Saturday, May 18 2013 1:26 AM EDT2013-05-18 05:26:49 GMT
This is the sixth year that local sheriff's deputies, police officers, and state troopers were invited to join local firemen on Main Street as part of the "Fireman's Parade.
This is the sixth year that local sheriff's deputies, police officers, and state troopers were invited to join local firemen on Main Street as part of the "Fireman's Parade.
Friday, May 17 2013 5:58 PM EDT2013-05-17 21:58:49 GMT
Everyone gets a lead foot every so often. But a study showing that West Virginia has more fatalities from car wrecks than other areas in the United States may have drivers on Interstate 79 hitting the brakes.
Everyone gets a lead foot every so often. But a study showing that West Virginia has more fatalities from car wrecks than other areas in the United States may have drivers on Interstate 79 hitting the brakes.
Fairmont City Council said they see 2012 as a success and has moved into 2013 on a positive note.
City Manager Jay Rogers said the city completed two of its biggest projects in 2012.
It put the Street Maintenance Fee into effect and cut the ribbon for the Water Filtration Plant.
More than $900,000 was used to pave streets in the fall alone.
Rogers said the project will continue in 2013 and the city has lots of plans for the future.
"I think the big things for us is kind of move forward," said Jay Rogers, Fairmont city manager. "What I mean by that is 2010, 11, 12 was so much of stabilizing things, dealing with infrastructure."
This year, the city plans to continue paving streets and making the City of Fairmont a better place to live and work.
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