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Several city projects underway in Tallassee By CLIFF WILLIAMS News Editor The downtown Tallassee streetscape project is the most visible ongoing project for the City of Tallassee, but it is not the only one. Other projects, years in the making, are in various stages including the renovations to the wastewater treatment
plant, replacing cast iron gas lines, upgrading water lines and the water filter treatment plant. CDG engineer Jeff Harrison continues assisting the city through the various projects to help ensure work meets state and federal guidelines. Harrison said work at the city’s sewage lagoon is well underway and work will be completed by the end of the
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year. “The contractor is working very diligently,” Harrison said. “They have been working on a lot of piping that is coming from where the Laney lift station project ended, bringing it to the southern lagoon. They are putting in the lift station right across from Neptune.”
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Renovations to the City of Tallasee wastewater treatment lagoons are a $4.4 million project and only part of several ongoing infrastructure improvements.
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School summer feeding starts this week
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By CLIFF WILLIAMS News Editor Tallassee City Schools are preparing to serve meals to students this summer. The summer feeding program will be at each of Tallassee’s three schools — Tallassee Elementary School, Southside Middle School and Tallassee High School as they host summer learning programs. The program is for children 18 and under. “Children aren’t required to be enrolled in Tallassee to participate since we are an open campus,” Tallassee City Schools Child Nutrition Programs coordinator Carol Wright said. “We do have to tie a child’s name to every meal, so at the point of service the staff will ask for their name. If a parent decides to bring their children to one of our schools during the published meal times, they must remain with their child while they eat.” Historically most students taking advantage of the summer feeding program are enrolled in the Tallassee City Schools summer learning programs. “In the past we have only had one or two children drop in for summer meals,” Wright said. Wright said the program is necessary to help ensure children get adequate nutrition during the summer when school is not in session. “Research shows that when students are out during the summer they are less likely to receive a nutritious meal, especially free and reduced students,” Wright said. “As of April
Tallassee honors the Class of 2023
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Family and friends gathered at J.E. Hot O’Brien Stadium to celebrate the 117 graduating seniors of Tallassee High School. The senior class was awarded more than $1.3 million in scholarship funds. It also remembered classmates Derrick McCade and Bethany Walters who died. Everyone heard from valedictorian Harper Davis and Salutatorian Jacob Sharpe. The ceremony ended with the senior choir ensemble leading the Tallassee High School Alma Mater.
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By CLIFF WILLIAMS News Editor Tallassee High School Class of 2023 valedictorian Harper Davis has “thoroughly enjoyed” her time at Tallassee but can’t wait to see what the future holds.
Davis’ entire childhood and academic career has centered around Tallassee and its schools. In just a couple months she will be walking the capstone at the University of Alabama. But Davis understands it is just the See LIFE, Page A5
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Harper Davis leads her classmates of the Tallassee High School Class of 2023 to receive their diplomas at J.E. Hot O’Brien Stadium Friday night.
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