Ahead of the 55th anniversary of The Selma to Montgomery Marches that took place in March 1965, Newtown Bee Associate Editor Shannon Hicks is hoping to hear from current and former Newtown residents who either participated in any of those historic marches, or lived in Newtown in March 1955 and remember first-hand accounts of the events in Alabama.
Secretary of the State Denise Merrill reminds votes that if they are registered in one party, but want to vote in a different party’s presidential primary this April 28, they must change their registration by January 28.
Over the course of two meetings held two nights apart on January 13 and 15, the Board of Finance and Legislative Council finalized a five-year Capital Improvement Plan (CIP) that included a moratorium on bonding in the 2025 fiscal cycle — creating what officials have dubbed a “debt vacation.”
The topic may be the same but the narratives every other week differ and I appreciate the installments. Rebuttals on factual content rather than focusing on form would improve the discourse.
Congrats to all the 275 graduates.
For context...class of 2005 had 360 students, the number of graduating seniors seemed to cap out in the late 2000's in the low 400's.
When the author had to come back to correct the edition, maybe the series has gotten long enough to require its own index. I can re-run the calc's at the next one, which should be in about 10 days.
