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25 Years Ago - April 11, 2000A sophisticated new gauge on the Licking River bridge at Shoemakertown will give emergency management leaders an important edge in monitoring dangerous river levels.State and local emergency management workers will install the new gauge April 11 at the Highway 22 East...

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25 Years Ago - March 21, 2000Falmouth City Council is discussing how to collect delinquent bills for fire runs made by the Falmouth Fire Department.Approximately $16,000 is owed the city dating back to April 1999.Among the options council discussed was affixing liens to properties with unpaid fire...

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25 Years Ago - March 14, 2000Ruby Wyatt and her daughter, Dixie Owens, were among guest speakers at the National Association of Women Business Owners on March 7 in Louisville.Wyatt is owner of Wyatt’s Supermarket in Falmouth.

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25 Years Ago - March 7, 2000The Pendleton County Pacesetters Cross Country Club and the Licking River Valley Resource Conservation and Development Council are in the process of designing and building a hiking and biking trail in Pendleton County.Craig Chaplin, president of the Pacesetters, and Tom...

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25 Years Ago - February 29, 2000Ten days after flooding from the Licking River hit the area, the cities of Falmouth and Butler, and Pendleton County are cleaning up debris left by high water.It also is time to reflect back and look at the positive measures that have helped the county cope better...

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25 Years Ago - February 22, 2000Many residents in Falmouth and Butler didn’t have to be told to pack up and move their things out last Friday evening.

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25 Years Ago - February 15, 2000Gov. Paul Patton has included $1.5 million for Pendleton County in his proposed six-year road plan for the commonwealth.The appropriation would fund reconstruction of U.S. Highway 27 from the Licking River bridge at Falmouth to Kentucky 154 in Campbell...

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25 Years Ago - February 8, 2000The Pendleton County Board of Education unanimously voted that the athletic department create a proposals to include plan, time, schedule and budget to add football to district sports.The preliminary idea is to create a freshman team first.Federal Title IX mandates...

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25 Years Ago - February 1, 2000A large group of Falmouth firefighters met at a special meeting of the Falmouth City Council Jan. 25.

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25 Years Ago - January 25, 2000A small, dedicated group of animal lovers joined together on Jan. 22 for the groundbreaking of a humane shelter for Pendleton County’s many unwanted pets.The blowing snow and freezing wind could not curtail the excitement and gratitude felt by the group for the first...