Traffic lights, signs and speed were hot topics at the New Boston Village Council meeting
The first meeting in July of the New Boston Village Council.
Kimberly Jenkins | Daily Times
The placement of a traffic light as opposed to a caution light was of concern from a citizen at the New Boston Village Council July Meeting.
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NEW BOSTON The first meeting of the Village of New Boston Council for the month of July was held Tuesday evening. Mayor Junior Williams stated that there would be no more virtual meetings which had began as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, per Governor DeWine’s July 1st cutoff. All members were present for this meeting.
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New Boston Council and Schools join to upgrade playground
New Boston’s Millbrook playground to get an upgrade.
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NEW BOSTON Discussions on upgrading Millbrook Park took place on Tuesday during a Village of New Boston Council meeting with all members of council present.
Mayor Junior Williams was not in attendance at the meeting which led to President Pro Tem Dan Fetty presiding over the meeting. The playground at Millbrook park was the main topic of the evening with discussions on upgrading and working with local schools.
Councilman Fetty stated that the New Boston Schools were going to contribute funds to go with the council to make it possible to have a bigger and better playground, as the New Boston Elementary students use the playground for recess and other playtimes. Hamilton stated that they were looking into what they would be able to purchase for the playground with this combined effort. Council was pleased and happy to be able to work with the school i
Water, trash and legal issues at New Boston
NEW BOSTON Flooding was on several council members’ minds at the Village of New Boston Council meeting.
Members of the council met Tuesday for their regularly scheduled meeting and discussed the potential flooding threats due to the snow and ice melting and rain that occurred earlier within the past week.
“We got all the pumps running,” Village of New Boston Mayor Junior Williams said. “We have had an electric issue, we have had to get a large generator out of Ashland, Kentucky. We lost some power to some pumps, but they are all working now.”