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Posted by First Reading 2 years ago.
Springfield Mayor Tim Davlin didn’t attend The State Journal-Register’s First Citizen Award ceremony this morning.
Instead, Jim Donelan, Davlin’s executive assistant, sat at the head table and spoke on his behalf.
SJ-R Political Columnis...
Posted by First Reading 2 years ago.
Miss the high-speed rail town hall meeting earlier this week
WSEC-TV/PBS will rebroadcast the meeting three times in the next several days.
The 90-minute meeting featured presentations and a question-answer session with Springfield Mayor Tim Davlin,...
Posted by First Reading 2 years ago.
The Williamsville Village Board is hosting a town hall meeting tonight to let residents weigh in on trustees’ future actions and goals.
The meeting is scheduled for 6:30 p.m. at the Williamsville Community Center, 141 W. Main St.
Chairs of each of t...
Posted by First Reading 2 years ago.
Three Springfield aldermen have officially called a special meeting for Tuesday.
On the agenda: A resolution that states the city of Springfield won’t transfer property it owns along the Third Street railway corridor for use by Union Pacific Railroad...
Posted by First Reading 2 years ago.
Springfield aldermen aren’t meeting tonight.
September is a five-Tuesday month, which means a week off for aldermen. That day off is today.
Aldermen will meet as a committee of the whole next week.
Posted by First Reading 2 years ago.
A new bench at Rochester Community Park commemorates a longtime friend to the pond’s ducks.
Bill Roy, who died in February at age 81, visited the pond each day with a bucket of cracked corn to toss out to the ducks during the later years of his life...
Posted by First Reading 2 years ago.
In this SJ-R file photo, Margie McVickers and her brother Eldon Muench make their way through the remains of the Williamsville Christian Church after a tornado hit Aug. 19.
Williamsville Village President Tom Yokley publicly thanked Sherman for the staff...
Posted by First Reading 2 years ago.
At the end of his “rant” on the village’s current budget shortfall, Rochester Village President Dave Armstrong Monday night tried to make light of the situation, jokingly exclaiming, “We be po’!”He informed trustees tha...
Posted by First Reading 2 years ago.
Exchanges between Ward 1 Ald. Frank Edwards and Mayor Tim Davlin got a little testy toward the end of a lengthy city council meeting Tuesday night.
The tense talk came after Steve Combs, president of Enos Park Neighborhood Association, asked aldermen to ...
Posted by First Reading 2 years ago.
The Chatham Village Board has declared this week “Celebrate Life Week” to recognize suicide prevention activities taking place at Glenwood Middle School.
The week-long series of events started today and will include a theme wall where students...
Posted by First Reading 2 years ago.
Answer: Ward 5 Ald. Sam Cahnman.
At the start of seemingly every city council or committee meeting, Cahnman’s phone rings.
Miss the question Click here.
Posted by First Reading 2 years ago.
The Chatham Village Board Tuesday night approved a special use of property request for the construction of a fire station on the east side of the rapidly growing village.The Chatham Fire Protection District plans to build a second firehouse on property it...
Posted by First Reading 2 years ago.
It’s time for another “Guess which alderman” question.
For regular observers inside Springfield City Council chambers, this should be an easy one.
Guess which alderman’s phone cell phone rings at the start of seemingly every city council meeting
...
Posted by First Reading 2 years ago.
Today marks Sgt. Jim Dodson’s last official day with the Chatham Police Department.Dodson, who is retiring after 32 years on the force, served as Chatham’s acting police chief for nearly three months after former chief Roy Barnett stepped dow...
Posted by First Reading 2 years ago.
Tonight’s Sherman Village Board meeting has been canceled due to a lack of agenda items.
In an email announcing the cancellation to trustees, department heads and appointed officials on Monday, Village President Trevor Clatfelter had this to say:
Th...
Posted by First Reading 2 years ago.
The Rochester Village Board has called a special board meeting tonight to approve Village Clerk Maribeth Eandi’s appointment to trustee.Eandi is filling the seat vacated by Lisa Sandidge, who announced she was stepping down during the Aug. 10 board ...
Posted by First Reading 2 years ago.
At the end of tonight’s committee meeting, Ward 1 Ald. Frank Edwards put City Water, Light and Power General Manager Todd Renfrow on the spot tonight about a rumor he heard.
“I heard a rumor today, and this is probably the best place to addres...
Posted by First Reading 2 years ago.
The Williamsville Village Board held an emergency meeting at 7 a.m. today after a tornado tore through town Wednesday afternoon, damaging 25 buildings.
Trustee Valerie Patterson said the meeting was to help organize clean-up and recovery efforts.
“(...
Posted by First Reading 2 years ago.
Minutes from Chatham Police Officer John Wehmhoff’s preliminary hearing earlier this month explain why the village’s board of fire and police commissioners decided to close the proceedings to the public.
Wehmhoff is accused of violating Chatha...
Posted by First Reading 2 years ago.
Chatham Village President Tom Gray recently touted how Chatham residents’ electric bills are lower than those of other area providers, including Springfield’s City Water, Light and Power.“When they used to say in the real estate ads (for...
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