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FRONT PAGE NEWS
Meade County weathers the storm
 
Photos by Anne Mullenix and Sandra Stone
March is Severe Weather Preparedness Month in Kentucky, and we got a strong reminder of that March 9 when high winds and rain blew through the area about 10 p.m. Click Here For Full Story
Meade County Riverport Authority granted $206,000
Projects seem to take forever, and that’s before even the first spade of dirt is turned. There are meetings upon meetings, design phases, permitting phases, archaeological reviews, environmental studies and grant requests. And then that long-awaited day arrives. The final phase of permitting is underway, and the grant is awarded. Click Here For Full Story
All Meade County polling places to be moved to schools
The Meade County Fiscal Court, the county attorney and several interested citizens crowded into the grand jury room March 8 for a special session to discuss polling places, approve additional voting machines and hold the first readings of several ordinances postponed from the last regular meeting. County clerk Katrina Fitzgerald explained that the counties were pressured to comply with a 2002 state law to provide handicapped accessible voting. After surveys of the current polling locations revealed many problems, the election board decided to move all voting to the schools since they are already handicapped accessible by law. A tentative list of potential voting sites was presented to Fiscal Court as follows but had not been finalized. Click Here For Full Story
Power line opponents from four counties speak out at PSC hearing
Approximately 150 people attended the March 6 Kentucky Public Service Commission (PSC) hearing at the Pritchard Community Center in Elizabethtown. The hearing was held at the request of property owners in Meade, Hardin, Bullitt and Jefferson counties. These property owners would be affected by Louisville Gas & Electric’s and Kentucky Utility Company’s requests to run power lines and transmission towers through these four counties. The proposed line would run electricity from a new power plant to be built in Trimble County. Click Here For Full Story
Health department project on track for June completion
 Work on the Meade County Health Department renovation and addition continues with an anticipated completion date of June 1. The total project is 7,862 square feet. Of that total, with 4,802 square feet will be in the new addition, and 3,060 will be renovation of the existing downstairs space.
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Meade County Emergency Planning Committee holds meeting
The Meade County Emergency Planning Committee held a meeting on March 8. Click Here For Full Story
Meade PZ approves requests, leaves one item on the table
The Meade County Planning and Zoning Commission met Feb. 16 for their regular monthly meeting. An easement application for Linda Kennedy on Fred Fackler Road was brought off the table and unanimously approved on a motion by Allen Flaherty, seconded by Mark Garverich. Click Here For Full Story
Let’s Get Moving, Meade County!
In 2003 the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released a study that ranked Kentucky as the least physically active state in the nation. The Cooperative Extension Service and Meade County Health Department want to help our county to get moving by inviting you to join the “Get Moving Meade County” physical activity awareness campaign. Click Here For Full Story
New street names for Ekron
The Ekron City Commission voted to change some of their street names at its regular monthly meeting March 7 in order to comply with new E-911 ordinance requirements. Bill Lacy, coordinator of the E-911 project, stated that letters with the address changes will be sent to Ekron residents within a week after the street names are verified to make sure they comply with the set standards. Mayor Gwynne Ison, who is also a postal employee, assured the commissioners that the post office was already aware of the project and would be handling address changes as needed. The following street name changes were presented for E-911 approval: Click Here For Full Story
Who’s minding the store?
– And other points to ponder
“Signs, signs, everywhere there’s signs. Blockin’ up the scenery, breakin’ my mind. Do this, don’t do that. Can’t you read the signs?”
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