Grant revives hopes for Chief Ladiga Trail in Anniston There's a new chance for the Chief Ladiga cycling trail to be extended on into Anniston, but to make that a reality would require the cooperation of lots of people.
City may turn to company to help with telecommunication tower regulation Many matters and issues arising from residents' interaction with their neighbors and their municipal government can be handled with a batch of standard boilerplate ordinances. Wireless communication tends to not be one of those issues.
Seven people apply for Ward 4 council seat Seven Ward 4 residents have applied for the opportunity to serve the remainder of former Anniston City Councilman David Dawson’s term.
Parkway work still on hold A month after a new contractor was chosen, work on Veterans Memorial Parkway has yet to resume and the expected completion date has been pushed into 2014.
Search for Anniston Housing Authority director goes on The Anniston Housing Authority has been without a permanent executive director since last June. Over the past year, the authority's Board of Commissioners has been searching for a replacement and even scheduled interviews twice. But nothing has panned out so far.
Anniston botanical gardens project making progress The public property that once held a first-class small-town recreation center will eventually hold a first-class small-town botanical garden center. Next Friday will be a milestone in that process.
What’s the buzz? Bees house-hunting If you find yourself beset by bees, the best thing to do is to call the Calhoun County Extension Office. It has a list of all the beekeepers in the area and will start calling them until an extension official finds one who can come out and collect the bees.
Dawson returns city equipment, skips council meeting It's known that Anniston City Councilman David Dawson doesn't intend to be present at the groundbreaking ceremony for the judicial complex scheduled for Monday morning. But Dawson had not resigned his position as councilman by Friday afternoon.
ALDOT could pay a $26,200 fine or, if approved by the environmental department, it could choose to do a supplemental environmental project in the state.
A jumble of tractors and earth-moving equipment is parked to the side of a still-unusable portion of Veterans Memorial Parkway as the new contractor hired to complete the job prepares to take over the project.
The organization, Saving Animals Volunteer Effort, ferries adopted pets to a low-cost, non-profit clinic in Irondale that performs the spay-and-neuter operations.
“The current building is just starting to wear out,” said Rev. Roland Brown, president of the Soup Bowl Board of Directors. “I think we’ve got all the good out of it.”
Acker Electric, whose $933,183 bid was 1.8 percent higher than Birmingham-based M & A Electric Company’s $916,017 bid, was passed over in favor of the savings.
“My question was, what does that mean?” Acker said.
Attorney Joel Laird, who is representing the police organization in the lawsuit, said he didn’t know how long it would take to reschedule. “Every one of those judges is extremely busy,” Laird said.
Councilman Little’s attorney, Raymond Johnson, did not present any argument regarding the motion. Judge Thomason said Johnson had said “the motion pretty much sets out his reasons.”
The JSU Foundation’s decision recently to put the hotel property on the market — with a $1.5 million asking price — has disappointed the donors, though foundation members say it’s the right move to accomplish their mission of supporting JSU and its students financially.
“The progress has stopped at this time until the bonding company can get a new contractor on board to finish the job,” said DeJarvis Leonard, engineer for the fourth division of the Alabama Department of Transportation.
The two consolidation options the system has been considering would both involve closing the middle school and moving sixth graders back to the elementary schools.
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