Berryville board OKs $5K bonuses
The Berryville School District board pushed its August meeting back a week because of the first day of school on Aug. 15.
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August 2022
Donation to BV library fund will honor literacy project
The Berryville Library Building Fund has received $10,000 to preserve in pictures the tremendous effect placing more books in homes can have on the children of Carroll County. Images of Dolly Parton along with young Carroll County citizens reading books received from her Imagination Library program will be featured on the end of a shelving unit in the new library. With the shelving units standing eight feet high, this will be an almost life-sized tribute to the efforts of the Carroll County Youth Literacy Rotary Foundation that community members will view every time they are in the library for years to come.
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Attorney seeks dismissal of Tomarchio suit
An Arkansas Municipal League attorney has filed a response on behalf of Eureka Springs Mayor Butch Berry and other city officials, asking a judge to dismiss a civil lawsuit filed by a former city employee.
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A fool’s errand
Ijumped the gun in this space a couple of weeks ago, it seems. I only thought Eureka Springs city attorney Forrest Jacobi had come to his senses regarding the city’s attempts to overcharge me for responding to a Freedom of InformationAct request.
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A shirt for a shot
Iripped my favorite shirt Friday night, but I did it while doing one of the things I love, so I guess we’ll call that a wash. I spent a couple hours in Green Forest on Friday evening, walking the sidelines at the Tigers’ football season opener, with camera — well, cameras — in hand, chasing that ever-elusive perfect shot.
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Taking steps to reduce violent crime
Today I’d like to talk about the steps we are taking to reduce violent crime in Arkansas. In 2017, there was a shooting at the Power Ultra Lounge in Little Rock.
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Dispatch Desk — Eureka Springs Police Department, Aug. 15-22, 2022
A list of incident reports from the Eureka Springs Police Department: AUG. 15 ■ ■9:57 p.m.
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Dispatch Desk — Berryville Police Department, Aug. 14-20, 2022
A list of incident reports from the Berryville Police Department: AUG. 14 ■ ■An officer responded to a vehicle parked in the middle of a road.
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Detention Center Intake Log — Aug.19-25, 2022
AUG. 19 ■ ■Michael Dewayne Boley, 47, Springdale, was booked on failure to appear.
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CERT training set to begin Sept. 27
Carroll County Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) training will be held in Berryville and Holiday Island beginning in late September. Training will be held from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. each Tuesday from Sept. 27 through Oct. 25 at the Berryville Fire Department.
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