By JIM BROOKSNelson County Gazette / WBRT Radio Tuesday, Nov. 16, 2021 – Nelson Fiscal Court took the final steps to approve Industrial Revenue Bonds for projects in Bardstown at the 1792 Barton Distillery and the Lux Row Distillery. The IRB for the 1792 Barton Distiller is $28.5 million, while the Lux Row Distillers IRB […]
NC GAZETTE / WBRT RADIOSTAFF REPORT Friday, Nov. 12, 2021 — Steven Campbell, a retired Nelson County deputy sheriff, filed Friday afternoon as a candidate for Nelson County Jailer. Campbell, 62, is the second candidate seeking the office of Nelson County Jailer. Republican Justin Hall of New Haven filed for jailer on Nov. 3rd. 2ND […]
NC GAZETTE / WBRT RADIOSTAFF REPORT Thursday, Nov. 4, 2021 — The Nelson County Schools Local Planning Committee met at Boston School on Wednesday evening, Nov. 3, 2021. The committee is considering ways to improve the equity of opportunities and academics among middle school students. Jan Johnston-Crowe presented the group with an assessment of the […]
By JIM BROOKSNelson County Gazette / WBRT Radio Thursday, Nov. 4, 2021 — Magistrate Gary Coulter filed his paperwork to run as a Democratic candidate to retain his seat representing District 2 on Nelson Fiscal Court. Coulter, 63, a resident of Woodlawn Springs, is completing his first term as magistrate. He won the seat by […]
By JIM BROOKSNelson County Gazette / WBRT Radio Wednesday, Nov. 3, 2021 — The Nelson County Schools Local Planning Committee met Wednesday for a review of the local demographic and growth trends and a discussion of ways to improve academic equity and student opportunity among the district schools. Jan Johnston-Crowe, the director of the Nelson […]
NC GAZETTE / WBRT RADIOSTAFF REPORT Wednesday, Nov. 3, 2021 — Wednesday was the first day that individuals seeking to run for office in the May primary could file their paperwork. Nelson County Clerk Jeanette Hall Sidebottom is reminding all potential candidates of a new statutory requirement — before candidates can file their paperwork in […]
NC GAZETTE / WBRT RADIOSTAFF REPORT Wednesday, Nov. 3, 2021 — The first day candidates can file for local offices had deputy clerk Cathy Marks busy in the elections office first thing Wednesday morning. Three candidates filed at the start of the day; two more candidates filed just after the lunch hour. COUNTY CLERK. Incumbent […]
NC GAZETTE / WBRT RADIOSTAFF REPORT Wednesday, Nov. 3, 2021 — Now that the CDC has unanimously approved the Pfizer COVID-19 for children ages 5-11, vaccinations will be available locally for this age group at Physicians To Children and Adolescents, 201 South Fifth St. in Bardstown. AVAILABLE THURSDAY. The earliest the vaccine will be administered […]
By JIM BROOKSNelson County Gazette / WBRT Radio Tuesday, Nov. 2, 2021 — Nelson FIscal Court gave its final approval of an ordinance that will give all county essential workers a performance pay payout for working during the COVID-19 pandemic. The county will use 3.7 percent of its American Rescue Plan Act funds to provide […]
NC GAZETTE / WBRT RADIOSTAFF REPORT Thursday, Oct. 28, 2021 — The next meeting of the Democratic Executive Committee of Nelson County is 6 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 4, 2021, at the Nelson County Library. Items on the meeting agenda include our fundraising letter campaign, and secondly, finding and training candidates for local races in the […]
