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BY BRUCE BRANUM The Greenville Standard   This past Thursday afternoon, Regional Medical Center of Central Alabama, held a large community meeting to allow the public the opportunity to meet the Frey Medical Management (FMM) team and listen as they shared their thoughts and vision for the hospital. Held in the Wendell Mitchell Conference Center…

BY RAY VAN COR The Greenville Standard   Meet Mrs. Michelle Black. Michelle was born in Marshalltown, Iowa, lived in Germany for the first two years of her life and was raised in San Antonio, Texas. San Antonio is where she fell in love with art, taking multiple art classes in middle school, trying to…

The Greenville Camellia Society (GCS) held its third annual Greenville Camellia Show & Sale and Artisan’s Market this past Saturday and Sunday, Jan. 24-25, at the Wendell Mitchell Conference Center on the LBWCC campus and at the Beeland Park Community Center. There were many local entries of camellias this year to bolster other entries from…

The Greenville Camellia Society hosted their second annual Artisan’s Market this past weekend which coincides with their Camellia Show. The market vendors filled the exhibition hall of the Beeland Park Community Center and attracted many from the community and far away. Local vendors included The Crafty Coles, who make seasoned salts; Flying Basset Farms, who…

BY CARTER E. ANTHONY, CFA   And so, we begin a new year.  Mother always told me tis better to begin a new year than to not begin a new year at all.   Mothers are important with such knowledge. Were I to begin this new year continuing to be a Registered Investment Advisor, it would…

The seventh annual Martin Luther King Parade was held on Commerce Street in Greenville, Monday, Jan. 19, on a cold day under clear skies. A sizeable crowd lined the route on Commerce Street in Greenville to watch parade entries. Sponsored by Butler County Concerned Citizens, the parade began at 12 p.m. and traveled from the…

BY BRUCE BRANUM The Greenville Standard   On Monday, Jan. 19, the Butler County Civic League (BCCL) hosted their annual Martin Luther King, Jr. Freedom Breakfast. The theme of the event was ‘Whatever affects one directly, affects all indirectly.’” Honorable attendees included mayors from Greenville, Georgiana, and McKenzie, along with Butler County commissioners, and Butler…

The Greenville Camellia Society (GCS) is proud to reintroduce four of the “lost Greenville camellias” back into Greenville gardens around town. Yes!  ‘Tis the season!  Everything is camellias right now with GCS. The camellias are blooming. The Camellia show is this week-end. And they have a surprise for the Camellia City! President Jan Newton said…

BY KATHY PICKENS The Greenville Standard   Whether it is a walk through the Beeland Park Camellia Gardens, a drive around the Camellia City, a visit to the Camellia Show, or just savoring the beauty of your own yard, Greenville is filled with ways to enjoy our state flower during its wonderful winter blooming season.…

A delegation from Alabama’s “Camellia City,” Greenville, has announced that a new variety of Alabama’s State Flower, the Camellia japonica L., has been officially named for Governor Kay Ivey. During a visit in the Governor’s Office on Wednesday, Greenville Camellia Society officers, joined by Greenville Mayor Jae’Ques Brown, presented Governor Ivey a proclamation and an…