Cooking in the Black Belt
My cooking (and my eating) schedule has been so off-balance lately, it’s starting to become a foreign experience being in a grocery store. Lately, we’ve been phoning it in with what’s in the freezer or in the pantry, but that can only get you so far. Trying to be more conscientious of our ever-changing schedule... Read More
George Eliot Weeks
George Eliot Weeks, 87, of Moundville, passed away Sept. 1 at DCH Regional Medical Center. He was born July 10, 1939, in Jamestown, New York, to John Eliot Bocchino and Grace Baker Bocchino. He was later adopted by his beloved stepfather after his mother, Grace Baker Weeks, returned home to Alabama and married Thomas Powers... Read More
Elaine Edwards
Janice “Elaine” Holladay Edwards, lovingly known as “MeeMaw,” was called home to Heaven on September 6, where she was joyfully reunited with her beloved husband, Hugh. Elaine was born on October 12, 1943, to Ozell and Houston Holliday. At 19 years old, she married the love of her life, Hugh, and together they were blessed... Read More
Milners’ College Street home is Garden Club’s September Yard of the Month
Chad and Kimberly Milner with the Greensboro Garden Club’s Yard of the Month sign at their College Street home.(above) City of Greensboro has a code enforcement officer working throughout the city and is asking residents, landlords, business owners and property owners to look over their properties and address any problems before enforcement action becomes necessary,... Read More
Greensboro puts code enforcement officer to work, asks property owners to act first
The City of Greensboro has a code enforcement officer working throughout the city and is asking residents, landlords, business owners and property owners to look over their properties and address any problems before enforcement action becomes necessary, the city announced Sept. 10. The city’s notice asks property owners to: Keep grass, weeds and vegetation maintained;... Read More
Greensboro nurse practitioner earns doctorate from Alabama
Dana Gentry Eicher with her faculty advisor, Dr. Amy Lee, at the doctoral hooding ceremony during the University of Alabama commencement at Coleman Coliseum.(above) Dana Gentry Eicher, a Greensboro native and family nurse practitioner, graduated Aug. 1 from the University of Alabama’s Capstone College of Nursing with her Doctor of Nursing Practice degree, the terminal... Read More
Classifieds Week of Sep 17, 2026
Classified Ad Rates MINIMUM RATE (In Hale or Perry County) — $20.00 per insertion, 20 words or less. All words in excess of 20, $1.25 per word. Payable in advance of publication. MINIMUM RATE (Outside Hale or Perry County) — $20.00 per insertion, 20 words or less. All words in excess of 20, $1.25 per... Read More
Legal Notices Week of Sep 18, 2026
LEGAL NOTICE Notice to Contractors Federal Aid Project No. HRRR-3326(250)HALE COUNTY, ALABAMA Sealed bids will be received by the Director of Transportation at the office of the Alabama Department of Transportation, Montgomery, Alabama until 10:00 AM on September 25, 2026 and at that time publicly opened for constructing the Roadway Safety Improvements (Safety Widening, Edgeline... Read More
‘Phantom’ returns to the Opera House Sunday
The Greensboro Opera House will present “Thrice-Told Tales: The Phantom of the Greensboro Opera House,” a farcical history of the Opera House and other local stories, on Sunday, Sept. 13, at 6 p.m. Admission is $10 at the door, and students are admitted free. The locally written, produced and performed play is the third and... Read More
ALDOT seeks bids on $1.5 million safety project on Co. Rd. 29
The Alabama Department of Transportation will open bids Sept. 25 on a federally funded safety project covering 9.149 miles of Hale County Road 29, according to a notice to contractors issued by the department. The project, Federal Aid Project HRRR-3326(250), calls for safety widening, edgeline striping and scoring on County Road 29 from its intersection... Read More