The City Council expressed concern that the crumbling facade of the Old City Hall on South Grand Avenue is a danger to pedestrians but took no action as they considered their options at their May 8 meeting. City Administrator Arpegea Pagsuberon said the stucco material above one of the structure’s ornamental columns had begun falling onto the sidewalk during a recent
Jake and Holly Bailey handed over the keys to Hometown Coffee and Tea to Dustin and Lisa Hudson, who plan to run the beloved coffee-and-lunchtime hangout on Main Street with the same menu and family- friendly atmosphere – and perhaps a few tweaks down the road.
The new owner of the abandoned gas station on Main Street told the City’s code enforcement officer last week that she plans to clean up the property, rehab the dilapidated building and sell it after the former owners’ option to buy it back expires in August, Police Chief Dan Birbeck said on Friday.
Cleaning up and widening the City’s alleys to allow garbage trucks to collect new poly carts will cost between $650,000 and $1.2 million and take two to three years, depending on whether City workers or a contractor does the work, Public Works Director Michael Jacoba told the City Council last week.
The Olney Police Department promoted four officers to senior status, and named Dustin Hudson the second-in-command to Chief Dan Birbeck. Detective Hudson was promoted to Sergeant in charge of the Criminal Investigations Division. With the new promotion, Sgt. Hudson becomes a crew supervisor. “He can stand in whenever I am not in town or unavailable,” Chief Birbeck said. On