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Just three months after finding its new town manager, Troy Smith, the Town of Payson seated two new council members in January of 2021 in the midst of a raging

Things came to a head between town staff and several residents over Taylor Pool during a council meeting last week.

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The recent council discussion on the fate of Taylor Pool sounded like the kids arguing over selling the family home because the termites had their way with it.

An ambitious plan to build a community center with a covered pool received a boost from Payson Mayor Tom Morrissey when he asked an audience of 91 at the April 6 Tea Party meeting to give the project a chance. “The main thing is to keep everything we can on the table as far as possibilities, not close our minds or doors based on subjects that are not realistic,” said Morrissey. Morrissey’s remarks represented a major change of heart with a proposal from the MHA Foundation to buil...

Taylor Pool has been on life support for decades, but this week Payson Town Manager Troy Smith pulled the plug. “We are now in the condition where there are no more Band-Aid fixes,” Smith told the council on Tuesday. “I do not believe opening the pool this year is an option. What I am saying to you, I am making the decision it is not safe and it cannot be opened. That is a decision I feel compelled to make.” The council accepted the recommendation at the work study session w...

The Payson Parks and Recreation Commission came to the Payson Town Council Feb. 11 meeting to ask for help. Commission Vice Chair BJ Bollier opened with an upbeat presentation on the goals of the council appointed group then asked for the council to consider the parks budget when the next fiscal year budget is discussed. A recent survey of Payson residents found most put a community center and more parks on the top of their capital improvement priority list for the town. But Payson has no maste...

Project off Louisiana will double the size of island in wildlife refuge Work has begun off Louisiana on a project to more than double the size of an island in the nation’s second-oldest wildlife refuge. The project will add 400 acres of new habitat for birds and animals on North Breton Island, which U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service spokesman Taylor Pool said currently covers about 290 acres. North Breton Island is at the southern end of the Breton National Wildlife Refuge, created in 1904 by...

Project will double the size of island in US wildlife refuge 2 months 3 weeks 5 days ago Monday, December 28 2020 Dec 28, 2020 December 28, 2020 6:12 AM December 28, 2020 in News Source: Associated Press Share: NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Work has begun off Louisiana on a project to more than double the size of an island in the nation’s second-oldest wildlife refuge. The project will add 400 acres (162 hectares) of new habitat for birds and animals on North Breton Island, which U.S. Fish and Wild...