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HANNIBAL — When Hannibal resident Carol Shimer recently received a red door tag from the Hannibal Board of Public Works she was surprised.

Wadena’s merry Christmas party takes place from 5:30 - 9 p.m., Monday through Thursday and 5:30 - 10 p.m., Friday, Saturday and Sunday until New Years, January 1. Just tune into 88.1 FM and listen to the music, even if you are just driving around town.

I am reminded of the scene in Castaway, where after many years stranded on a deserted island, Tom Hanks’ character, Chuck Noland, decides to survive, or die trying.   Before the fateful journey that led him to the island and with it, years of solitude, desperation, and soul searching, Chuck had led a successful, but perhaps unexamined life.  He had taken for granted the things that enriched his life such as love, friendship, and the conveniences of a modern world.   It was only after sur...

MARSHALL SCHOOL BOARD APPROVES 2021-22 CALENDAR

Project Share allows City of Tallahassee utility customers to pay it forward Project Share lets Tallahasseans help pay for others utility bills Project Share allows utility customers to donate money to go towards customers struggling to pay. and last updated 2021-02-25 18:13:40-05 TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WTXL) — After almost a year of no disconnections for its customers, the City of Tallahassee Utilities will resume disconnections. The city says it now has about $9.4 million in past-due bills, ...

Temperatures have felt more like Alaska than Alabama this month and that means for most of us, our electric bill will hurt to see.

The food distribution helped residents like Hunter get a prepared meal. And the program also provided an income to restaurant workers who had been laid off from their regular season jobs because of the pandemic. Rachel McCandless, the Health and Nutrition Director for Feeding Northeast Florida, said the Project Share prepared meals program was a pandemic response effort that was only supposed to last for 10 weeks but was extended for nine months. The Project Share program allowed Feeding Nort...

Eldora Wilson wishes she could turn the clock back to the 1970s. She remembers not only when ground beef was just 90 cents a pound, but when she didnt have to leave her New Town neighborhood to buy groceries. As she recalls, everyone in her neighborhood did their grocery shopping at the Daylight Grocery store on the corner of Myrtle Avenue and Kings Road, a short walk from her house on Steele Street.   Most weekends, Wilson said, the store was crowded with shoppers, many from her neighborh...

The charitable arm of New York State Electric and Gas’ parent Company, Avangrid, is announcing funding for local heating assistance.

The Giving Tree needs your help ensuring that toys and other gifts will brighten children’s Christmas this year. Rotary Club of Flagler Beach Project Share is now in its 22nd year of providing toys, clothing and bicycles to families in need at Christmas. In previous years and as Project Share grew, well over 1,000 children would benefit each Christmas. But Covid-19 has impacted just about everything this year, and Project Share’s ability to raise funds for the annual Christmas toy drive is...