Storm causes power outage on Marco Island. Over 15,000 people on Marco Island were without power for more than seven hours Sunday morning. Violent storm winds Saturday night caused the main transmission line feeding the island to go down, leaving many businesses and homes in the dark.
In 1968 Hamer founded the Freedom Farms Corporation (FFC) a non-profit venture designed to help poor farming families. It also provided social services and grants for education. Fannie Lou Hamer died in Mound Bayou, Mississippi on 14th March 1977.
Ruth F. (Fitzgerald) Robinson, 92, of Pelham, died Monday, January 27th at Greenbriar Terrace in Nashua with her loving family by her side. She was the beloved wife of the late Everett S. Robinson who died April 12, 2001.Born in Manchester, New Hampshire, April 7, 1921, the daughter of the late Frank F. and the late Isabel C. (Manseau) Fitzgerald, she attended Manchester schools and was a graduate of Manchester high School.Before retiring, Ruth was employed as Secretary for the Nashua Housing Authority.n keeping in accordance with her wishes, there will be limited calling hours on Friday morning at the PELHAM FUNERAL HOME, 11 Nashua Rd. in Pelham from 9 to 9:30 o'clock followed by a Graveside Service at Gibson Cemetery at 10 oâclock. E-condolences/directions at www.pelhamfuneralhome.com.