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 […]
Elizabeth Dee Shewmaker, 104, of Bardstown, died Friday, Oct. 29, 2021, at her home. She was born May 23, 1917, in Bardstown to the late Robert Ferd and Mary Jane Harrell Berry. She was a homemaker and a hard-working woman who loved to sew and quilt in her spare time. She loved to cook and […]
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 […]
Elsie Marie Smith, 87, of Bardstown, died Wednesday, Nov. 3, 2021, at Landmark of Bardstown. She was born Oct. 2, 1934, in Nelson County. She was a homemaker and an avid quilter. She was preceded in death by her former husband and caregiver, Joseph Patrick Smith Sr. (Oct. 18, 2021); her parents, William Palmer and […]
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 […]
Clyde Henry Furman, 97, of East High Street, Springfield, died at 9:30 p.m., Monday, Nov. 1, 2021, at his home. He was a native of Washington County. He was born June 19, 1924, to the late Clarence Oliver and Mary Ethel Clark Furman. He was a member of the First Baptist Church of Perryville. He […]
Larry Michael Baker, 71, of the Sharpsville Community of Washington County, died at 10 p.m. Monday, Nov. 1, 2021, at his home. He was born in Lebanon Aug. 25, 1950, to the late Evan Thomas and Christine Miller Baker. He was a farmer and a Baptist by faith. He was preceded in death by one […]
