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Jun. 9—WATERTOWN — The city is about to kick off a program to use $450,000 in CARES Act funds to help local small businesses hurt by the COVID-19 pandemic. The city plans to allocate $10,000 grants to each of 45 businesses. To qualify, the businesses must be located in the city, independently owned and not a franchise or corporately owned chain. Mayor Jeffrey M. Smith thinks small businesses ...
writes Kirsten Robertson. Councillor Kim Power was elected deputy mayor. Mayor Smith said in his opening address: “I take this great privilege, responsibility and trust you have shown in me seriously. I commit to serving the people of Malmesbury and the council with enthusiasm and devotion to the best of my ability and offer my full support to our acting town clerk, Claire Mann, and the full town council team.” He went on to thank Mayor Campbell Ritchie who he said "took office in the first lockdown managing us through the last year magnificently." “The future will be more of th...
Letter: Supports Keith Gaskin for mayor By George Hazard 6 hours ago When you look at the present contest for mayor, three parts of Keith Gaskin’s platform are especially attractive: infrastructure; public safety; and community and culture. The city’s infrastructure is the aspect of Columbus life that we all see. Except for the comparatively independent Columbus Light and Water Department, that aspect of city life is discouraging wherever we look. Snake-like braids of hair lay on College Street for two weeks. We see the crooked public signs (for example, the Friendship Cemetery marke...
WATERTOWN — Mayor Jeffrey M. Smith wanted to make sure that city residents didn’t have to pay for a city tax increase this year because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
WATERTOWN â A local man who espouses his flat Earth beliefs was escorted out of Monday nightâs City Council meeting by city police and arrested after he caused a disruption when he refused to stop talking about the theory. During the meetingâs privilege of floor, Donnie Lee Barrigar, 37, of 134 Union St., was warned three times that he would be arrested if he continued to talk about a topic that isnât about city business. Council members recessed the meeting twice while police officers tried to convince Mr. Barrigar to obey Mayor Jeffrey M. Smithâs instructions to dir...