NC GAZETTE / WBRT RADIOSTAFF REPORT Friday, July 22, 2021 — The Washington County Beekeepers will meet 6:30-9 p.m. Monday, Aug. 2, 2021, at the Washington County Extension Office, 245 Corporate Drive, in Springfield. Due to current University of Kentucky restrictions, no food or beverage service will be provided, however attendees are welcome to bring […]
By JIM WATERSBluegrass Insitute for Public Policy Solutions Thursday, July 15, 2021 — Renewed attention to who controls curriculum decisions is the equivalent of the sun starting to peek through the clouds in the stormy debate over the teaching of race in Kentucky’s public school classrooms. In well-intentioned but poorly executed efforts to bolster parental […]
By CHAD MCCOY50th District State Representative Monday, July 12, 2021 — As summer speeds by and we look towards to the start of school, students and teachers will trade masks and temperature checks for recess and high-fives. Throughout the pandemic, students, parents and teachers were faced with challenges, including changes to students’ routine, ability to […]
NC GAZETTE / WBRT RADIOSTAFF REPORT Tuesday, June 29, 2021 — The Bloomfield Middle School SBDM team voted unanimously to name Nick Patterson as the school’s new principal beginning Thursday, July 1, 2021. Superintendent Wes Bradley announced that after a nearly five week selection process, Patterson was named as the permanent principal. Patterson has served […]
NC GAZETTE / WBRT RADIOSTAFF REPORT Friday, June 25, 2021 — The Washington County Beekeepers will meet 6-9 p.m. Monday, July 5, 2021, at the Booker Road Bees Apiary, 2389 Booker Road, Springfield. Please note that this July’s meeting starts at 6 p.m. St. Catharine Farm is proving hamburgers for a cookout/social which will follow […]
NC GAZETTE / WBRT RADIOSTAFF REPORT Monday, June 14, 2021 — Gov. Andy Beshear was on hand Monday morning to celebrate the grand opening of the Heaven Hill Bourbon Experience at the distillery’s location in Bardstown, and to present a proclamation declaring June 14th and National Bourbon Day in Kentucky. The expansion, renovation and renaming […]
By JIM BROOKSNelson County Gazette / WBRT Radio Sunday, June 6, 2021 — Rain showers held off early Sunday afternoon long enough for the ribbon cutting ceremony marking the opening of the Bardstown-Nelson County African-American Heritage Museum in the historic Union Church building at 315 North Second St. Rev. Jewel Brock opened the ceremony by […]
NC GAZETTE / WBRT RADIOSTAFF REPORT Thursday, June 3, 2021 — Superintendent Wes Bradley was our guest Wednesday, June 2, 2021, on WBRT’s “Bradford & Brooks” radio show. Bradley discussed work-based learning; the Community Campus model aimed at moving middle-schoolers to the high school campuses, and answered your questions submitted by text. He also discussed the […]
NC GAZETTE / WBRT RADIOSTAFF REPORT Thursday, June 3, 2021 — Following criticism from parents at the May board meeting in regard to the district teacher turnover rate (as published by the Kentucky Department of Education), Superintendent Wes Bradley provided turnover numbers that more accurately reflect what’s happening in the district. Following that discussion at […]
Saturday, May 29, 2021 — Bardstown Mayor Dick Heaton provided his end-of-week COVID-19 update from his office at Bardstown City Hall on Friday, May 28, 2021. Bardstown Mayor Dick Heaton provides his weekly COVID-19 update from Bardstown City Hall. This is the mayor’s first update without a mask, thanks to the new guidance by the CDC […]
