Down Home Street Festival brings community together
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Down Home Street Festival brings community together

Dreary weather didn’t keep festival-goers away from Bonifay’s annual Down Home Street Festival March 18.  Live music was on tap, smells from delicious foods wafted through the air, and Veterans Boulevard was lined with vendors selling a variety of homemade goods, crafts, jewelry, clothing and art. Many local organizations set up tents to mingle with…

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Holmes County EMS to take part in Hart HELPS project

Holmes County EMS was recently approved to take part in the Florida Department of Health Hart HELPS project. HELPS is an acronym for Helping Evolve Locally Provided Services project. Over the course of the next year, EMS will be tracking which calls they have responded to that refuse transport or do not need transport to…

Volunteers make Arc multi-sensory room a reality
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Volunteers make Arc multi-sensory room a reality

In a day and age of neurotypical people living in an overstimulated world, it’s even more important to safeguard those without the normal defenses from stress-inducing sensory environments.  Just in time for Developmental Disabilities Awareness Month, the Arc of Washington-Holmes Counties, Inc. hosted an open house March 4 to showcase the newly minted multi-sensory room…

Tickets on sale for HCHS Gospel Music Weekend
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Tickets on sale for HCHS Gospel Music Weekend

The Holmes County High School Music Department will present a Gospel Music Weekend on Saturday, March 11 at 5 p.m. and Sunday, March 12 at 2:30 p.m. at the HCHS Auditorium. Tickets are now on sale. The night will include many gospel standards and new favorites. The HCHS students will be singing songs that include…

Wrestling Against Cancer 8 to benefit Southport native
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Wrestling Against Cancer 8 to benefit Southport native

The pro wrestling community is once again coming together to fight a common opponent – cancer. The Wrestling Against Cancer event slated for April 29 will help offset the medical expenses for Southport native Donna Duncan who was diagnosed with colon cancer in 2019 and has been battling since then with medical bills piling up….

Veterans Memorial Park has new pickleball court
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Veterans Memorial Park has new pickleball court

The old tennis court at Veterans Memorial Park in Bonifay recently got a much-needed facelift and added purpose as a new pickleball court.  When City Councilwoman Sierra Smith was appointed to oversee the city’s parks and recreation, Smith said she immediately started brainstorming ways to bring more activities to Bonifay. She reached out to the…

Gospel Music Weekend coming up at HCHS
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Gospel Music Weekend coming up at HCHS

The Holmes County High School Music Department will present a Gospel Music Weekend on Saturday, March 11 at 5 p.m. and Sunday, March 12 at 2:30 p.m. at the HCHS Auditorium. The night will include many gospel standards and new favorites. The HCHS students will be singing songs that include “Because He Lives,” “Then Came…

HCHS to present ‘Smokey Joe’s Cafe’
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HCHS to present ‘Smokey Joe’s Cafe’

Holmes County High School Drama Department will present the musical “Smokey Joe’s Cafe” on Thursday, Feb. 23; Friday, Feb. 24; Saturday, Feb. 25; Monday, Feb. 27; and Tuesday, Feb. 28 at the HCHS Auditorium. Showtime is 7 p.m. each night. Doors open at 6. Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller virtually invented rock ‘n’ roll, and…

It’s almost tee time: 16th annual Holmes Chamber golf tournament slated for St. Patrick’s Day
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It’s almost tee time: 16th annual Holmes Chamber golf tournament slated for St. Patrick’s Day

Registration is open for the Holmes County Chamber of Commerce’s 16th Annual Golf Tournament, a favorite event with cash prize money up for grabs.   The tournament is Friday, March 17 at Dogwood Lakes Golf Course. It will be a four person team scramble (one flight) with a registration fee of $300 per team which includes…