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DERRY — When Rob Tompkins finishes transforming his waterfront property on Beaver Lake, his 100-foot natural barrier against runoff and erosion will be a paradise of plants: day lilies, blueberry
Closing a restaurant for allegedly violating COVID-19 safety protocols wasn t a quick process in Jefferson County. From first warning to temporary shutdown, it took more than three months to shutter Golden s Dirty Dogs Roadhouse over a pro-Donald Trump event that was almost entirely mask-free and displayed little evidence of physical distancing. And the watering hole was open again less than two weeks later.
Dirty Dogs Roadhouse co-owner Rob Tompkins declined to comment on the episode and its aftermath. But Jim Rada, Environmental Health Services division director for Jefferson County Public Health, the agency that did the deed, chalks up the sluggish pace of the procedure to bureaucratic changes instituted between the first warning and the ultimate action.