Phase one completes at SS Belcher cleanup in Princeton
Empire Salvage finished about 28 days of emergency cleanup of the SS Belcher scrap yard off West View Avenue paid by Norfolk and Western. About 460 yards of garbage 4000 yards of debris and 25 tons of steel were removed. Lusk and Freeman hailed the result as three acres of land recovered and planned a second phase by end of September.
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Princeton
Lusk Disposal
Gordon Lusk
Norfolk and Western Railroad
Lusk
Empire Salvage
C.A. Kassay
Doug Freeman
West View Avenue
Danny Lusk
Freeman
Division of Environmental Protection
Stephen Fuller
SS Belcher
Fuller
Mercer County Solid Waste Authority
Princeton Railroad Museum project discussed at inaugural museum board meeting
The Princeton Railroad Museum project moves forward as steering committee considers four engineering firms for planning and design of the 720000 project. Federal and state funding totaling 54000 is secured, with site near the former Slab Fork depot on land donated by Norfolk and Southern Railroad.
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Princeton
Princeton Railroad Museum
Charlie Pace
CBD Professional Group
Beckley
E.T. Boggess
Pentree Associates
Gates Calloway Moore
West of
Hill Studio
P.C
Roanoke
Freeman
Ken Coleman
The
Historical Society
Slab Fork
Norfolk and Southern Railroad
Region One
Norm Kirkham
Kirkham
Pace
West Virginia
Tazewell County meeting on courthouse delays explained
Tazewell County plans a Sept 17 briefing with Brown and Root on the 12.9 million courthouse and jail project delays seven months behind schedule. Board chair Jerry Wood says a presentation will address the hold up as the county considers moving inmates to Keen Mountain for six to eight months to speed demolition and work.
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Tazewell
Brown and Root
Jerry Wood
Wood
Dennis Simmons
Brown
Keen Mountain
Buchanan County
Princeton band gets uniforms for new members
Princeton Senior High School band expands with 100 new uniforms funded by $30,000 goal met through boosters and local donors. Mercer County BOE aided instruments. Moose Lodge contributed 1300. Anne Hunnicutt Foundation closed the drive. Ninety five students joined the band. uniforms debuted Aug 25 during ribbon cutting.
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Princeton
Julia Kade
Kaden
Anne Hunnicutt
Kade
Police wary of popular laser pointers in Princeton
Mercer County detectives warn laser pointers resemble firearm lasers and can be mistaken for a gun. Off duty officers spotted a red dot at Mercer Mall and later caught four youths, two juveniles, pointing a dot from a restaurant window. Officers stress lasers are dangerous not for games, as the beam can mislead in darkness and mist.
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Princeton
Darrell Bailey
Mercer County Sheriff's Department
Bailey
Mercer Mall
Music in the Square schedules September performances in Princeton
Music in the Square lists three free evening programs at Princeton Town Square in September. The Sept 2 event funds Princeton Sgt. Cliff Mitchem’s brain cancer treatment with acts Bill Archer and Karl Miller, Nancy Tanoukhi, Four Hits and a Miss, and Allen Burgess. Proceeds go to Mitchem via the police department and local shops. Weathered by activity, Sept 9 is school spirit night and Sept 16 caps the season with Burgess directing.
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Princeton Music In
Princeton Town Square
Princeton
Cliff Mitchem
Bill Archer
Karl Miller
Nancy Tanoukhi
Allen Burgess
Princeton Police Department
E-911 Communications Center
Mitchem
Police Department
Del
Elizabeth Osborne
Elizabeth
Daily Telegraph
Princeton Times
Green Valley
Glenwood
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Belcher
Tony Barbery
Museum Board
Norm
Tazewell County
John Nelso
Richard Bishop
B & H Bluegrass Express
River, Va
Homer Kennedy
Nathan Lawson
Steven Acord
Allen Lawson
Forest Shade
Music In the Square
Barbara Hawkins
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