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City can lower millage and receive more tax revenues
A projected $31 million increase in taxable values within the city limits will allow the City of Perry to generate an estimated $113,000 in additional tax revenues next year –…
Respected teacher, county commissioner dead at 81
By ANGELA M. CASTELUCCI / Managing Editor For a man who spent much of his life teaching the intricacies of numbers, it seems only fitting Malcolm V. Page’s final moments…
Mitchell seeking to continue public service on city council
“Perry is more than just the city in which I live. It’s home!” states Ernestine Mitchell, a candidate for the District 3 City Council seat. “I am excited to pursue…
New COVID cases level out locally, rise nationally
Local COVID-19 cases appear to have stabilized, at least for now, weeks after a similar trend occurred statewide, although COVID-related hospitalizations and deaths are increasing nationwide. According to the latest…
‘I’m not letting go’
Less than 90 minutes after joining in the search for three missing boaters Sunday morning, Daniel Dickert yelled, “There they are!” from his spot on the bow of Joey Anderson’s…
‘They kept getting pushed offshore’
If there is one thing Ashley Taylor knows about her father, Jimmie, it’s that he’s a creature of habit. During scallop season, she says he is out on the Gulf…
Davis was excited for first Gulf trip in years
According to his wife of 24 years, Russ Davis was “excited” about joining his friend Jimmie Taylor for an afternoon of fishing and scalloping off the Taylor County coast this…
County budget up 21.2%
In the first of a series of budget workshops held Monday, the Taylor County Commission began discussing a record $74 million budget for the 2022-23 fiscal year, one that includes…
U.S. 27 bridge will be named in honor of WWII POW
The Florida Legislature has approved naming the Fenholloway River bridge on U.S. 27 East in honor of World War II veteran and prisoner of war (POW) U.S. Army Private Tillman…
AK-47s, shotguns taken in burglary
Two AK-47 rifles and two “bullpup” shotguns were stolen during a burglary at a local gun and pawn shop during the early-morning hours of July 4. A suspect has been…
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