LOCAL GOVERNMENT

Sours will be new police chief (12/9/03)

Portland will have a new police chief and assistant chief and new superintendents of the street and parks department and the wastewater treatment plant as of Jan. 1.

Laux offered Fort Recovery police job (12/16/03)

FORT RECOVERY — In an executive session Monday night, the village council here decided to offer the open position of full-time police officer to 24-year-old Fort Recovery resident Jared Laux.

Reading grant approved (12/20/03)

If one of your Christmas presents next week is Mitch Albom’s Tuesdays With Morrie, don’t read it right away.

Silent auction eyed for former fire station sale (12/17/03)

Portland Board of Works members voted today to recommend that a silent auction be used to sell the former Portland Fire Station.

Park board eyes more grants

Although the Portland Park Board didn’t receive its $1.2 million Christmas wish, the future looks bright for the Hudson Family Park project.

EMA job offered to Frazee (12/16/03)

After being turned down by their first choice, Jay County Commissioners offered the position of emergency management director to the long-time town marshal of Pennville.

Land purchased to begin city sewer separation work (12/16/03)

At their last meeting in 2003, Portland City Council members accepted a resolution Monday to purchase land needed to begin the Wayne Street/Boundary Pike project.

Johnson pledges cooperation (12/23/03)

DUNKIRK — In a spirit of cooperation, Mayor Tom Johnson said Monday that he was more than willing to continue working for the betterment of the city, including helping his successor Sam Hubbard.

Dunkirk does transfers (12/30/03)

DUNKIRK — Year-end transfers of funds and earmarking money from this year’s budget to be spent on designated items next year were the highlights of a brief city council session Monday.

Grant support sought (1/14/04)

Calling all Portland area residents, officials and business leaders: The city’s park board needs your support.

BZA shoots down plan (12/19/03)

A request by a Portland man to open a commercial recreation business in Greene Township was shot down — at least for now — by the Jay County Board of Zoning Appeals on Thursday.

District purchase mulled (1/6/03)

Before investing any more money to add improvements to land they don’t even own, members of the local waste district board want to at least explore the possibility of purchasing the property that serves as district headquarters.

Animal control contract upped (12/22/03)

The county’s contract with a rural Portland couple for animal control services has been renewed.

Geneva racing clock (1/7/03)

GENEVA — Town council members here are racing against the clock to submit a grant application to the state by Jan. 23 to fund a drainage and road project on the town’s southwest side.

Board looks at flood options (1/12/03)

A request for help with a persistent flooding problem east of Dunkirk was met with several possible solutions — none of them immediate.
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