Relay for Life wraps up



Water rate hike on the table



A water rate study presented to the Thomasville City Water and Sewer Board Monday night recommends rate changes that could increase the amount many customers pay. While no action was taken on the rate recommendations Monday night, it is expected that the board will take some action on water rates in the near future in order to pay for continued […]

City to pay $246,223 for civic center stage systems



The Thomasville City Council approved a lease-purchase agreement for the computerized lighting and rigging systems that will be used at the city’s civic center. The lease-purchase agreement is valued at $246,223 and will be paid out over the course of 84 months, said city attorney Edmon McKinley. The city has already paid $123,112 on the system to begin the installation […]

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Drug raid in Fulton nets guns and 13 arrests



Thirteen suspects were arrested in an afternoon drug raid April 23 on a residence in Fulton. Approximately 20 officers (including staff of the Clarke County Sheriff’s Department, FBI, Alcohol Beverage Control Board and other area agencies) executed a search warrant on the residence at 220 Gold Rush Road. “An undercover operation between us and other agencies had been going on […]

COMMUNITY CALENDAR



Art exhibits The Thomasville Elementary School and the Thomasville High School will hold their students’ art exhibits Thursday, May 1. The high school exhibit will be from 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. at the T.M.S. gymnasium. The elementary school exhibit will be held from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m. at the elementary school. Fish fry South Marengo Fire and Rescue […]

Timing is bad for a rate hike

OUR VIEW

With gas at $3.50 per gallon and likely only going up, we hope the Thomasville Water and Sewer board takes a long hard look at putting more financial demands on its customers. While the average household’s monthly bill may not go up by much, the costs of other goods like gas and groceries have risen enough this year to make […]

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Practice, practice and practice



Hey folks, remember that old saying what does it take to get to Carnegie Hall? The answer is: practice, practice, practice. Well, thanks to science, we now have a good idea of just how much practice you need, if not to reach Carnegie Hall then to at least be considered a worldclass expert in something. The answer, according to science […]

Reversing the exodus



Back in the late 1940’s and throughout the ’50’s Alabama’s coal miners, small farmers and manufacturing workers began a significant exodus northward, seeking the good-paying jobs in the industrial states of Illinois, Ohio and Michigan, but mostly in the booming auto manufacturing plants in Detroit where Ford and General Motors were at their zenith. In many areas of northern Alabama […]