GLOBE- A Volunteer Day is planned Saturday, April 29 at the Old Dominion Historic Mine Park; with spring in full swing, there will be plenty of cleanup from the winter season as well as new work to be done. Community and civic groups and individuals are invited to come out …
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Nurd Berger owner cited for violating city sign code
Mayor wants Nurd Berger grandfathered in after codes are fixed Whether a sign or a mural or whether one supports or despises the new artwork on the side of the popular Nurd Berger Café, its appearance soon after the death of actress Carrie Fisher in December has raised questions about …
Read More »Vote Early, Vote Often & Vote BTA for ‘Best Botanical Garden’
Want to help score some free press and bring new visitors to Boyce Thompson Arboretum? Click the link below and ‘Vote BTA’; among 20 gardens across the land in the running for an online popularity contest sponsored by USA Today. Guest ContributorGuest Contributors include press releases, guest authors, and …
Read More »Rain caused sinkhole in Globe woman’s yard
Property owner believes there is a connection to rumored network of tunnels beneath Globe Whether a recent sinkhole at a Globe residence was an act of God or the result a tunnel carved by long-ago miners may never be known, but a local woman learned what services are and are …
Read More »Historic Book Clubs gathering of minds, hearts
Their resumes – should they choose to print them these days – would read like a Who’s Who of Globe and Miami, and although tea and cake is consumed on a regular basis, there is far more happening at the Tuesday and Wednesday Book Clubs’ monthly meetings than would ever …
Read More »Matilda Moore 1836 – 1901
Local historian and researcher, Lee Ann Powers, provided this history on Matilda Moore who moved here with her husband and two children in 1878. A large white gravestone marks her final resting place in the old Globe Cemetery. Here is the story of Matilda Jane Burnett Crampton Moore. She was …
Read More »Foster-Cleveland wed to the sound of music
What happens when two people from deeply musical families get married? Music plays! During the evening nuptials of Mikah Foster and Travis Cleveland on Sept. 3, 2016, at Christ Temple in Phoenix, members of both sides of the new family sang solos, duets and as a group to usher the …
Read More »United Fund requests clarification from Taliesin and outlines their mission to serve the community in 2017
The vision of the United Fund of Globe-Miami Inc. (UF) is based upon improving lives through the donations that the citizens and businesses make towards the supported agencies. It states “Supporting local nonprofits since 1964 to improve lives by making our communities a better place to live and work.” With …
Read More »Shop Superior 2nd Friday celebrates a one year anniversary
In small towns it is not unusual to see the downtown business district close up at five and go home. Yet, for the last year, Superior merchants have been lighting up the downtown district and staying open late for Shop Superior 2nd Friday. There are deals to be had, as each …
Read More »Santa arrives in Globe and takes requests
Santa and his elves arrived in Globe this morning driven not by eight reindeer but the Globe Fire Department. They arrived on schedule at the train depot where a line of kids waited with anticipation to give him their requests for Christmas. Linda GrossWriter, photographer. Passionate foodie, lover of good books and …
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