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Government

  • County garbage rates will increase by $2 in a two-year span

    Magistrates voted by a slim margin to increase garbage and landfill fees at a meeting of Nelson Fiscal Court Tuesday.

    District 2 Magistrate Jeff Lear and District 5 Magistrate Jerry Hahn opposed the increase, lobbying instead to keep landfill rates the same and increase garbage by a smaller amount.

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  • New Haven Board debate how funds will be used for senior citizen center

    The New Haven Board of Commissioners regular monthly meeting turned into more of a workshop on building and design as they met Thursday with the lead architect renovating Barry Hall into a new senior citizen and community center.

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  • All but $100,000 of Nat Rogers Road project funded

    State funding has been allocated for all but $100,000 of a project to raise a section of Nat Rogers Road that frequently floods.

    Flooding in the stretch of Nat Rogers, or KY 46, known as Bull Run has led to numerous car accidents through the years — most recently, when Stanley "Ned" Rosenbaum, 71, Boston, drove off the side of the road while it was flooded and drowned when his car sunk underwater.

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  • Nelson County remains in Second U.S. Congressional District

    Nelson County will remain in U.S. Rep. Brett Guthrie’s Second Congressional District after Gov. Steve Beshear signed a redistricting bill into law Friday.

    Guthrie filed to run again in the Second Congressional District on Jan. 19. For now, he faces one opponent, Democrat David Lynn Williams of Glasgow, according to the Kentucky Secretary of State’s website. But the bill that was passed Friday, referred to as House Bill 302, also extended the filing deadline to 4 p.m. Feb. 17 for all six Kentucky congressional districts. That deadline had expired Feb. 7.

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  • Newest city council member sworn in; takes vacant seat

    Monday was election day in Bloomfield. After waiting a month to give residents time to file to replace Bloomfield City Council member Brad Goff, who had moved outside the city limits, two people emerged as candidates for his vacant seat. Scott Thompson and Tracye Cheek made brief presentations before the council before Cheek was selected to fill the remaining 10 months of the current term.

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  • Casino gaming? Governor, Thayer say time for people to decide

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    Saying it’s time for the people to decide, Gov. Steve Beshear announced Tuesday that legislation would be filed later that day in the state Senate for a constitutional amendment allowing casino gaming in Kentucky.

    The governor was surrounded by 12 legislators as he made the announcement, including Sen. Damon Thayer, R-Georgetown, who will be the primary sponsor. Co-sponsors, according to Senator Thayer, include Sen. R.J. Palmer, D-Winchester, and six other senators, both Democrats and Republicans.

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  • Nelson County Republican Party readies for dinner, changes

    Two events in the coming weeks may set the stage for the Republican Party of Nelson County, not only for the coming election, but for the next several years.

    The Nelson County Organization of Republican Women is set to host its annual Lincoln Day Dinner Feb. 18. Only three weeks later, the County Mass Convention, where the Republican party chooses its local and regional leadership, will take place March 10.

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  • Pegago stands by her bid for the House

    Bardstown-Nelson County Tea Party founder and Republican candidate Donna A. Pegago, Cox’s Creek, said she will not withdraw her filing to run for the 50th District in the Kentucky House of Representatives. She made her statement a day after she said she would not oppose Rep. David Floyd (R), Bardstown, in primary elections in May.

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  • Figures for economic footprint of bourbon released

    Bourbon industry leaders and state officials met with members of the Bardstown-Nelson County Tourist and Convention Commission to discuss the economic impact of the bourbon industry and tourism and how to improve the industries during the commission’s winter retreat Monday.

    Eric Gregory, president of the Kentucky Distillers Association, talked to the commission about the bourbon industry and how the barrel tax could be reformed.

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  • Committee votes for cemetery price increases

    Prices at the Bardstown Cemetery may go up if Bardstown City Council approves a recommendation of the cemetery committee.

    The committee voted Wednesday to recommend increases to plot prices as well as the cost of opening and closing a grave with the intention of matching the prices at St. Joseph Cemetery, which is adjacent, Cemetery Sexton Bobbe Blincoe said.

    The committee voted to recommend an increase from $400 for plots in the front of the cemetery, near North Third Street, and $350 for those farther back to $500 and $450, respectively, Blincoe said.

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