LOCAL GOVERNMENT

Hospital buys medical center (4/29/04)

The Jay County Hospital Board voted Wednesday to purchase the Vormohr Medical Center building and property, located at 1758 West 100 South, Portland, for $650,000.

Bridge to get facelift (5/17/04)

A steel truss bridge over the Wabash River near New Corydon will be getting a facelift in the coming months.

Supercenter in works (5/19/04)

Rumors that began not long after Wal-Mart opened in Portland in the mid-1990s are at least one step closer to becoming reality.

'Super' concerns (6/4/04)

Several residents of Heritage Commons condominiums attended the Thursday meeting of the Portland Planning Commission to voice their concerns about the planned Wal-Mart Supercenter.

Voting system reviewed (6/8/04)

Reassurances that a paper trail for elections won’t be required by the federal government appeared to move Jay County closer to choosing a new voting system.

Some Wal-Mart plans OK'd (6/28/04)

Part of the drainage plans for the site of a new Wal-Mart Supercenter won approval from the Jay County Drainage Board this morning.

Dunkirk eyes 4 percent hike (7/13/04)

DUNKIRK — A 4 percent across-the-board pay hike for city employees and elected officials is being considered by council members here.

Terror grants awarded (7/13/04)

Five state and federal grants totaling almost $160,000 will give a big boost to emergency personnel in Jay County.

District tipping fee trimmed (7/20/04)

A request to cut the per-ton amount it receives for trash dumped in a local landfill has been approved by the Jay County Solid Waste District.

Fort sidewalk bids accepted (7/20/04)

FORT RECOVERY — Construction of new sidewalks on Harrison and West Milligan streets here can begin.

Watson told to do survey (8/2/04)

A request to hire a consultant to survey large culverts in the county was met with a rather cool reception from Jay County Commissioners.

Plan update in works (8/4/04)

Plans for updating Jay County’s economic road map — and a new assessment of conditions for entrepreneurs in the area — are moving forward.

Fire station uses mulled (8/3/04)

Headwaters Heritage president Sandy Bubp, in collaboration with architect Kato Smith, presented ideas for possible uses of the former Portland Fire Station to the Portland City Council Monday evening.

U-Loc to expand (7/14/04)

The Portland Board of Zoning Appeals unanimously approved a request which will allow Inman U-Loc Storage to expand.

Geneva celebration planned (8/4/04)

GENEVA — A celebration is in the works.
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