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In honor of Andrew
A ceremony Thursday morning in front of Jay County Junior-Senior High School celebrated the naming of the nearby Indiana 67 bridge over the Salamonie River in Honor of Whitacre, a Bryant resident who died in military service on June 19, 2008, in Afghanistan.
Board learns about reinvestment area
FORT RECOVERY — The village is considering establishing a Community Reinvestment Area. School board members learned more about how they could be involved in the process Monday. Community Reinvestment Area programs serve as a tax incentive for property owners to renovate existing structures or construct new buildings. Municipal and county …
Council agrees to review ordinance
Portland City Council agreed to work with Ohio Valley Gas on potentially modifying the ordinance after hearing from a representative of the company at its meeting Monday.
Redkey to use Leap for IT
Redkey Town Council agreed to utilizing Leap Managed Information Technology Services of Muncie for information technology services at its meeting Tuesday. Also, at a special meeting Wednesday, council agreed to put office assistant Billie Hammond — she was suspended with pay last week — on a performance improvement plan moving …
City council wants more information
Will Portland put a moratorium on geological carbon sequestration projects? City council members want to hear more before they decide.
County pauses wind projects, but not carbon
The county isn’t establishing a moratorium on geological carbon sequestration. It has, however, enacted up to a one-year moratorium on wind farms. Jay County Commissioners upheld recommendations from Jay County Plan Commission during a public hearing and special meeting Monday.
Project resolution OK'd
Jay School Board approved a lease resolution Monday as part of the process toward bonding for the planned $17.44 million project at the junior-senior high school and also OK’d $125,000 in repairs to the stadium.
Cybersecurity training offered
First Bank of Berne will host a cybersecurity symposium on Tuesday, July 29, in Wells County.
FR teen died in crash Sunday
Natalie R. Siegrist, 16, died at Lutheran Hospital in Fort Wayne after she was ejected from a vehicle that went off of Indiana 26 about a quarter-mile west of the state line.
Council brings in help, suspends officer, assistant
REDKEY — Town officials have decided it’s time to bring in some help. Redkey Town Council agreed during a special meeting Friday to a one-year contract at $4,500 a month with consulting firm Civitas Strategies.
Apron expansion on track
Portland Board of Aviation learned Wednesday that the planned apron expansion project at Portland Municipal Airport is on track to start as scheduled in August and that a Federal Aviation Administration grant has come through to begin design of runway pavement improvements.
Primer offered on tax proposal
Fort Recovery administration and council members met at the Cooper Brothers Community Pavilion in Community Park to share details with the community about raising the income tax by 0.5 percentage points.
All consuming
Jay County High School’s marching band, which will play host to the annual Jay County Lions Band Contest on Friday at Jay County Fairgrounds, will look to wow its home crowd with its “Consumed.”
Paving 400 South proposed
One of the most well-traveled county roads is being considered for paving. Jay County Commissioners agreed Monday to seek bids for paving county road 400 South from Indiana 67 to Indiana 1.
Rate increase vote set for August
DUNKIRK — City council plans to take action on water and sewer rate increases and a request to vacate an alley at its first meeting in August. The sewer and water rate proposed increases were introduced at Monday’s meeting, with city attorney Wes Schemenaur formally presenting the language to council …
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