Indiana Lt. Gov. press release Thursday, April 14, Lt. Gov. Suzanne Crouch and the Indiana Broadband Office announced that Union County is now designated as an official Broadband Ready Community. The Broadband Ready Communities Program was created as a tool to encourage broadband development throughout Indiana. The Broadband Ready Community certification sends a signal to …
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UC officials may have public contact INDOT officials personally concerning impending Ind. 101 closure
By John Estridge Local voices apparently played a large part in delaying the closure of Indiana 101 in Union County. But Union County residents would like to keep the major highway open through the construction phases whenever they finally take place. Local business owner and farmer Terry Abernathy came to the Union County Commissioners Friday, …
Liberty to become Hollywood
By John Estridge Liberty will be renamed Hollywood, at least for a day, and officials might not mind if it becomes Hoosierwood in the future. The movie “Bones and All” will film a couple of scenes in Union County with one being in Liberty on Union Street in front of the Liberty Restaurant Wednesday, July …
UC Bicentennial Committee thanks commissioners for efforts to give Bicentennial money and voice the need for more money
By John Estridge Union County Bicentennial Committee finally received the $30,000 pledged to the committee but delayed due to a lack of communication. Bicentennial Committee members Melissa Spillers and Linda Brookbank thanked UC commissioner Howard Curry for helping the committee to receive the $30,000. That amount was pledged to the committee by the UC Tourism …
Biden stimulus money may result in new water lines between U.S. 27 and Indiana 44 east of Liberty
By John Estridge Public water lines may be coming to the area between U.S. 27 and Indiana 44 east of Liberty as a result of the federal stimulus package recently signed into law. Union County Commissioners discussed ways to spend the almost $1.4 million the county will receive in the next two years as a …
Two UC women discuss the whys of their opposition to proposed solar farms in Preble County Ohio and Franklin County
By John Estridge At the current time, there are no solar energy farms in Union County either in operation or proposed. Two women who attended the Union County Commissioners’ meeting Friday, March 5, want to keep it that way and are concerned about two possible solar farms at the county’s borders. Tina Jackson and Traci …
UC is seeking a $250,000 OCRA grant to give up to $10,000 to small businesses in the county
By John Estridge Union County is going to apply for a $250,000 Office of Community and Rural Affairs (OCRA) Cobra Phase 3 grant to help small businesses, which have been economically hurt by the COVID-19 pandemic. A public hearing on the grant was held at the Union County Commissioners’ meeting Friday morning, February 19. Greg …
UC Commissioners award $1.226 million contract for paving 16 miles of roads this year
By John Estridge Union County Commissioners approved a $1.226 million contract with O’Mara Paving to pave 16 miles of county roads in 2021. This will be made possible with a $989,000 Community Crossings Grant. With this grant, which is administered and distributed by the Indiana Department of Transportation, the county has to put up 25 …
Some UC residents concerned about transmission lines coming into county from Ohio solar energy project
By John Estridge With snow up to hips and cold weather to the wrong side of zero, it is hard to think about the sun, but solar energy was one of the topics of conversation at the Union County Commissioners’ meeting Friday, February 19. Preble County, Ohio, to the east, has a solar power project …
UC Courthouse to reopen to public on March 1
By John Estridge Union County’s Courthouse will reopen to the public on March 1. That was the unanimous decision of the Union County Commissioners at their meeting Friday morning, February 19. The courthouse has been closed for several months going back to when the county was declared red by the Indiana Department of Health over …
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