A council leader in Bradford on Avon has hit back at critics after the town was once again ridiculed in the national media. Last autumn, the national media poked fun at the town’s wildlife policy, saying it would protect Bradford on Avon’s rat population, and the town council was forced to clarify its position in a statement. This time, a popular national newspaper appealing to middle-of-the-road readers poked fun at the town with an article entitled: Is this the stupidest cycle lane in Britain? The cycle lane in question, Mill Lane, is part of the town’s new social distancing one-way scheme and runs the wrong way up the narrow one-way stretch from Kingston Road to Silver Street and Woolley Street.
WILTSHIRE Council is urging people to dispose of their single-use face masks in their household waste or in litter bins rather than dropping them in the street. The call comes after a business waste company claimed the council was being forced to spend thousands of pounds picking up face mask litter from public places. The bill to clean up the discarded face masks could cost the council between £20,000 and £50,000 said waste industry expert Mark Hall, of BusinessWaste.co.uk. He said that inconsiderate litterbugs are leaving their soiled goods all over the place and is urging people to use re-usable face masks instead of single-use masks.
After executing an operating agreement with Union Pacific railroad for the Tennessee Pass line through Eagle County, Colorado Midland & Pacific is now in the public outreach phase of its planning process.
Colorado Midland & Pacific community liaison Sara Cassidy visited the Avon Town Council on Jan. 12, where she received no comment from council members (they later voted in favor of hiring an attorney to handle railroad matters), and on Jan. 20, Cassidy visited Minturn, where she recorded questions about the railroad from the town council and the community.
Colorado Midland & Pacific seeks to revive the Tennessee Pass line, which stopped running trains in the 1990s.
Daily staff report
The town of Avon is seeking community members to join the Cultural, Arts and Special Events Committee. The committee is comprised of seven voting members and two non-voting members. There will be four voting member vacancies as of Feb. 1. Positions are appointed by the Avon Town Council.
Duties of the volunteer advisory committee include, but are not limited to:
• Providing advice concerning the development and implementation of the Cultural, Arts and Special Events Strategic Plan for the town of Avon;
• Reviewing, researching and providing guidance and advice on culture, arts and special event programming in the town of Avon;
Ohio had at least 17,000 more deaths than average in 2020: The Wake Up for Tuesday, Jan. 19, 2021
Updated Jan 19, 2021;
Posted Jan 19, 2021
Here is the age breakdown for Ohio deaths in 2019 and 2020. The 2020 data is preliminary.Rich Exner, cleveland.com
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Death increase: The number of deaths from all causes last year in Ohio far exceeded previous years, with an increase well above the 9,500 that have been attributed to the coronavirus, Rich Exner reports. Preliminary data from the Ohio Department of Health shows that 139,072 Ohioans died in 2020, up 17,225 from the average of 121,847 over the past five years.