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25 Years Ago - March 16, 1999The Department of Local Government (DLG) told fiscal court members March 11 in so many words that the jail project is locked up until the court goes back through DLG, filing a letter of intent, providing certified appraisals on property purchased for the jail project...

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25 Years Ago - March 9, 1999After 30 days of gathering information and working to create a suggested completed budget, the budget committee of the Falmouth City Council was at last able to give their report to the financial committee on March 2 at a special meeting.

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25 Years Ago - March 2, 1999Each year, the Pendleton County Education Foundation funds a project that the board feels will help in building good character for the youth of Pendleton County to present with their Character Building Award.

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25 Years Ago - Feb. 23, 1999   A small group of business people from the downtown area of Falmouth, as well as concerned citizens, attended a public forum held in the community room of the Pendleton County Courthouse on Feb. 16.

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25 Years Ago - Feb. 16, 1999 Keith Burt, a representative of Frontiervision was present (at the Falmouth City Council meeting) to hear comments and questions from the audience and council and to respond concerning the poor service being provided to the Falmouth and Butler areas.

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25 Years Ago - Feb. 9, 1999 Morag Adlon of the NKADD spoke to Butler City Council at their Feb. 1 meeting and told them they have been awarded the million dollars toward the water project. “There are many things that have to be done first,” she added. There is to be a meeting on Feb. 9.

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25 Years Ago - Feb. 2, 1999 Pendleton County Judge Executive Henry Bertram told fiscal court magistrates last Thursday during a court meeting that several issues have to be resolved on the jail project before it can proceed.

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25 Years Ago - Jan. 26, 1999 Falmouth City Hall has finally settled at its new location in the newly renovated Kennett Tavern at 230 Main St. The moved from across the street in the old Moreland Building, where it had been temporarily located since April 15, 1997, took place last week.

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25 Years Ago - January 19, 1999 Clay Clifford was sworn in as the sixth member of the Falmouth City Council by Mayor Jim Hammond at the new council's first official meeting on Jan. 12.