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Thumbs Up County EDA prioritizes housing Martin County EDA has identified housing as a top priority for the county and is encouraging communities to undergo housing studies in order to figure out what type of housing they need. It would be a good investment of communities to go through with these studies because as was pointed out, first time home owners and senior citizens have different needs when it comes to housing. Thumbs Sideways Council debates merits of ice This week the Fairmont City Council approved officially putting $1.5 million of budgeted funds toward a new ice ...

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Citizens 4 A Strong Fairmont To the Editor: At the city council meeting on Monday, Aug. 14, Councilor Britney Kawecki from Ward 2, asked Citizens 4 A Strong Fairmont how we are involved in the City and what we are doing to support it. We welcomed the opportunity to describe ourselves more thoroughly in this letter. We are taxpaying citizens. Nearly half of the property taxes each of us pays goes to the City of Fairmont to fund the fire and police departments, the water treatment plant, the street department, storm water management and all the other city functions. Let’s not ...

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City Band season successful To the Editor: Fairmont City Band has just finished a successful 2023 season and that would not be possible without the assistance of many groups and individuals. We'd like to thank the City of Fairmont and the Parks Department for their financial support and help with the band shell and Sylvania Park, the Fairmont Area Schools Music Department for the use of their music and equipment, the Interlaken Heritage Days Committee for providing the concession stand, those individuals that worked behind the scenes to set-up before and put equipment away after the ...

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Thumbs Up Event seeks to form connections This week a Hispanic Voices in Martin County panel and fiesta took place at the Knights of Columbus in Fairmont. The debut event was well-attended by members of the broader community. Thanks to the many people and organizations that played a hand in planning the event. We hope to see more events like this take place in the future. Thumbs Up Council reviews admin. candidates The Fairmont City Council heard about three potential city administrator candidates at a special meeting this week. It sounds like there are some promising candidates ...

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Is this hypocrisy? To the Editor: There is an organization called the Alliance Defending Freedom. I thought good, this group advocates for citizens’ right to make decisions that effect their life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. Then I read in the Sentinel that this organization filed a lawsuit to challenge the FDA’s approval of the drug, mifepristone, which was approved 23 years ago. Mifepristone is used to end a pregnancy that is less than 70 days in duration. It is also used to expel the uterine lining when a fetus is lost through natural causes, but the body does not ...

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Are you a thief? To the Editor: Are you aware we have a bunch of thieves roaming our great City? Recently, there has been a rash of stealing going on at the Fairmont Community Gardens. The thieves scout the site and when no people are there [or even if people are there] they are brazen enough to grab tomatoes, corn, melons, cukes and other priceless vegetables from gardens that are private. This is stealing. The Fairmont Community Gardens are a community service provided by Rural Advantage and Heritage Acres. During the spring Fairmont residents can sign up for a free plot. Only the ...