LOCAL GOVERNMENT

Fort mayor makes apointments (1/6/03)

FORT RECOVERY — The village’s new mayor, Roger Broerman, made several board appointments at Monday night’s village council meeting.

Battery project a hit (12/23/03)

A new collection program for a wide variety of household batteries is a big hit, the director of a local waste district told her board Monday.

Naming of deputy clerk delayed (12/31/03)

GENEVA — Following discussion over a town employee’s residency requirements, council members here delayed making an appointment for that position on Tuesday.

Hubbard takes reins

DUNKIRK — New Mayor Sam Hubbard took over the reins of leadership Monday, chairing his first council session and making council member assignments and re-appointing city department heads.

Roads weathering rain (1/5/03)

The buckets of rain that have fallen over the area in the past few weeks have not caused serious damage — yet — to Jay County roads.

Election filing opens Jan. 21 (1/13/04)

A little more than two months after an exciting local election cycle ended, another one — this time with offices on the national, state and county level on the line — is almost ready to begin.

Field dwindles for road chief (1/13/04)

A dwindling field of candidates may make selecting a new superintendent for the Jay County Highway Department easier than planned.

Contest set for city seal (1/17/04)

City officials want to be able to place Portland’s own mark on the world.

Fire station sale on hold (1/6/03)

Action on the sale of the former Portland fire station was tabled following a vote Monday by Portland City Council members.

Bruner is interim EMA head (12/02/03)

A long-time member and current chief of the county’s volunteer rescue unit has been named as the acting head of Jay County Emergency Management Agency.

Tax distrubution set (12/12/03)

The collection of property taxes — always stressful on both those paying and those collecting — has, for most, been even more so in this first year of taxes under a controversial reassessment.

Hopefuls eyed for EMA chief (12/15/03)

After interviewing finalists this morning, Jay County Commissioners could select the new director of the county’s emergency management agency by this afternoon.

Local: Details lacking from Kernan (1/14/04)

It might be difficult to find anyone — even the most partisan political opponent — who thought Indiana Gov. Joe Kernan didn’t give a good performance in his State of the State speech Tuesday.

Car, equipment purchase made (1/15/04)

Purchases of a new city police car and equipment for the wastewater treatment plant were approved Wednesday by the Portland Board of Works.

Election reform weighed (12/19/03)

Indiana Secretary of State Todd Rokita met with Jay County clerk Jane Ann Runyon Thursday afternoon to hear her input on the state's plan to overhaul its voting system.
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