Share Jamaica’s Rich Literary Legacy Is Finally Getting the Global Recognition It Deserves When it comes to Jamaica s cultural legacy, music looms large, but the island also possesses a rich literary history that spans generations, and is now reaching an international audience. By Isis Semaj-Hall March 14, 2021
Editor s Note: Travel might be complicated right now, but use our inspirational trip ideas to plan ahead for your next bucket-list adventure. Those who choose to travel are strongly encouraged to check local government restrictions, rules, and safety measures related to COVID-19 and take personal comfort levels and health conditions into consideration before departure.
BRATTLEBORO As the warming trend continues, the Brattleboro Public Works Department downgraded several local roads in its daily gravel report on Friday.
Ellis commissioners to join brief in state high court appeal
Waxahachie Daily Light
Texas Central Railroad may one day allow Dallas residents to buy Houston Astros season tickets. But what will Ellis County residents get out of it? That’s the question county officials are still asking.
The proposed high-speed passenger rail line bisecting the county was once again the target of opposition from the Commissioners’ Court on Tuesday as commissioners agreed to weigh in on a lawsuit challenging it.
Commissioners approved a resolution in support of an “amici curiae” (friends-of-the-court) brief in the case of James Fredrick Miles v. Texas Central Railroad and Integrated Texas Logistics, Inc. The suit is currently before the Texas State Supreme Court on appeal.
Chasing Shadows: Gibson Road family rooted In agriculture
by Pam Richardson Guest Columnist
Our local farmers markets and residents would jump for joy if it were possible to bring Apalachicola plantsman Thomas Cameron Gibson back among us. We are accustomed to thinking that the forward march of time brings progress, but in some cases people were better off in the past, and this is certainly true in regard to the availability of locally cultivated produce in the Apalachicola area.
Thomas was born in 1857 in Long Cane (near LaGrange), Georgia, one of nine children of Osbourn and Amarintha (“Minnie”) Gibson. A decade later, the Gibson family were living in the north Alabama boomtown of Bluffton where Osbourn worked first as wholesale grocer and then as a farmer. Something, however, led them to move again, this time to Apalachicola where, after Osbourn’s death in 1884, Thomas followed in his father’s footsteps and established himself as a farmer – and an extraordinary one at
Firefighters battle barn blaze Sunday
Crews worked to put out a large barn fire in the 1800 block of Gibson Road near Martinsville beginning at about 12:30 p.m. Sunday. Fire personnel with tankers and pumpers from Wilmington, Clinton-Warren, and Martinsville-Clark Township fought to bring it under control early on. The barn contained a camper and large amounts of firewood that firefighters soaked to keep from burning, as the metal roof melted and parts of the barn’s frame collapsed. No injuries were reported. Information on a possible cause was not yet available. The scene was cleared at about 3:25 p.m.