GSCC to host an Evening of Fine Arts
The Gadsden State Community College Fine Arts Department invites everyone to enjoy an evening filled with a variety of entertainment Thursday, April 16. Music, vocal, and dance students will showcase their talents onstage while art students will display their talents in the lobby of Wallace Hall Fine Arts Center. The program will begin at […]
Gadsden High Alumni to host mass reunion
Come relive high school memories with old friends at the Gadsden High School Spring Festival Celebration on the weekend of April 24-26.
In 2005 we honored GHS with a weeklong event that commemorated the end of a core Gadsden tradition at the school’s final homecoming. That amazing event is still remembered for many reasons but 10 years later, the
Chamber supports the I-759 extension
The Gadsden/Etowah Chamber of Commerce recently passed a resolution proclaiming its support of the I-759 extension that local legislature have been pushing for. The resolution is as follows:
WHEREAS, business leaders and local government authorities have stated to the public and members of the board of The Chamber, Gadsden/Etowah County that the decision not to complete I-759 would
The Hardin Center calls for artists
Like beer? Like painting? The Hardin Center is searching for professional artists to participate in a beer-inspired paint out for the inaugural Art of Beer Festival in downtown Gadsden.
Artists can create their beer-inspired work on April 30 from 10 a.m. until 8 p.m.
Still lifes pertaining to the history of beer will be set up on the
Gadsden State celebrates Community College Month
April is National Community College Month and Gadsden State, a member institution of the Alabama Community College System (ACCS), is joining with community colleges across the state and nation to celebrate. The ACCS is the state’s single largest system of public higher education and is Alabama’s most affordable and accessible system of higher education. Through academic transfer, workforce development,
GSCC to host career fair for high school students
The Gadsden State Community College Career Transitions program will host the 4th Annual Etowah County Career Fair April 17 at the Wallace Hall Fine Arts Center from 8:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. More than 1,000 juniors, from participating high schools around the county, are expected to attend. The program, which houses the college’s career coaches, has chosen as the
A disturbing trend in the Alabama legislature
My wife Gwen is an incredible woman. I see it every day of my life. Not just in how hard she works or in the way she supports me, but in the most important job any of us could ever have: being a parent. Gwen always goes above and beyond for our family, as do many other mothers, wives
Joe Noojin well-known local piano player: Part 4 and final
Over the last few weeks, The Vagabond talked about the late Joe Noojin, an Etowah County native who had been a musician for many years. He is pretty famous across the U.S., and finally wrote his biography. In reading Joe’s biography, one cannot help but chuckle or downright start to laugh! He continuously makes fun about his short height
What will grow out of our ground?
As we observe the activities of man in this world, we see a variety of outcomes in man’s actions for the world and against the world. There are those who care for their fellow man and those who think nothing of killing their fellow man for their own purposes. Life has no meaning to some and life is most