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ADA curbing moving forward
POPLARVILLE — The Board of Aldermen received a report on a number of the city’s sidewalks that are getting a curbside facelift to accommodate handicapped individuals thanks to a Mississippi Development Authority Community Development Block Grant.
The ramped curbs are making sidewalks compliant with the American Disabilities Act, allowing them to be usable by both blind and wheelchair-bound persons.
Sidewalks on both sides of the street on Julia Street from Church to Willie Streets have been earmarked for the new ADA-compliant curbs as are those on Main Street between Church and South Streets.
Aldermen discussed earlier this month that residents still having FEMA or other travel trailers as a result of Hurricane Katrina should make preparations to move them out of the city as soon as possible. March 1 is the deadline for removing the remainder of the trailers, a FEMA representative told aldermen this month.
The FEMA representative said 11 trailers are still in the city.
In other matters, Alderman Bill Winborn addressed the issue of the vacant lot on Main Street, which once housed The Other Side, Kloze Klozet and the Masonic Lodge.
Winborn said Mark Gibson of Picayune had asked the board for its recommendations as to what he should do with the property he owns on either side of the section owned by Belinda Holden, proprietor of The Other Side.
Winborn told the board he would like to see Gibson begin plans to build an 8,000- to 10,000-square-foot metal building on either the north or the south end of the block with a brick façade on the Main Street frontage and possibly down one side — depending on which side of the lot it is situated.
The vacancy left from the fire that destroyed the entire block more than two years ago continues to be a source of concern for city leaders and downtown merchants.
Winborn said he hopes Gibson will consider moving forward to help revitalize Poplarville’s downtown area.
In other activities, aldermen voted this month to place Walter Lowe on the Library Board as a trustee and accepted a bid of $1,175 to sell an old model Telesquirt fire truck.
The city board meets the first and third Tuesdays of the month at 5 p.m. at City Hall.
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Earl threatens East Coast with weekend pounding
Hurricane Earl packed winds near 125 mph as it blew toward North Carolina on Thursday, putting the Eastern Seaboard all the way to Canada on alert for a Labor Day weekend pounding by waves, gales and rain.
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Earl threatens East Coast with weekend pounding
Hurricane Earl packed winds near 140 mph as it blew toward North Carolina on Thursday, putting the Eastern Seaboard up to Maine on alert for a Labor Day weekend pounding by waves, gales and rain.
A hurricane warning for the tip of Massachusetts, including Nantucket and Martha’s Vineyard, joined earlier warnings and watches for hurricanes or tropical storms that stretch from North Carolina up to near the Canadian border. -
Island evacuations start as Earl nears East Coast
Hurricane Earl steamed toward the Atlantic Seaboard on Wednesday as communities from North Carolina to New England kept a close eye on the forecast, worried that even a slight shift in the storm’s predicted offshore track could put millions of people in the most densely populated part of the country in harm’s way.
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Man found guilty of DUI, kidnapping
Jerry Van Wagner of Bay St. Louis, was found guilty of aggravated DUI and kidnapping in Pearl River County Circuit Court on Tuesday.
During court proceedings this week the District Attorney’s office portrayed the events leading up to 27 year-old Crystal Brasher’s death as a kidnapping that ended with an accident caused by Jerry Van Wagner driving while intoxicated. -
Virtual on-line classes so popular they’re filled up
A state education official who helps co-ordinate a virtual on-line school says the program is so popular and in so much demand that all slots are now filled and no more applications are being accepted for now.
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Patrol officers beat the streets
“Cadets” at Picayune Police Department’s Community Police Academy got to see an officer get tased and learned about the Department’s Patrol Division.
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Island evacuations start as Earl nears East Coast
Powerful Hurricane Earl spun toward the East Coast on Wednesday, driving tourists from North Carolina’s vacation islands and threatening to bring damaging winds and waves to the Atlantic seaboard through Labor Day weekend.
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Police: Man holds hostages in Discovery building
A man upset with the Discovery Channel’s environmental programming took several people hostage at gunpoint at the company’s headquarters Wednesday while wearing canisters strapped to his body, officials said.
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Miranda Lambert tops CMA Awards with 9 nominations
Miranda Lambert made history Wednesday morning when she was nominated for nine CMA Awards, the most for a female country music artist.
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Island evacuations start as Earl nears East Coast
Powerful Hurricane Earl wheeled toward the East Coast, driving the first tourists Wednesday from North Carolina vacation islands and threatening damaging winds and waves up the Atlantic seaboard over Labor Day weekend.
Visitors were taking ferries off Ocracoke Island and told to leave neighboring Cape Hatteras in North Carolina’s Outer Banks, and federal authorities have warned people all along the Eastern seaboard to be prepared to evacuate. - More Local News Headlines
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