Friday, Aug. 17, 2012, 5 p.m. — NARFE will continue to offer evening meeting opportunities during the better weather months in 2013. Legislative rep Willie Little reported on issues which affect civil service active and retired employees. Those issues include medical plans, taxes, and TSP. Little encouraged those interested in learning more about the potential changes […]
Nancy Gordon Lanham, 67, of Bardstown, died Thursday, Aug. 16, 2012, at Flaget Memorial Hospital in Bardstown. She was born Jan. 3, 1945, in High Grove. She was a former employee of American Greetings and a member of Riverview Baptist Church. She was preceded in death by her parents, Dotson and Eugenia Stump Gordon; one […]
By JIM BROOKS Nelson County Gazette Friday, Aug. 17, 2012, 3 p.m. — The Bardstown City Council approved a bid to replace one of the city’s garbage trucks lost in a fire earlier this summer at the Nelson County Landfill. The city staff recommended the second-lowest bid of $129,700 for a 2012 Freightliner chassis equipped […]
By JIM BROOKS Nelson County Gazette Friday, Aug. 17, 2012 — Landlords of certain strip malls and multi-unit apartments may be paying more to the City of Bardstown for water and garbage services after the City Council approved two ordinances at its meeting Tuesday evening. GARBAGE FEES. As explained by Mike Abell, the city’s chief […]
By JIM WATERS Bluegrass Institute for Public Policy Solutions Friday, Aug. 17, 2012, 5 a.m. – Politicians in Frankfort who still believe that government edicts can somehow or other deliver the commonwealth from the scourge of prescription drug abuse are once again approaching the issue with a butcher knife instead of a scalpel. Kentucky House Bill […]
STAFF REPORT Editor’s Note: The Nelson County Gazette believes the public has a right to know who has been arrested by local officials and lodged in the Nelson County Jail. The information below is a compiled list of daily booking logs from the jail. The bookings state the person(s) arrested and the charge(s) against them. […]
Thursday, Aug. 16, 2012 — The Elizabethtown Junior Woman’s Club is hosting their second annual Charity Cocktail event on Sept. 7, 2012 from 7–10 p.m. at the Quality Inn in Bardstown. The event is a fundraiser for the Flaget Cancer Center and the Addison Jo Blair Foundation, a non-profit Elizabetown-based foundation that raises money and […]
STAFF REPORT Thursday, Aug. 16, 2012, 6 p.m. — The ballot positions for the November election were drawn today at the Nelson County Clerk’s Office. Here are the ballot positions as drawn: BARDSTOWN CITY COUNCIL 1. Francis Lydian 2. John Royalty 3. Mark Ballard 4. Peter Trzop 5. Joe Buckman 6. Coach Roe Williams 7. […]
Joyce Boyd Stratton, 93, of Mayfield, died Wednesday, Aug. 15, 2012, at Mills Manotr Personal Care Center in Mayfield. She was preceded in death by her husband, Charles W. Stratton, former owner of West Kentucky Broadcasting Co. Survivors include five sons, Andy Stratton and his wife Alice Stratton of Mayfield, Tony Stratton and his wife […]
Richard Carlos “R.C.” Bryan, 82, of Culvertown, died Wednesday, Aug. 15, 2012, at Flaget Memorial Hospital. He was born Aug. 26, 1929, in Culvertown. He was a Korean Conflict Army veteran and a federal employee, retiring in March 1985 after 30 years of service as a carpenter in the engineer shop at Fort Knox. He […]
