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House goes to school in partnership Last week a Habitat for Humanity house was moved into the manufacturing lab in the expanded vocational center at Fairmont High School. What a great partnership that will allow students the opportunity to not only learn, but give back to the community through this experience. We hope to see this partnership evolve in the future. Council debates budget addition The Fairmont City Council discussed at length adding funds for a Human Rights Commission before approving the preliminary budget this week. While a Human Rights Commission should certainly be ...

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Program to benefit care settings, students A new program allows high schoolers in grades 11 and 12 the opportunity to receive credit from logging hours working at a long-term care setting. This is a great learning opportunity for our students which no doubt also helps local long-term care settings as well as it provides them with staff for the time being and allows them the chance to teach students about different long-term employment opportunities. Thank you to our state legislators for passing this program. County to request audit of cemetery association This week the Martin ...

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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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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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New family takes over Bean Town Congratulations to both Steve and Tina Jette and the Parra family on the transfer of ownership of Bean Town restaurant in Fairmont. Thanks to Steve and Tina for bringing the restaurant here more than a decade ago and for searching for the right family to take it over. And thanks to the Parra family for having an interest in keeping the restaurant the same as it’s been. Sounds like a win-win for everyone involved. Large donation made to community center Thank you to Bryan and Mary Beth Sweet for your generous donation to the Fairmont Area Community ...

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Weeds overtake chain of lakes Curly-leaf Pondweed is very visibly present in all of Fairmont’s five lakes. Time is of the essence to eliminate this invasive weed. Lakeshore owners please remove the roots completely and let the weed dry out and die before disposing of it. All community members can also help eliminate this weed and others by taking care of their grass clippings and leaves and keeping the drains that lead to the lakes clear. Council looks at channel repairs This week the Fairmont City Council acted on taking some of the funds earmarked for updates at Gomsrud Park and ...