The Marathon City Council convened on Tuesday, May 11, with a relatively light agenda, although several inspiring moments â not uncommon in small city council meetings â highlighted the evening.
Monroe County Sheriff Rick Ramsay set the tone early by recognizing and introducing a âspecial guest,â Canine Coral, one of the departmentâs drug-sniffing dogs, who entertained those on hand with some brief scurrying and sniffing throughout the audience.
Later, Mayor Luis Gonzalez introduced 6-year-old Landry Sayer, a Stanley Switlick kindergartner whoâd asked to address the city council with a short video, because âshe was trying to make a difference,â as Gonzalez explained. What followed was a short, well-produced video on how this little âtrash activist,â who walked her dog every night while also picking up trash, wanted to help clean up Marathon. After the video, Gonzalez pledged to arrange a city-wide cleanup event in the fall, based on
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A 23-year-old man arrested on suspicion of section 18 assault and drug offences has since been released on bail
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THE Covid crisis in the spring did result in almost ending homelessness in the city. City councillors heard that most of the rough sleepers were brought into accommodation in the Everyone in initiative. As reported previously, the council took over a former A2 Dominion supported housing project on City Road to provide 10 beds. The lease has been extended to March after a £46,000 grant was secured from the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government. It helped take the strain after social distancing rules meant the Nightshelter on Jewry Street had to stop having shared bedrooms, reducing its capacity from 17 to 10. Additional beds were also provided at the Mercure Wessex Hotel.
BAME people in Basingstoke are twice as likely to experience homelessness than white people, data reveals THE Covid crisis in the spring did result in almost ending homelessness in the city. City councillors heard that most of the rough sleepers were brought into accommodation in the Everyone in initiative. As reported previously, the council took over a former A2 Dominion supported housing project on City Road to provide 10 beds. The lease has been extended to March after a £46,000 grant was secured from the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government. It helped take the strain after social distancing rules meant the Nightshelter on Jewry Street had to stop having shared bedrooms, reducing its capacity from 17 to 10. Additional beds were also provided at the Mercure Wessex Hotel.