Post Office relocation and remodeling studied in Grafton
U S Postal Service officials and Grafton City Council members discussed moving or upgrading the downtown Post Office. Engineers will study renovation costs while bids may be let to raze an adjacent building. No firm timeline or final decision yet, as cost and reports drive next steps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill Byrd
Grafton
U.S. Postal Service
Edward Spencer
Mountaineer District Office
Postal Service
Spencer
James Flesher
Flesher
Grafton Singers Perform Live TV Showcase
Grafton High School choir of 43 sang on WBOY TV in Clarksburg. Kenneth Godwin directed Hymn of West Virginia and other pieces while Tony Tuckwiller led Gloria In Excelsis and The Entertainers joined for Let Us Entertain. Narrator Edward Whitescarver introduced the group as studio ambience and red roses framed the four row set.
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Kenneth Godwin
Grafton High School
Wboy-Tv
Clarksburg
David Blair
West Pike Street
Taylor County
WBOY
Grafton Singers
West Virginia
Godwin
Edward Whitescarver
Antonio Vivaldi
Tony Tuckwiller
A West
Virginia University
Crystal Mick
Tuckwiller
Jacques Brel
Paris
Home Among the Hills
E.W. James
Calvin Morrison
Straight
Graf High School
Lea
Sig
Riu
Chiu
Grafton
Grafton approves sidewalk sales ordinance No. 372
City Council adopts ordinance allowing sidewalk use up to three feet in front of properties and requires proof of ownership and liability insurance for sellers. A second reading and public hearing set for Jan 11. Also updates on HUD funded projects, sanitation changes, street work, and Recreation tax debate.
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Bill Byr
Grafton
Daniel Oliver
Green Acres Contracting Company
Scottsdale
West Main Street
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Council
Ethel Street
Boyd
Washington
Horner Brothers
Clarksburg
Glavas Contracting Company
Henry Thrasher
Horner
Mason
Sanitation
Notphil Acres
Lindsey Street
Lucretia
Murray
Recreation Commission
Rodney Workman
Charles Burke
Manley
John Taylor
City Hall
Taylor
Dorcas Crawford
Lillian Murray
Revolving doors bother Carter campaign promise
Carter aims to curb the revolving door between government agencies and private industry with signed agreements and possible new legislation. A conflict of interest draft for appointees is headed to the President elect, as experts seek stricter rules on post government jobs and industry influence.
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Washington
Jimmy Carter
Carter
John Moore
Atlanta
Petition seeks six district county government in Taylor County
Grafton organizers report 1 054 signatures from registered county voters on a drive to alter the form of county government. The effort proposes adding three new commissioners representing Booths Creek Pruntytown and Flemington by electing from six districts.
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Grafton
Taylor County
Booth's Creek
Pruntytown
Flemington
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Enpin
Grafton’'s
Oraerea
William Manley
C. Lowell Mason
Maxine Stewart
Preston
Kingwood
Brenda Wine
Tunnelton
Preston County
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