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Long meetings aren’t a hallmark of the Berryville City Council, but last week’s regular meeting was especially brief. Meeting at City Hall on Tuesday, March 21, the council concluded its business in approximately two minutes and 36 seconds.

Join the Berryville Library in celebrating Library Giving Day! This one-day fundraising event will occur on Tuesday, April 4, and encourages patrons and library lovers across the country to make a gift in support of their local library. Donations to the Berryville Library can be made online at berryvillelibrary. org/building. Gifts also can be dropped off or mailed to the library. All gifts received for Library Giving Day this year will be used to support the Berryville Library Building Project.

Thanks to the sponsorship of the Green Forest Chamber of Commerce, the Culpepper & Merriweather Circus is coming to Green Forest on Thursday, March 30. The circus will be held at the Green Forest City Park located at 498 W.

The Carroll County Senior Activity and Wellness Center is located at 202 W. Madison Ave.

Three-day weekends will be the new norm for students and staff in the Green Forest School District starting next school year. The Green Forest school board voted 5-1 at its regular meeting Monday, March 13, to move to a four-day school week starting in the 2023-24 school year.

Berryville School District Superintendent Owen Powell recently updated the district’s board of directors on the LEARNS Act signed into law by Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders.

The agenda was light, but public opinions were heavy at the March 13 meeting of the Eureka Springs City Council. The first item of new business originally on the agenda was the “Review of 1 Washington St as a Nuisance Structure.” That property was damaged by fire in March 2022, displacing seven residents.