Government

AARP Tax-aide is offering free income tax preparation, including e-filing at the Williamstown Senior Center (in the City Building). Appointments are not necessary and clients will be seen on a first come, first serve basis from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. every Saturday from Feb 5 through April 16. Please arrive no later than noon.  

Could the 30-day 2011 General Assembly session be shortened by six days?

That is the idea recently brought up by Senate Republicans after Gov. Steve Beshear’s State of the Commonwealth address.

The legislative session began Jan. 4 and recessed Jan. 7 before starting again Feb. 1 through March 22.

By eliminating six days of legislative pay, the state would save almost $400,000.  
However, local legislators, Rep. Royce Adams, D-Dry Ridge, and Sen. Damon Thayer, R-Georgetown, disagree about cutting the session short.

The Corinth City Commission is weighing it’s option concerning the boat dock lease on Corinth Lake.

John “Bud” White leased the boat dock from the city, but died Dec. 12, 2010. His lease with the city expires later this year.

Jeff Crosby, a fisheries biologist with the Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife attended the January commission meeting and asked the commission to consider cleaning the area around the lake and adding “bank fishing with construction of a fishing pier and more of a park-like setting.”

For the second time in a year, Dry Ridge residents soon will be paying more for sewer services.

The city council approved increased rates during its Jan. 3 meeting to help pay for construction on a new $15 million sewer plant on KY 36 in Williamstown.

Construction on the facility is about 55 percent complete and will have a capacity of 1.5 million gallons when finished later this year.