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  • City, county still debating over new fire contract

    There is still no fire contract between Gadsden County and the city of Quincy beyond March and Tuesday night, during the regular meeting of the city commissioners, two officials made it clear that if there is no contract they don't want the fire engines to roll beyond the stipulated 5-mile radius.

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  • County’s representatives take a look at what’s needed, what’s available

    In anticipation of economic stimulus funds, Gadsden County officials presented the first draft of its package to the Legislative Delegation last Thursday evening. Sen. Al Lawson, along with representatives Michelle Rehwinkel Vasilinda and Alan Williams, listened as Gadsden County Commission Chairman Eugene Lamb outlined the proposed infrastructure projects the county needs funded.

    "If funding is available, we are requesting that you do whatever you can to help us," Lamb said.

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  • Job fair offers help to local displaced workers

    Each morning, instead of going to his job at Quincy Farms, Ronald Anderson gets up at the usual 6:30 a.m. and heads to his kitchen. He'd rather be going out to work but instead he prepares breakfast for his wife before she goes to work.

    "That's the hardest part for me, watching my wife go to work every day. I clean the house and I've been looking for work, in Leon County, at Florida State Hospital and all over Gadsden County, but I haven't had any luck," Anderson said.

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  • Coalition works to help local residents in need

    Overcast skies and a few light sprinkles Saturday only energized some members of the newly-formed Gadsden County Coalition for Change as they spent a big part of the day boxing and delivering non-perishable food items to organizations that feed Quincy's hungry. Most of the 20 members of the organization worked in the campaign of President Barack Obama and supported his ideas of community service.

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  • Did you go to Obama's inauguration?

    A historic event took place Jan. 20 as America’s first African-American president was sworn in.

    People from all over the country  flocked to Washington, D.C. for the event, even some local folks from right here in Gadsden County.

    If you went to the inauguration, we’d like to hear from you. We’d like to include your memories and commentary in an upcoming edition of the Times. We’d also like to publish some of your photos in both our print and online editions.

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  • Chief says meth likely to be issue

    Quincy Police Chief Ferman Richardson says the city hasn't seem the magnitude of methamphetamine abuse that has been experienced by our neighbors to the north, south, east and west.

    "You can bet if it's all around us, it's just a matter of time before we have similar problems. In fact, we may already have the same problems and not know it," Richardson said.

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  • Locals head to D.C. for inauguration

    Like millions of Americans from across the nation, at least four buses loaded with Gadsden County residents, along with an unknown number of people who drove their personal and rented vehicles, headed to Washington, D.C. in recent days to be a part of the inauguration of President Barack Obama.

    One bus loaded up in the parking lot of the Quincy Plaza Sunday afternoon.

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  • Schrenker released from hospital, jailed in Escambia County

    Indiana businessman Marcus Schrenker was released Sunday from Tallahassee Memorial Hospital, and he will likely face charges in Tallahassee or Pensacola, said Assistant Chief Deputy Frank Chiumento of the U.S. Marshals Northern District of Florida.

    Schrenker, who was found on the night of Jan. 13 at a Chattahoochee KOA after an apparent suicide attempt, is wanted in Indiana in connection with a fraud investigation involving millions of dollars, Chiumento said.

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  • Crossroads breaks ground on new facility

    A new chapter in the history of Crossroad Academy Charter School of Business was written when the school officially broke ground on a new school facility Dec. 19, 2008. Many dignitaries were in attendance to help celebrate the momentous occasion, including Jean Miller and Lacrest McCreary, Florida Department of Education; Gadsden County commissioners Brenda Holt and Edward Dixon, Inez Holt, CEDO Board of Directors chairperson; Sam Palmer, James Palmer, Rev. Jerome Showers, Jimmy Sailor, CEDO Board of Directors; Heath Annin and Paul Gleason, RAM Construction LLC.

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  • Chamber, FAMU announce classes for small business owners

    The Gadsden County Chamber of Commerce and Florida A&M University are pleased to announce a partnership to offer the Construction Management Development Program certification classes in conjunction with the Florida Department of Transportation. The classes, which will enable small businesses to competitively place bids for statewide contracts, will be offered in Quincy by the chamber, beginning Feb. 2.

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