Episcopal Day School offering after-school art class
For area teens and pre-teens who wish to further satisfy their artistic appetite, help has arrived.
Episcopal Day School currently is offering a free after-school supplemental arts program open to students in grades 6-12 in the community.
As part of an Alabama State Arts License Tag Committee Grant, “ImPrints” provides a concentrated experience in art making that is centered…
Chamber president full of New ideas to help local businesses
It’s a good thing Heather New prefers to operate at breakneck speed.
To say that she has experienced a busy three months since taking over as Gadsden-Etowah Chamber president is a gross understatement.
Among the numerous items on her ‘to-do’ list on her desk is doing away with the perception that the chamber’s sole functions are to produce Gadsden’s…
Just call it the Gadsden Progress Library
By Joshua Price When a business is successful, it naturally expands to different locations to serve a different population. When a library expands, it does so to serve more people or house more books. The Gadsden Public Library recently expanded, but for more than just the above two reasons. The GPL now has three locations […]
Gadsden City Schools bring technology into classrooms
By Tamara Tellis/Staff Writer
We are in an age when just about everything is technical-related. As technology expands, it is important to keep children up to speed on their future.
Gadsden City Schools recently developed the “Gadsden 21 Technology Plan,” which provides a computing device for every student.
“At first we were looking for something that we could do [at Ray…
Etowah County schools in sound academic, financial shape
By Tamara Tellis/Staff Writer
The Etowah County School system has accomplished many successes over the past year.
“We are proud of our academic performance in the school system,” said Etowah County Schools Superintendent Dr. Alan Cosby. “We’ve got national board certified teachers. We are very proud of those, in all levels from kindergarten through our high school level. They do…
Silver Lakes Golf Course very much on the mend
By Joshua Price
Silver Lakes Golf Course was virtually destroyed by tornados that ravaged northern and central Alabama on April 27, 2011.
The tornado plowed through the middle of the Glencoe-area course around 4:30 p.m. and no structures were left undamaged. The clubhouse, the pump-house and small buildings and sheds throughout the course suffered an estimated $5 million.
Some…
Alaco prides itself on family atmosphere, personal touch
For the past 28 years, the Alaco Discount Pharmacy building located at 544 West Main Street (Hwy. 431 South) in Glencoe has become as much a neighborhood institution as the old Big Chief Drive-In building or “Parking Lot Full” signs on and around Lonesome Bend Road prior to a GHS varsity football game. According to […]