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  • Variance request denied

    A request for a variance by developers of seven lots located on Hwy. 36 east of Milton was rejected by a 3-2 vote during Monday’s meeting of the Trimble County Fiscal Court.

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  • Trimble Co. Relay for Life raises over $5,000 to date

    The annual Trimble County Relay for Life event was held Friday at the Bedford Elementary School.

    “We are actually still collecting money for the event, so the total will go up, but at this time, we’ve raised just over $5,000 in this year’s event,” Kristin Darrow said. Darrow is community representative for the Mid-South Division of the American Cancer Society, Inc.

    There were six teams participating in the event:

    “Cancer... Ain’t Nobody Got Time for That” led by Zach Nelson;

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  • Bedford okays tax rate

    By CARLA KIDWELL
    The Trimble Banner

    The Bedford City Commission met Monday approving the 2nd reading of the budget and adopting an Ordinance setting the city tax rate and levying ad valorem taxes for 2013 on Bedford city residents to 15 cents per one hundred dollars of value. Commissioner Floyd gave the cemetery report stating they were waiting on the replacement light fixture that had been returned.

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  • Milton approves budget

    The Milton City Commission met in special session on Monday, June 17, and approved the second reading of the Budget Ordinance fiscal year, July 1, 2013 through June 30, 2014. The commission had held the first reading of the budget ordinance during their regular monthly meeting on Thursday, June 13.

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  • TRAFFIC SWITCHED TO NEW BRIDGE ON TEMPORARY PIERS

    Traffic has been switched from the old US 421 Milton-Madison Bridge to the new
    bridge, which is sitting on temporary piers. The switch took place at about 9:37
    p.m. Monday, June 3, 2013.

    To access the new bridge - which is about 15 feet downstream of the old bridge -
    drivers are using the newly-constructed permanent approaches in Milton, Ky., and
    Madison, Ind. Toward the end of the approach, drivers use a short transition span,
    which takes them to the new 40-foot-wide bridge.

    The new span has a 15-ton weight limit and a 36-foot vehicle length restriction,

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  • TRAFFIC TO SWITCH ONTO NEW BRIDGE ON TEMPORARY PIERS

    Louisville, Ky. – After more than two years of construction on the new Milton-Madison Bridge, workers are gearing up for some of the final – and most anticipated – stages of the project, expected to take place this summer.

     

    The first milestone occurs early next week when traffic is switched from the old bridge to the new bridge in its temporary location. Project contractor Walsh Construction expects the switch to take place on June 3 or 4.

     

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  • Kentucky denies permit for coal ash landfill

    The Kentucky Division of Waste Management notified LG&E Wednesday, March 20, of its preliminary decision to deny the utility’s application (Activity ID No. APE20110002) for a special waste landfill permit for a coal ash landfill in Trimble County.

    Division of Waste Management Director Tony Hatton, in a letter to W. Michael Winkler, LG&E and KU Environmental Programs Manager, stated that the excavation or destruction of a cave on the proposed landfill site does not comply with requirements of the Cave Act in KRS 433.877(1).

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  • Spring Forward! Time change is this Sunday

    Daylight Savings Time will begin this year on Sunday, March 10. Many remember April and October as being the months for the annual time changes in years past but federal law moved the time changes to March and November.

    Daylight Savings Time will end and we’ll return to Standard Time on Sunday, Nov. 3.

    Clocks will advance one hour at 2 a.m. on March 10. In November, clocks will drop back one hour.

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  • New insurance tax passes second reading

    An ordinance taxing insurance companies for the privilege of doing business in Trimble County passed the second reading during Monday’s meeting of the Trimble County Fiscal Court. The ordinance will be effective July 1, 2013. The second reading was unanimously approved without discussion.

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  • Downtown KDH to become facility for senior living

    King’s Daughters’ Health and Trilogy Health Services, LLC have reached an agreement for Trilogy to purchase the downtown hospital and convert it into a senior living facility. Trilogy Health Services will take possession of the hospital on April 1, 2013 and immediately begin renovations at a cost of three to four million dollars. The new facility, which has not yet been named, will open in early 2014 and will provide an estimated 100 to 120 new jobs in the local area.

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