Rodney Hart
March 26, 2025 | By Rodney Hart
I’m all in for Linda Moore. I’m all out and against the current mayor, especially when it comes to public safety. It started when Bernie Vahlkamp was selected chief of the Quincy Fire Department. This was at the beginning of the current mayor’s term. The current mayor didn’t like Vahlkamp getting the job and wasn’t…
Read Full Article December 7, 2022 | By David Adam, MRN Editor
QUINCY — A 25-minute movie on the Vice Network’s YouTube page reviews the flooding of the Mississippi River in West Quincy, Mo., during the summer of 1993 and whether James Scott is actually innocent of the crime he was eventually convicted of. The midwestern section of the United States was submerged in 1993 by extreme…
Read Full Article May 7, 2022 | By David Adam, MRN Editor
QUINCY — Six weeks ago, the plan for Rodney and Sheryl Hart was to sell their business, Second String Music, to new owners by the end of the year. Today, the Harts say they will shut down their business on the corner of Fifth and Maine in June. “It’s just time,” Rodney Hart said. “We’re…
Read Full Article March 20, 2022 | By David Adam, MRN Editor
QUINCY — After 11 years in the music business, Rodney and Sheryl Hart have decided to sell Second String Music on the first floor of the Dodd Building on the corner of Fifth and Maine. The Harts announced their decision last month with the hope of finding new ownership by the end of the year.…
Read Full Article March 18, 2022 | By David Adam, MRN Editor
QUINCY — The closure of a downtown parking garage in Quincy has created more congestion in on-street parking around the Washington Park area. Don’t expect the parking situation to improve any time soon. The garage at 123 S. Fifth was closed last week. Michael Seaver, director of inspection and enforcement for the city, said a…
Read Full Article November 17, 2021 | By David Adam, MRN Editor
QUINCY — Rodney Hart and his wife Sheryl moved Second String Music from Eighth and Washington to the first floor of the Dodd Building on the northeast corner of Fifth and Maine in July 2012. Hart said the building was in “rough shape” when they bought the entire building a year later. “We took a…
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