Alabama transplant celebrates 100th birthday with numerous proclamations
By Kaitlin Hoskins, News Editor She may have spent her younger years dining in the California homes of stars like Bob Hope and Frank Sinatra, but these days, 100-year-old Nina Tenerani enjoys spending her time volunteering at the Gadsden Public Library and playing cards with her numerous friends. Tenerani, who celebrated her 100th birthday on […]
Historic Gunn-Bellenger House restored, opened as event center
The historic Gunn-Bellenger House on Chestnut Street in downtown Gadsden has been restored to its former glory and opened as an event space. The time-period accurate colorful paint job on the exterior is carried inside. Rooms now adorned with wallpapers, paint, period-appropriate accents and some original furniture. The two-story home has a long history, including […]
Mark Dooley named chief executive officer of Gadsden Regional Medical Center
Gadsden Regional Medical Center has named Mark Dooley as chief executive officer (CEO), effective January 29, 2024. Dooley has more than 30 years of healthcare experience, most recently serving as CEO of Dupont Hospital, a 131-bed facility, and as Network Executive overseeing physician recruitment and marketing and community relations for Lutheran Health Network in Fort […]
Gadsden State Alumni Association presents annual awards
Gadsden State’s Alumni Association Awards honored the 2023 Outstanding Academic Faculty, Outstanding Technical Faculty, Outstanding Support Staff, the Distinguished Service Award and the Distinguished Alumni of the Year at the annual employee holiday luncheon held Dec. 18 at the Beck Conference Center. The awards were presented by Dr. Kathy Murphy, president of Gadsden State, and […]
W.M. Meeks, early Gadsden newspaperman
By Danny Crownover One of the pioneers who helped to build Gadsden was one William Marion Meeks, who succeeded in creating a large estate through superior natural endowment, great energy and industry. Meeks was born in Floyd County, Ga., on Feb. 16, 1845. His parents moved to Cherokee County when he was 4 years old. […]
Why don’t I hear Christmas chimes anymore?
By Rosie Preston Erma Bombeck was a well-known humorist in the 1970s and 80s when my children were young. She wrote wonderfully stories about her family that would keep me laughing, mostly at myself! You are mostly on your own during the early years of raising a child, and you learn a lot by trial […]
Dining at the table of The Lord
By Toni Ford When I was a child, my mom always stressed the importance of our family sitting down and eating a meal together at least once a day. As I recall, we usually ate breakfast and dinner together as a family around our small round table in the breakfast room, the room named for […]
To God goes all the credit
By Vicki Scott Earlier this week, we gave out Christmas baskets to shut-ins and other special friends, which filled our hearts! What a day it was! It blows my mind when things like this happen. I was not the one to instigate this project or follow through on it, but it happened. God made it […]
Arranging the pieces… Birthday week celebrations
By Tabitha Bozeman Today is my youngest daughter’s birthday. We brought her home from the hospital nine years ago, wrapped in a handmade Christmas stocking donated by a group of crafters in the Birmingham area for babies born near Christmas day. I’ve always told her she is my favorite Christmas gift. Each of my babies […]