Emerald’s Gem Box: My life has come full circle

Last week we, the Riverbend News, turned one year old. On July 29, 2020, our very first edition hit the streets in order to serve the residents of Suwannee County, Hamilton County and Lafayette County.  I grew up in the newspaper business. It’s all I’ve ever known.  On August 4, 1964, my parents, Tommy and Mary Ellen Greene, put out their very first edition of the Madison County Carrier. My parents (at the young age of 25) founded and started that newspaper with no newspaper experience at all; but with just a lot of hard work, dedication and will-power. They then went on to purchase the Mayo Free Press and the Branford News. Soon followed by the founding of the White Spri