Fairfield News

Tad Haynes? responsibility this morning was changing out the letters for a new message on the Best Western Fairfield Inn sign. Whether it was moisture in the air or cold temperatures, some of the letters detached several times before Haynes got them to stay where he placed them.For this photo, see the Monday, Jan. 31, 2011, printed edition of The Fairfield Ledger.

The months-long process of awarding a contract for operation of a local recycling recovery center came to a close Monday evening.The Jefferson County Service Agency unanimously awarded the contract to low-bidder Connelly Inc. Connelly submitted a $44,500 per year bid on the 42-month contract. A bid of $53,578.80 annually also was submitted by Waste Management.Following Jefferson County Attorney Tim Dille?s review

The Fairfield City Council moved to stop the city?s growing garbage fund deficit Monday evening by increasing user rates for curbside trash and recycling collection.Effective March 1, the cost of trash collection is set to increase 56 cents, or 7.8 percent, to $7.75 per month per household; recycling collection is set to increase $1.30, or 52 percent, to $3.80 per month per household.Additionally, commercial,

Maharishi School of the Age of Englightenment first- and second-grade boys went to Jefferson County Park Thursday for a science lesson on birds with park naturalist Therese Cummiskey. There was a brief introduction to the kinds of bird food followed by each boy getting a cup full of a mixture of seeds. Above, Cummiskey talks to them about the different kinds of feeders and instructed the boys where they could put

Fairfield City Administrator Jeff Clawson has the codes ready to go for implementation of the International Building Code.During Saturday?s city council work session, Clawson reported the next steps will be finalizing internal policy and identifying funding ? an estimated $60,000 to $75,000 including benefits ? for a full-time inspector.He said the council will hear more about the code once, or if, the position is

The Fairfield Area Chamber of Commerce is accepting nominations for its annual awards banquet now through Feb. 18.?We?re back with innovative award categories to help highlight improvements beyond bricks and mortar, recognize new businesses, appreciate rising stars, honor a distinguished member and more,? announced chamber officials.New this year is the Non-Profit of the Year Award, which will recognize a nonprofit

Fairfield school district students, from left, Dain Nelson, Sam Mattson and Gunnar Mattson don?t let wind chill temperatures hovering around zero get in the way of some lively bus stop conversation this morning in front of the Lockridge Post Office. Tuesday night?s dusting of light snow covered up icy streets and walks to make for some treacherous trips to school. The district?s school buses ran on hard-surfaced

Four primary goals have been identified in the latest one-year plan for wastewater treatment.Fairfield City Administrator Jeff Clawson and wastewater superintendent Ellen Myers are collaborating on the development of one-year, three-year, five-year and 10-year plans.During Saturday?s city council work session, Clawson reported engineering for the wastewater treatment facility?s sludge storage tank is 98 percent

Suzanne Wolfson checks to see if her reeds have soaked enough before continuing on with the basket in progress. In the background, Denyce Rusch weaves a beaded breadbasket. The women were but two of the eight participants weaving baskets Tuesday at the Jefferson County Park Nature Center basket class taught by naturalist Therese Cummiskey. Cummiskey scheduled classes four days this week and also will teach basket

The Jefferson County Service Agency will again send out a call for bids on operation of the recycling center.During a meeting Wednesday, the agency dismissed a bid from Waste Management Inc. because it did not meet the specifications.?Even if we were willing to accept the language ? we cannot accept that bid. It?s not legal because a [request for proposals] was sent out, and other potential bidders bid on that RFP,

Students, graduates, parents, former teachers and teachers asked the Fairfield school board to reconsider their possible plans to close Libertyville Elementary School, discontinue French classes and reduce the number of speech team coaches as cost-saving measures.A dozen people addressed the school board about the proposed actions, although board president Gail Miller announced the issue was not on the agenda for

LOCKRIDGE ? Test results for Lockridge water have all returned negative since one test came back positive for coliform bacteria in August.Lockridge City Clerk Joyce LeDuc said testing completed in response to the positive also came back negative. Those tests were conducted at water line locations on both sides of the faucet in question.Because further testing came back negative, LeDuc said the most likely