The plan in the next couple of years or so is for Cobb Elementary School to assume a new role and take in junior high aged children from the middle school, which will close. (Anniston Star photo by Stephen Gross)
May 17, 2013 | 
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Kevin Welch, whose daughter Kanmiyah attends Cobb, said the move could be a positive step. But at the same time, he added, it could negatively affect students who are dispersed among other elementary schools. “They might be split up with their friends,” he said.
May 15, 2013 |
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Paige Rentz
Anniston
256-235-3564
prentz@annistonstar.com
Apr 17, 2013 |
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Several roadway projects still in the planning phase seek to designate shared roadways and bike routes to guide cyclists along the most accommodating city streets, simultaneously reminding automobile drivers of cyclists’ presence.
Apr 17, 2013 |
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The plan lists optional connections and extensions into other areas of the city, including a share-the-lane network through McClellan roads, a potential crossing of Alabama 21 into Lagarde Park, bike routes through the city’s downtown streets with connection to Coldwater Mountain bike trails, and the possibility of developing an second abandoned rail line in the western side of the city.
Apr 16, 2013 |
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According to a police report, the theft occurred at a commercial location on the 1300 block of Quintard Avenue. The vehicle is a blue 2007 Ford F-150 extended cab pickup truck valued at $10,000.
Apr 11, 2013 |
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Spirit of Anniston will be plastering the large front windows of a vacant building on the 1000 block of Noble Street with posters advertising the festival, said Dianna Michaels, the new director of Spirit of Anniston.
Apr 10, 2013 |
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Robin Scott, executive director of the McClellan Development Authority, said such an extension of the Ladiga Trail would “be a benefit to McClellan and future development there and a future benefit to the city.”
Apr 07, 2013 |
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More than 50 people Saturday began at Heroes Bar & Grille in Weaver and walked along Alabama 21 to symbolize the journey victims of sexual violence take to heal.
Apr 07, 2013 |
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The effort to improve a neighborhood on the edge continues.
Apr 07, 2013 |
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If Anniston does pull back from the police jurisdiction, the responsibility for these areas would fall to the Calhoun County Sheriff’s Office.
Apr 06, 2013 |
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“That’s going to be a great opportunity,” said City Planner Toby Bennington, who added that working together, the city and Spirit of Anniston can help bring Main Street back to the once vibrant program that it was.
Apr 03, 2013 |
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With an eye toward growth, Mike Poe is looking to hand over the reins of the Noble Street Festival and Cheaha Challenge.
Mar 29, 2013 |
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Officials hope to open the road for the first time in two years late next week, once workers finish the top layer of paving and the shoulder and complete an inspection for the new traffic signal. It will provide access to U.S. 431 from the Calhoun County Board of Education and an adjacent shopping center, which no longer have direct access to Alabama 21.
Mar 28, 2013 |
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“We know that comprehensive smoke-free policies eliminate exposure to secondhand smoke,” Ashley Lyerly, regional director of advocacy for American Lung Association, told the council. “It saves lives.”
Mar 27, 2013 |
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The city’s previous regulations prohibited keeping bees within 300 feet — the length of a football field — of any residence or structure but provided no guidelines for beekeeping practices.
Mar 25, 2013 |
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Van Hamilton, owner of Hamilton Band Instrument Company for nearly five decades, died Saturday after more than three weeks battling a head injury he sustained during a fall early this month, according to his daughter Patsy Haynes. He was 90 years old.
Mar 24, 2013 |
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Sue Canter, director of admissions at The Donoho School, said over the years the school has tried to find ways to increase the cultural diversity of its student body, something that was made more difficult because the small day school offers no boarding for non-local students.
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