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25 Years Ago -September 9, 1998 The second precipitation gauge to monitor rainfall in the Falmouth area was installed on the Licking River near the Shoemakertown Bridge on August 31.

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25 Years Ago -September 2, 1998 A large crowd gathered on Chad Road August 28 for the Hughes Ridge Place groundbreaking ceremony of the Housing Authority of Falmouth. The new units consist of Max Goldberg Place and the Robert L. Madon Building.

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25 Years Ago -August 26, 1998 Fred Dupree, the Pendleton County School Board’s fiscal agent, appeared before the board at the August 20 meeting to give an update on the school’s bonding capacity….

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25 Years Ago -August 18, 1998   Pam and Paul Bashinski came before the Falmouth City Council on August 22 with a presentation for renovating the old Moreland Drugstore Building into a downtown restaurant. Their proposal met with a mixture of approval and resistance from council and those present.

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25 Years Ago -August 5, 1998   Motorist on U.S. 27 recently have taken a double-look when they glanced down at the low weir dam just below the U.S. 27 bridge entering the city of Falmouth.

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25 Years Ago - July 29, 1998 Governor Patton announced July 24 that the residents of 68 flood-ravaged homes in Falmouth will never have to worry again about rising water invading their homes.

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25 Years Ago - July 22, 1998   The northern end of Pendleton County got a green light when the announcement was made July 16 that the Pendleton County Water District and the City of Butler had been approved to receive a U. S. Commerce Economic Development Administration grant for $1 million.

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25 Years Ago -July 15, 1998 Bids for garbage collection were opened at the July 5 Butler City Council Meeting. Greg McElfresh made the motion, seconded by Lee Herald to accept Rumpke's bid for the next year, motion carried.

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25 Years Ago -July 8, 1998 Hundreds of residents, along with many visitors, helped Pendleton County celebrate its 200 birthday with a huge parade and a wonderful fireworks display that evening as the grand finale and celebration ended at the Pendleton County Fairgrounds.