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COVID IS FOR THE BIRDS
Amid pandemic, birding makes comeback6/18/20Text and photos by Jefferson resident Matt Wetrich (all photos taken in his yard)This spring was one for the record books.With everyone spending more time at...
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St. Anthony names new cancer services director
7/2/20Special to The Jefferson Herald CARROLL — Lori Pietig has been named St. Anthony Regional Hospital’s first-ever cancer services director. Pietig, who has served St. Anthony for more than 16...
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Price of new high school reduced after excavation
06/25/20By RICK MORAINFor The Jefferson HeraldThe Greene County Community School District board of education approved a change order at its June 17 meeting for a decrease of $72,447 on the high...
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The long and winding road
Checking in with the Bee & Herald’s ‘local bridal couple of 1970’06/25/20By ANDREW MCGINNa.mcginn@beeherald.comIn retrospect, 1970 is generally remembered as a fairly bleak year:The astronauts of...
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Casino wins gamble on new normal
Venue regains footing7/2/20By JAKE WEBSTERFor The Jefferson HeraldThe day Wild Rose Casino & Resort reopened in Jefferson last month after a 75-day closure because of COVID-19, a line of 140 people...
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A GOOD WHITE FOOL
Retired Rippey minister jeered and cheered for his support of Black Lives Matter7/2/20By ANDREW MCGINNa.mcginn@beeherald.comThe only image of Jesus that Dale Hanaman ever knew growing up was of a...
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Tea Garden project accepting donations of any amount
7/9/20Special to The Jefferson HeraldDo you want to enjoy the fellowship of dining at Angie’s Tea Garden for lunch or dessert again soon?Do you want to participate in the revitalization of downtown...
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NO APOLOGIES
Local man stands by embrace of Confederate heritage7/9/20By ANDREW MCGINNa.mcginn@beeherald.comSo it turns out that 2020 has been the most exciting year of the Civil War since 1865.In just the past...
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Assaults, drugs mar River Farm event
07/20/20By ANDREW McGINNa.mcginn@beeherald.comGreene County Sheriff Jack Williams said Monday that at least 11 people were drugged against their will, including a 17-year-old girl who was sexually...
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Hanigan to lead merged groups
7/16/20The merged organizations of Jefferson Matters: Main Street and Jefferson Area Chamber of Commerce recently announced the hiring of a new executive director, Reegan Hanigan.Hanigan started her...
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‘This is just the way it is’
Public Health director’s advice: wear a mask, don’t visit hotspots7/16/20By ANDREW MCGINNa.mcginn@beeherald.comSee if this rings a bell:Even with a lethal virus circulating, it was decided that a...
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Absentee ballot form in next Bee
County auditor’s office is clear: vote absentee7/23/20By RICK MORAINFor The Jefferson HeraldThe Bee on July 28 will include as a one-page insert an absentee ballot request form which Greene County...
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JUNIOR’S JOURNEY
Greene County soccer star seeking asylum in the U.S.7/23/20By ANDREW MCGINNa.mcginn@beeherald.comIn retrospect, had Junior Gutierres known the 2020 high school soccer season was going to be sacrificed...
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HERITAGE OF HATE
Scranton native spells out true meaning of Confederate statues7/16/20CHUCK HOLDENGUEST COMMENTARYIn March, while driving across Pennsylvania, Ohio and Indiana, I found myself noticing the occasional...
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Apartment plan gets state boost
7/30/20By JAKE WEBSTER and DOUGLAS BURNSd.burns@carrollspaper.comA long-standing Jefferson apartment complex moved closer to a dramatic rehabilitation with approval of state grants, said Adam Schweers,...
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Jefferson’s BLM protests stir anger, but why?
6/30/20By ANDREW MCGINNa.mcginn@beeherald.comDale and Nancy Hanaman clearly possess a wellspring of inner strength in order to parade around the courthouse square Tuesday after Tuesday — for nine weeks...
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Mystery seeds: Don’t plant, don’t throw away
6/30/20By ANDREW MCGINNa.mcginn@beeherald.comJust when 2020 couldn’t possibly get any weirder, a little padded envelope from Shenzhen, China, purporting to contain stud earrings arrived in Jack...
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Horse betting at local casino off and running
8/6/20By DOUGLAS BURNSd.burns@carrollspaper.comJust in time for the Kentucky Derby (which will be run Sept. 5 this year), Wild Rose Jefferson has added simulcast horse and dog racing to its roster of...
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A NEW ERA
Over the top and under budget, new high school/career academy is a game changer8/6/20By ANDREW MCGINNa.mcginn@beeherald.comNatural light pours into nearly every space of the new high school that will...
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Main Street, Chamber merger ‘going great,’ director says
8/13/20By ANDREW MCGINNa.mcginn@beeherald.comReegan Hanigan is putting her best half-face forward in her efforts to get the newly combined Main Street/Chamber organization off and running.The...
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