By JIM BROOKSNelson County Gazette / WBRT Radio Thursday, Oct. 19, 2023 — The partner agencies of the Nelson County Economic Development Agency (NCEDA) board met Thursday morning. and Nelson County Judge-Executive Tim Hutchins had some pointed questions regarding the firing of Samantha Brady, the former executive director of the Bardstown-Nelson County Tourist Commission. Hutchins […]
By JIM BROOKSNelson County Gazette / WBRT Radio Wednesday, Oct. 18, 2023 — Damon Jackey, a 15-year veteran of the Nelson County Schools board of education, resigned Tuesday night at the end of the board’s meeting. Jackey represents the county’s 5th district on the school board. His resignation came at the end of a raucous […]
By JIM BROOKSNelson County Gazette / WBRT Radio Wednesday, Oct. 18, 2023 — Nelson Fiscal Court held the first reading on an ordinance that would prevent the homeless from camping overnight on county-owned public property. The ordinance is essentially the same as an ordinance recently approved by the City of Bardstown that prohibits camping overnight […]
By JIM BROOKSNelson County Gazette / WBRT Radio Tuesday, Oct. 17, 2023 — Former tourist director Samantha Brady was terminated from her job following an investigation into complaints received “from within the office and from various state and business leaders about your leadership within this office.” That’s from the letter dated Friday, Oct. 13, 2023, […]
NC GAZETTE / WBRT RADIOSTAFF REPORT Monday, Oct. 16, 2023 — Samantha Brady is out as the executive director of the Bardstown-Nelson County Tourist and Convention Commission. According to the Gazette’s sources, she was suspended from her job last week and was then terminated Friday for undisclosed reasons. Kim Huston, head of the Nelson County […]
By JIM BROOKSNelson County Gazette / WBRT Radio Tuesday, Oct. 10, 2023 — A number of the residents of the Edgewood subdivision attended Tuesday night’s Bardstown City Council meeting to complain about the smell of the city’s Gilkey Run sewer plant. “We’re really struggling in the neighborhood with the terrible smell,” Victoria Clark told the […]
NC GAZETTE / WBRT RADIOSTAFF REPORT Monday, Oct. 9, 2023 — The outbreak of hostilities in Israel following Saturday’s attacks my Hamas militants left a group of Nelson County residents temporarily stranded in Israel with no way to leave. Following Saturday’s deadly attacks in Israel by Hamas, Israel closed its airports to incoming and outgoing […]
By JIM BROOKSNelson County Gazette / WBRT Radio Tuesday, Oct. 3, 2023 — Nelson Fiscal Court Tuesday approved hiring HDR Engineering to conduct an update of the existing 201 sewer plan. The 201 plan takes a look into the future to estimate where sewers are needed for future industrial and residential growth. The plan will […]
By JIM BROOKSNelson County Gazette / WBRT Radio Tuesday, Sept. 26, 2023 — The Bardstown City Council gave its initial approval to a 90-day moratorium on applications for new short-term rentals and bed-and-breakfasts in the city limits. The move comes at the request of the Joint City-County Planning Commission and the Bardstown Board of Adjustments, […]
By JIM BROOKSNelson County Gazette / WBRT Radio Tuesday, Sept. 26, 2023 — The Bardstown City Council approved an ordinance that prohibits camping on city-owned public property at its meeting Tuesday night. The ordinance is designed to allow police to remove the homeless from staying overnight on city property, like the Farmer’s Market pavillion. Before […]
