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NEPTUNE - These four former Black-owned restaurants fed people across Neptune and Asbury Park, but the people behind them did so much more.  These owners fed families who couldnt afford to pay the bill, employed members of their community and encouraged others to open their own businesses. Those four Black restaurateurs — Clara Bowens, who owned Clara’s Place; Geneva Foreman of Geneva’s Soul Food Restaurant; Moses Keel of Moes Greenhouse Luncheonette; and Frank and Mary Baity of ...

Clarksville City Council OKs Roxy purchase on final reading The Clarksville City Council agreed to buy the downtown Roxy Regional Theatre property Thursday night, with the long-term goal of transforming it into a full-fledged performing arts center. The decision marked what could prove to be another milestone moment in the redevelopment and resurgence of downtown — adding a performing arts center as an anchor of it all, along with Montgomery Countys multipurpose events center and various pr...

Clarksville Now CLARKSVILLE, TN (CLARKSVILLE NOW) – Juneteenth and Tennessee Emancipation Day will both be recognized as paid holidays for city employees following a vote by the City Council on Thursday night. Council members voted 10-3 to approve the ordinance at their regular meeting, which lasted over five hours. Voting yes were Richard Garrett (Ward 1), Vondell Richmond (Ward 2), DaJuan Little (Ward 3), Jason Knight (Ward 5), Wanda Smith (Ward 6), Travis Holleman (Ward 7), Wanda Allen (Wa...

The new edition of the Clarksville City Council has wasted no time taking on tough topics, which last week led to a six-hour, marathon executive session with plenty of fireworks. Whether Thursday’s 7 p.m. regular council voting session will also be as lengthy remains to be seen, but the meeting agenda suggests it could be. Topping that agenda is the ordinance that could seal the immediate fate of the long-discussed downtown performing arts center. There is plenty of skepticism about it among...

Clarksville NowCasey WilliamsJuneteenth celebration held on Peachers Mill Road on June 19, 2020. CLARKSVILLE, Tenn. (CLARKSVILLENOW) – A resolution to make Juneteenth a recognized city holiday received resounding support from City Council members at an executive session meeting this week. The resolution would allow city employees to take a paid holiday each June 19. Ward 8 Councilwoman Wanda Allen, who wrote the resolution, said the city should join Montgomery County, which made Juneteenth a...

Clarksville City Council appears divided on Roxy performing arts center Its an idea that has been in the making for about a decade: Take the historic Roxy Theatre and turn it into an expanded downtown Clarksville performing arts center with world-class features. But with a Clarksville City Council full of new faces, there is renewed skepticism about whether its the right course to take. On the councils February agenda is second reading of an ordinance that, if approved, would authorize the cit...

Clarksville NowCity of Clarksville livestreamCity Attorney Lance Baker CLARKSVILLE, Tenn. (CLARKSVILLENOW) – Several City Council members offered strong criticism of City Attorney Lance Baker during a heated meeting that lasted late into the night Thursday. The discussion came as part of a resolution to fire Baker, submitted by Ward 11 Councilwoman Ashlee Evans. Evans’ resolution referenced a number of ethics complaints submitted by Blackhorse Pub & Brewery owner Jeff Robinson against Baker...

AMHERST — A group of educators criticized the Amherst County School Board’s recent direction to school administration staff to postpone a lesson plan on equity and social justice, blasting the move during the public comments session of the board’s Jan. 14 meeting. Hollie Jennings, Amherst County Public Schools’ supervisor of discipline and compliance, said the lesson was set to roll out beginning the week of Jan. 11 at Amherst County High School, Amherst Middle School and Mo...

By Demola Akinyemi, Ilorin Justice Adenike Akinpelu of the Kwara State High Court on Wednesday convicted a 29-year-old internet fraudster, Ademola Adebukola alias “Holy Ghost” to one-year imprisonment on four counts of cheating and attempt to cheat. The judge convicted and sentenced the defendant to six months imprisonment on each of the counts after he pleaded guilty to the charges brought by the Ilorin Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC. “Having pleaded g...

Share A 29-year-old internet fraudster, Ademola Adebukola alias ‘Holy Ghost’ was on Wednesday jailed after he was guilty of four counts of cheating and attempt to cheat by a Kwara State High Court sitting in Ilorin. Justice Adenike Akinpelu convicted and sentenced him to six months imprisonment on each of the counts after he pleaded guilty to the charges brought against him by the Ilorin Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). The sentences are to run concurrent...