Cop Shop spree helps Princeton kids shop for Christmas
Thirty five elementary students from Princeton area schools visited Roses in Princeton for the first Shop With A Cop event. Fraternal Order of Police officers supplied each child with 100 to buy gifts while community groups and the CARE program helped select participants.
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Princeton
Kari Whitlow
Sun Valley Elementary
W.A. Perry
Barbara Davis
Athens
W.L. Harman
Princeton Lodge No. 89
Fraternal Order of Police
FOP
Marty Lytton
Mercer County Care Program
Cials
Amanda Sullivan
James Sullivan
Melrose Elementary
Ofice
Roses
Jessica Given
Joe Culbertson
PSA to bill county for leachate treatment costs
The Tazewell County Public Service Authority votes to bill the county about 43000 for treating county leachate since January 1993. The move follows negotiations with towns and warns of potential landfill shutdown if leachate goes untreated.
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Tazewell
Tazewell County
Spencer
PSA
Richard Farthing
Ulysses Cundiff
Cundiff
Don Payne
Bill Smith
City acts to clear fumes at City Hall and substation
Princeton city officials moved to curb exhaust fumes from the Fire Department Main Garage entering City Hall by installing a large exhaust fan at an estimated cost of 500. Emergency replacement of a bat heater at the East End Princeton Fire Substation was approved at about 1250 with quotes to be obtained for multiple bids. Mayor and council also supported donating a Reds Championship sign to the booster club and commended the police for quick arrest of an armed robber.
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Princeton
Princeton Fire Department
City
Wayne Shumate
Bay Area
City Hall
Kelly Davis
Shumate
Betty Hutchens
Anita Skeens Caldwell
Emer
Hutchens
Caldwell
Bay
John Conley
Princeton Reds
Robert Walthall
Bill Draper
Princeton Police Department
Richlands targets properties still not in compliance
Richlands town officials say the 30 day notices sent to property owners of dilapidated structures and unkempt yards have expired for several. Some owners have begun cleanup with lawns mowed and a structure torn down, while others show no improvement according to Town Manager Tim Taylor.
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Richlands
Tim Taylor
Taylor
Grants needed as Bluefield free clinic faces funding shortfall
Elizabeth Richardson told the Bluefield Rotary Club that Mercer Health Right Inc. risks closing without grants. The free clinic serving the poor and uninsured began in 1990, expanded operations, and relies on shrinking state and federal funds. Without continued support the life-saving services could end, affecting many patients who depend on the clinic.
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Bluefield
Mercer Health Right, Inc
Roanoke
Area Shriners
Elizabeth Richardson
Health Right Board of Directors
Bluefield Rotary Club
Richardson
Free Clinic
Health Right
Bluefield Union Mission
Gaston Caperton
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Culbertson
Lindsey Bowling
Straley Elementary
J.J. Weis
Mercer Health Right
Todd Stringer
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