The Consolidated Election is today, and Wayne and Edwards counties have several key contested races. The county courthouses are not open for voting today, so people will need to go to other polling places. We’ll have election coverage tonight on 104.9 WFIW beginning at 7, and we’ll provide updates every 15 to 20 minutes until all precincts have reported in.
The Albion City Council met last night and discussed placing a new backhoe in the upcoming budget, as a current backhoe is in need of major repair work. The council was also reminded of a three percent increase in water rates, effective next month, and it heard of a plan by Ataraxia to construct a new building. The city sewer system could be overtaxed if a larger restroom facility is built.
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A growing epidemic of loneliness is affecting large swaths of the U.S. population, exacerbated by isolation measures advised by health officials during the coronavirus pandemic.
Experts say the country needs to be addressing the massive public health concern now, particularly as widespread vaccination is still months away.
“During the time of the pandemic, at every level of the government, people should be sending this dual message that you gotta be safe you’ve got to be concerned about transmitting disease but you’ve also got to stay in relationships with people and here are ways you can do that safely,” said Richard Weissbourd, a senior lecturer at Harvard’s Graduate School of Education and director of the Making Caring Common project.
Lora Smith has been selected as the new Executive Director of the Greater Wabash Regional Planning Commission, which serves Crawford, Edwards, Lawrence, Richland, Wabash, Wayne, and White counties. Smith will be responsible for the management of all planning and administrative tasks for the Commission, and she comes to it with experience in grants and higher education.
The Fairfield PaintOut is accepting up to 10 photos per person of county scenery for this fall’s PaintOut. Artists will choose one photo to recreate in a painting that will be available at the art show and sale in October, and any photographer with a photo chosen will receive $20 in Chamber Bucks, with a limit of three per person. Photos can be submitted to PaintOutPics@gmail.com.
The City of Fairfield and Wayne-White Electric Cooperative have reached an agreement on an Electric Operations and Maintenance Contract. The two entities say, beginning January 1, 2022, the co-op will provide all new construction, system improvements, and maintenance on the City’s electric system, and it will also send and collect the electric bill. The agreement is dependent upon Hoosier Energy purchasing the 138 KV and 69 KV transmission systems, and the City Council intends to discuss and vote on the contract at its meeting this coming Tuesday.
35-year-old Fairfield resident Jeremy M.T. Ralston was sentenced yesterday in Wayne County Circuit Court. He pleaded guilty last March to a Class 2 felony count of delivery of less than five grams of meth, and he was sentenced to two years probation, plus time served. Several other cases against him were dismissed per his plea, and Ralston was ordered to pay $4,911 in fines and court costs, including $1,000 in restitution to Gerald Taylo
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