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Author of the article: Dan Rolph Publishing date: Apr 16, 2021  •  59 minutes ago  •  2 minute read  •  Article content BLUEWATER – A motion setting council remuneration rates for the 2021-22 fiscal year was passed during the April 6 regular council meeting. The motion sets the annual honorarium rate for the mayor at $12,081.00, the deputy mayor at $8,036.68 and ward councillors at $7,363.08. It also establishes a $222.96 full-day per diem and $142.16 half-day per diem ...

Photo by: Suffolk County Sheriff’s Office County Sheriff Errol D. Toulon Jr., along with Undersheriff Steven Kuehhas, Undersheriff Kevin Catalina, Deputy Sheriff PBA President John Becker, and Suffolk County Correction Officer Association President Lou Viscusi hosted two consecutive ceremonies recently to pay tribute to several fallen law enforcement officers in the most unique way.    At the center of attention was K9 Reis, a two-year-old dark brindle colored ...

COLUMBUS – A new law allows Ohioans to have liquor delivered to their homes, but it could be a while before that option is available.  House Bill 674, which took effect Monday, allows Ohio Division of Liquor Control vendors to deliver liquor in the original container. But the Liquor Control superintendent must create rules on how that will work, then vendors need to accept those new rules. That process is expected to last at least until the end of summer.  Ohioans wont need to wait as...

A new law allows Ohioans to have liquor delivered to their homes, but it could be a while before that option is available.

From left, Carla Caccavale, Lindsay Ezikian, Leanne Simonsen and Sal Khan with K9 Reis. (Credit: Courtesy of Suffolk County Sheriff’s Office) On a warm Saturday afternoon, Leanne Simonsen met a pup whose work with the Suffolk County Sheriff’s Department will be made safer because of a foundation established to honor her fallen husband, Brian. At a ceremony outside the department’s administration building in Riverhead, Reis, a 2-year-old Dutch Shepherd and his handle...

Author of the article: Dan Rolph Publishing date: Apr 08, 2021  •  2 days ago  •  3 minute read  •  Article content BLUEWATER – The strategy for guiding housing development throughout the municipality is being analyzed to find areas for improvement. A special meeting of council was held March 26 to discuss ways of improving Bluewater’s bylaws and zoning framework with the goal of meeting the municipality’s housing needs, and councillors unanimously passed a motion at the e...

Service & Sacrifice: “Young, dumb, and innocent.” -Self-description of a C-130 combat pilot A C-130 pilot described his “rude awakening” when he first flew into Vietnam. What he thought were fireworks celebrating his arrival, was enemy ground fire. Author: John Becker Updated: 7:08 PM EST March 11, 2021 KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — A C-130 combat pilot and veteran of 72 combat missions in Vietnam said the enemy fired on his hulking four engine cargo plane on eve...

The battle on abortion in Ohio will only be stopped by the U.S. Supreme Court or a change in the U.S. Constitution, according to reproductive law experts and those once again pushing for abortion bans.

Northside Elementary unveils book vending machine after a year-long delay St. James Plaindealer Last week, Northside Elementary unveiled its new book vending machine, becoming just the second school in the state of Minnesota to feature a vending machine guided towards reading. The book vending machine was originally supposed to be revealed last year, but due to a shipping error and the oncoming COVID-19 pandemic, the plans were postponed. "As we were talking about I Love To Read Month last yea...

John Bailey and the Hamilton area Anti-Racism Coalition wrote a letter in January to the Board of Supervisors shortly after the incidents Jan. 6 at the United States Capitol Building. The HAARC told the board that the same Thin Blue Line flag that was above the Madison County Public Safety Building at the time was seen carried inside the Capitol in Washington, D.C., that day. The HAARC asked the Board of Supervisors to immediately instruct Madison County Sheriff Todd Hood to remove the flag an...