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BY ANNIE CRENSHAW   As we all know (and as the History Channel calendar reminds us, with “This Day in History” notes that we love to read), the American Revolution officially came to an end when representatives of the United States, Great Britain, Spain and France signed the Treaty of Paris on September 3, 1783.…

Greenville’s 9th annual City Fest was another success this past Saturday, Sept. 9. A large crowd of attendees gathered to enjoy good food, music, games, comradery, and shop at the many vendors also in attendance. Vendors included local and area businesses which provide services, food, sweet treats, crafts, and a sundry of other items. Tracy…

BY ANNIE CRENSHAW   By the way, “Fisher Island” is named for our optimistic highway entrepreneur, Carl Fisher. Just south of Miami Beach, Fisher Island is one of the wealthiest and most exclusive residential areas in the United States. It’s built on a site that was part of “the old Vanderbilt estate” (another one of…

Lindsey Stallworth, a high school student from Monroe County, and her biology teacher recently discovered a 30-million-year-old fossil whale skeleton on a farm owned by her family in Monroe County. The whale, which could be 20 feet long, will take at least three to four years to excavate and could be a first-of-its-kind find in…

Exterior work has begun on a new restaurant coming to downtown Greenville.  The announcement of Dewberry’s Steakhouse came in 2021. Architectural and interior work began in 2022, but due to unforeseen variables major renovations were slowed until recently. Greenville Mayor Dexter McLendon says he is excited to see the major renovations officially “break ground.” “We’d…

BY CARTER E. ANTHONY   Upon arrival in Milwaukee, we were greeted by hosts in their private cars and whisked away for the 30-minute ride to Port Washington. The drive was parallel to the Lake Michigan shore, obviously scenery that we had never seen.  It was a beautiful drive. My student host was Paul Shafer,…

BY ANNIE CRENSHAW   In 1909, with his partner and friend, James Allison, and several other businessmen, Carl Fisher invested in a race track as a testing facility for Indiana’s growing automobile industry. The investors’ idea was that, as cars from different manufacturers competed against each other on the new track, spectators would see each…

Idalia is the first tropical system to make a statement in the Gulf this hurricane season. The system was forecast to become a dangerous “major hurricane” over the northeastern Gulf of Mexico by early Wednesday, the National Hurricane Center said. Hurricane watches are in effect along the Gulf Coast from Sarasota County all the way…