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Publisher's note: Washington City Manager, Josh Kay, has submitted this press release below, which states that Washington Police Chief Mick Reed has resigned. No reason was given for his departure.
The Washington City Council, meeting in its regular monthly meeting Monday night (1-9-12) declined the offer of Landex to participate in the re-development of the Hotel Louise and the Belk Building in downtown Washington.
The Washington City Council held a marathon session Monday night (12-12-11), devoted mostly to strategic planning.
The idea is to convert two unused buildings on Main Street into apartments for low income senior citizens. We think that is a great idea. We have no problem with the idea of development which brings more residents to the downtown area.
At the November Washington City Council meeting the council heard a long presentation by representatives of a company called "Landex" which proposes to renovate the old Hotel Louise and the adjacent old Belk building into apartments for low-income seniors.
Is Washington big enough to be Little? That was the issue put to the Washington City Council by its "branding" experts at the November council meeting.
This is a continuation of our series on Monday's (11-14-11) Washington City Council meeting.
The Washington City Council met Monday (11-14-11) in its regular monthly meeting and as usual, heard some good news and some bad news.
At a recent candidates forum for the Washington City Council the question was raised about how to reduce our electrical bills. Several of the candidates posited "load management" as an effective way of doing that.
As scheduled, the Washington City Council, and councilman Moultrie, discussed the Police Chief's recommendation that people with valid concealed handgun permits be prohibited from having those weapons in a list of "recreational facilities" within the city.
Here is another one of those examples of the obsession of the City of Washington to control every aspect of whatever it is they think they can control. The proposal by the Police Chief is absolutely inconsistent with the intent of the General Assembly in enacting H 650.
The public got an opportunity to meet and hear candidates for the city council in Washington at a Candidates' Forum last night (9-15-11).
What to do about the feral cats was the big issue, if you count the amount of time spent on it, while the bad drainage issue came up again.
On Monday night Mercer indicated that his read of the financial statements was that there could possibly be as much as a million in revenue shortfall.
We all would like to think that the people we hire to run public service departments would spend the taxpayer's money just like they would spend their own.
Washington needs a new police station. The current one is woefully inadequate. Everyone agrees with that.
The Washington City Council adopted the FY 2012 budget on a split 3-2 vote Monday night (6-13-11).
Josh Kay will be the new Washington City Manager. The Washington Council announced that last night (5-2-11) and the Clinton, South Carolina council met and accepted Mr. Kay's resignation.
The Washington City Council, meeting in the Committee of the Whole on Monday, (3-28-11) heard a report on its electrical utility system done by Hometown Connections.
The council was told that it was urgent that they act because of an impending "moratorium" imposed by the state on pile-driving in the river at this time of year.
The Marine Market will feature a maritime-themed Flea Market; a Boat Corral, with used boats for sale; marine-related seminars; seafood vendors; and lively entertainment.
No more excuses: Reduce. Reuse. Recycle. Within the next week, all City of Washington residential solid-waste customers should be outfitted with a blue, 95-gallon roll-out recycling cart.
The City of Washington Administrative Offices will delay opening until 10 a.m. on Tuesday, due to expected poor driving conditions in the early morning.
The Washington City Council, meeting in its regular monthly meeting December 13 heard a report from its external auditing firm.
Someone once said: "the most despotic government every invented is the local planning board...and a city council is nothing but a planning board on steroids."
This morning, Washington Mayor Archie Jennings announced, via e-mail, that Washington City Manager James Smith will be vacating his post on Jan. 1, 2011.
The Washington City Council, after an hour of discussion, rejected the proposal to rezone 3.7 acres at 233 East 7th St. from residential to office and institutional. This is the second time the Counci
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