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Beaches to get full-time firefighters with county budget hike
The Keaton Beach area might have full-time fire protection service beginning later this year, after the Taylor County Commission tentatively approved a slight increase to the property tax rates to…
Budget adds new firefighters, deputy; earmarks 25% of sales tax for hospital
Although there could be additional tweaks over the next month and a half, the Taylor County Commission has completed the framework of the county’s 2019-20 budget, which includes a slight…
San Pedro Rd. paving funded
Taylor County has received an additional $1.4 million to complete the state-funded project to widen and resurface 3.1 miles of San Pedro Road. Back in January, the county received three…
RIT’s Callie Babbitt receives Fulbright U.S. Scholar Award
Taylor County native Callie Babbitt, an associate professor in RIT’s Golisano Institute for Sustainability, has received a Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program award to study sustainable solutions that will address the…
Man charged with firing shotgun into apartments while five children inside
A suspect is being held on a nearly $1 million bond after allegedly firing a shotgun into two apartments on Warner Avenue – endangering the lives of five children who…
Perry man arrested three months after hit-and-run
A man who ran a stop sign and then rammed the driver’s side of a passing vehicle was charged with leaving the scene of an accident without rendering aid nearly…
Back 2 School Growl
First Baptist Church members Kittye Wells (left) and Rachel Green help pack bags with school supplies to be handed out to children in the community during the church’s second annual…
City eyes possible 9% tax increase
As it has in past fiscal years, the Perry City Council has set its proposed millage rate at the “maximum majority” level – with the understanding that the city is…
Depreciation hits city values hard
Property and improvements located within the City of Perry, which encompasses just over nine square miles, is valued at $400 million dollars. However, once exemptions are applied, the taxable value…
County releases TCDA’s funding
After receiving a generally favorable audit report on the Taylor County Development Authority (TDCA), the Taylor County Commission released $100,000 in budgeted operational funds to the economic development agency last…
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