By SYLVIA HORLANDER Nelson County Gazette / WBRT Radio Monday, Sept. 9, 2018 — With just a couple of days before the start of the Kentucky Bourbon Festival, union members from a participating distillery are on strike. The strike began at 3:30 Friday afternoon on KY 245 in Bullitt County, just north of the […]
By JIM BROOKS Nelson County Gazette / WBRT Radio Friday, Sept. 7, 2018 — The Bardstown City Council approved a change order Tuesday regarding the chloramine conversion project at the city’s water treatment plant. The change order was requested by the contractor, Judy Construction Co., and amounted to $6,143. Once completed, the conversion project will […]
NC GAZETTE / WBRT RADIO STAFF REPORT Thursday, Aug. 30, 2018 — Seventh-generation Master Distiller Fred Noe will host the second annual “Great Distillery BBQ Cook-off” at the Jim Beam American Stillhouse in Clermont beginning at 9 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 8, 2018. Participants in the cook-off will include 18 four-person teams from a variety of […]
By JIM BROOKS Nelson County Gazette / WBRT Radio Tuesday, Aug. 14, 2018, 11 p.m. — Due to the growth in real estate assessments in the past year, city property owners are likely to see their tax rate drop from the 2017 rate of 18.2 cents per $100 of value. Chief Financial Officer Tracy […]
By JIM & ELIJAH BROOKS Nelson County Gazette / WBRT Radio Tuesday, Aug. 7, 2018 — The Bardstown City Council approved a request to close the streets and parking lots around City Hall, Spalding Hall, and the city’s Rec Center for use by the Kentucky Bourbon Festival which takes place in mid-September. Xavier Drive will […]
NC GAZETTE / WBRT RADIO STAFF REPORT Wednesday, July 25, 2018 — The Bardstown City Council approved more than a dozen Historic Review Board recommendations for Certificates of Appropriateness at its meeting on Tuesday, July 24, 2018. Those requests included the following approvals: COA-18-70. David Erikson, applicant/owner, approved the request to paint the doors, windows, […]
NC GAZETTE / WBRT RADIO STAFF REPORT Wednesday, July 4, 2018, 8 p.m. — Due to the fire hazard in the area of the Barton 1792 Distillery — site of the damaged bourbon rickhouse that collapsed earlier today — fire officials are asking residents in the Maple hill area to refrain from setting off fireworks Wednesday […]
NC GAZETTE / WBRT RADIO STAFF REPORT Wednesday, July 4, 2018, 2:41 p.m. (UPDATED 4 p.m.) — The rest of the half-collapsed bourbon warehouse at the 1792 Barton Distillery reportedly collapsed Wednesday afternoon. The Bardstown Fire Department and Nelson County Fire Department were both dispatched to the scene at about 2:20 p.m. Wednesday. First-responders reports […]
By JIM BROOKS Nelson County Gazette / WBRT Radio Tuesday, June 26, 2018 — The Bardstown City Council gave final approval of its Fiscal Year 2018-19 budget Tuesday night. The budget consists of $57.8 million in revenues and $56.5 million in expenses — an increase of approximately $4 million over this year’s budget. The increase […]
By JIM BROOKS Nelson County Gazette / WBRT Radio Friday, June 22, 2018, 1 p.m. (Updated 6 p.m.) — One of Barton Brands bourbon warehouses partially collapsed Friday morning on the Barton Brands property here in Bardstown. The incident was reported just after 11 a.m. by a passerby who spotted the damaged warehouse from […]
