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'It's great to see it all come together'; Work on second phase of major road project wraps up Phase two of the Business 50 project in Washington is expected to finish by the end of the week. Posted: May 11, 2021 5:06 PM Updated: May 12, 2021 7:28 AM Posted By: Gary Brian WASHINGTON, Ind. (WTHI) - For decades the west side of Business 50 has been rough. While crews began renovating the roadway things didn't get much better. But this week things are smoothing out. Mayor David Rhoads explains, "The end of this week we should be done with this project on the road portion. So it's doing well. ...

  "It is always disheartening to convey bad news, but we are in the red here in Adams," Rhoads said at the Selectmen's meeting Wednesday. "We are definitely in a surge."   Rhoads said the town has been reporting a new case every day for the past three weeks.   Rhoads spoke directly to residents over livestreamed meeting and asked them to continue adhering to hygiene and social distancing guidelines to stop the spread, especially now that more aggressive variants have touched down in Berkshire County.     "We are getting vaccinated, and I know it is spring and people want to gath...

  "I do get complaints," Chairman David Rhoads said at last week's Board of Health meeting. "I understand a large part of this is protecting those enterprises that go by the book. I think that is really important for us."   Code Enforcement Officer Mark Blaisdell said he has received numerous complaints about unpermitted haulers picking up trash and scrap in town.   Without a proper regulation on the books, he said, there is little the town can do. He said if he observes an infraction he can approach the hauler. He said the police can also be notified.    Blaisdell suggested crea...

Work picks back up on Washington road project Crews began working on the north side of Business 50 in Washington on Monday. Posted: Mar 8, 2021 8:19 PM Posted By: Gary Brian WASHINGTON, Ind. (WTHI) - Monday marked a milestone on phase two of the Business 50 project. Crews began to work on the north side of the roadway. Before long residents will begin to see sidewalks and curbing taking shape. Most of this work will take place during the rest of March. The southside has already seen this type of work. Residents can already see the completed concrete work and roadway lighting. Once the n...

  "Mistakes may have been made and this is just our way of saying let's understand and let's move on," Chairman David Rhoads said Wednesday.    Late last year, the Parks Commission Chairwoman Cynthia Bird told her colleagues that she received reports that the Little League did not enforce mask-wearing. She said she received this information from the soccer league, which shares the field with the baseball league.     The commission took no action because the Little League season was over. But it did agree to discuss the issue with the league at some point.   Blaisdell first note...