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North country county fair organizers get ready to reopen after pandemic
WWNY North country county fair organizers get ready to reopen after pandemic By Emily Griffin | May 18, 2021 at 5:09 PM EDT - Updated May 18 at 9:14 PM
WATERTOWN, N.Y. (WWNY) - Itâs the permission county fair officials have been waiting for: the greenlight to move ahead, with precautions in place.
Like a dragon rollercoaster or a carousel horse, New Yorkâs county fairs are moving full-steam ahead.
âIâm very pleased to hear it. Weâve been planning this for a while without making any firm movements on anything, but now we can move full steam ahead - and we are,â said Bob Simpson, Jefferson County Fair president.
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Andrew Grimm
ANNUAL REPORT â Jefferson County Engineer Jim Branagan, Chief Deputy Engineer Clay Merrin and Bridge Engineer Kara Bernhart delivered the engineer s department s annual report for 2020 to the commissioners during Thursday s meeting.
STEUBENVILLE Six years ago, the Jefferson County Engineer’s office had 63 bridges that were in poor condition or worse.
According to county Bridge Engineer Kara Bernhart, that number was down to four at the end of 2020.
In total, 53 bridges having been replaced and 71 rehabilitation projects have been completed since the bridge program began with $17.7 million spent on bridge projects in the past six years.
She filled the Jefferson County Commissioners in on the progress Thursday morning as part of the engineer’s office’s annual report for 2020, which she participated in along with Jim Branagan, engineer, and Clay Merrin, chief deputy engineer.
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JEFFERSON â Ruby Pantry will hold its next food distribution tonight, Wednesday, at the Jefferson County Fair Park.
The pop-up pantry will open at 4:30 p.m., with a drive-through distribution format in order to limit exposure between guests and volunteers.
Anyone is welcome to use the pantry, which is a nonprofit community project. There are no income restrictions or qualifications.
One share of food is given out per $20 donation, and that typically yields a trunk-full of donated food straight from the manufacturers with a value many times the donation amount.
Participants should have their $20 donations ready for the volunteers. Shares will be loaded directly into peopleâs vehicle trunks, which should be cleaned out ahead of time. Coordinators ask that guests be patient with the volunteers during this time as they work to get the shares distributed as quickly as possible.