive upgrade”, said Don Comeaux, Executive Director of the Exploreum. “PCI’s investment will enable the Exploreum to show...
A Girls-only cybersecurity program entitled ‘Girls Go CyberStart,’ which has officially launched today, is the result of a partnership between Alabama’s Gov. Kay Ivey and 26 other state governors and SANS Institute. It is designed to encourage more young women to enter into the cybersecurity sector and reduce the digital skills gap in America. Girls who want to participate in the free program do not need any experience in gaming or computer science, but must be at least 13 years old and enrolled in grades 9, 10, 11 or 12 grade at a publi...
South Alabama SKYWARN organization has formally teamed with the Rural Radio Preparedness Association to enhance coverage and share resources across the Mobile National Weather Service Office Area of Responsibility (AOR), which includes 5 counties in southeast Mississippi, 12 counties in southwest Alabama and 3 counties in the Florida Panhandle. “This is an incredible opportunity for us,” said Joe Guthery, SKYWARN Coordinator. “RRPA is focused on emergency preparedness and better aligns with our mission of steadily working to expand coverage int...
Six students from Northview High School will join others from the Escambia County (Fla.) School System to be recognized at the Escambia County Public Schools Foundation’s 2019 Mira Awards on Thursday, April 11 at 6 p.m. at Booker T. Washington High School’s Theodore B.D. Bennett Auditorium. The Mira Awards recognize and highlight the “best of the best” graduating seniors in the Creative Arts. Students from each Escambia County High School will receive a personalized medallion and Congressional certificate. The ceremony is presented by Firehou...
