Funds allocated for Marriott Hotel project
By Tim Colliver - tcolliver@aimmediamidwest.com
Hillsboro Safety and Service Director Brianne Abbott is shown in this screen shot from Monday’s city council meeting.
Screenshot by Tim Colliver | The Times-Gazette
A resolution was approved to authorize Hillsboro Auditor Alex Butler to “advance from unencumbered general funds” the amount of $200,000 for the agreed upon payment for infrastructure on the SR 73/Harry Sauner Road Marriott Hotel property during Monday’s Hillsboro City Council meeting.
The resolution withdrew prior authorization to use TIF funds for the project.
Safety and service director Brianne Abbott said that the legislation would allow the money promised to developers in 2019 to be disbursed, and that they had also signed a promissory note insuring that if the bonds didn’t sell in six months, the $200,000 would be repaid back to TIF funds.
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Hillsboro City Schools holds organizational meeting; high school auditorium nearing completion Hillsboro City Schools Board of Education members Beverly Rhoads and Bill Myers are pictured during the December 2020 board meeting. Rhoads and Myers were re-elected vice president and president, respectively, at the January organizational meeting. (HCP Photo/Caitlin Forsha) The Hillsboro City Schools Board of Education held their organizational and regular meetings Monday, Jan. 11, where the board established its president, vice president, committee assignments and conducted other annual business.
The organizational meeting began with Bill Myers being elected president of the board, while Beverly Rhoads was chosen as vice president. Myers has served as board president, and Rhoads has been vice president, since 20
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Lynchburg-Clayâs strong second half leads to win over Hillsboro Lynchburg-Clay s Sierra Benney passes the ball to teammate Macy Etienne, Monday at HHS. Benney led the Lady Mustangs with 15 points in their win over Hillsboro. (HCP Photos/Stephen Forsha) Hillsboro s Gracie Dean. • • HILLSBORO The Lynchburg-Clay Lady Mustangs earned a non-conference Highland County win on Monday night by defeating the host Hillsboro Lady Indians by a 61-44 score at Hillsboro High School.
The most competitive quarter was the first frame as Hillsboro led by a 14-11 score, and the second quarter was just as close in the scoring column with HHS leading at halftime by a 25-24 score.
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Pete Meenen and the Tennesseans We Lost to COVID-19
The state’s first resident claimed by a virus that went on to kill many more
On March 21, the Brentwood Family YMCA shared the news that Pete Meenen, a greeter at the gym and community center for more than 20 years, had died. He was the first person in Tennessee to die from COVID-19.
“Perhaps few faces in a YMCA are as recognizable as the greeter who meets the morning faithful, the early risers who start their day with us when the Welcome Center is a little quieter than usual,” the Brentwood Y’s operations executive, Roger D. Grove, wrote on Facebook. “For more than 20 years, Pete was that face in our YMCA, and his loss will be deeply felt by all of us, our staff and our members.”
The Appalachian Highway, long shots and sluggings
By Tim Colliver - tcolliver@aimmediamidwest.com
Editor’s note We’re continuing our tradition of taking a look back each Saturday at some of the important, interesting or even odd events as they were reported during the same week throughout the years, along with interesting advertising features from back in the day.
This week in 1948, an article appearing in what was then The News Herald under the headline, “Youth captured after slugging” detailed a robbery at Mike’s Lunch on South High Street, during which the owner, Mike Palos, was “slugged and robbed” by a 21-year-old Sinking Spring man.