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• Applications For Louisville Firefighters - Open Window

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  You Can Apply To Become A Firefighter Beginning December 7th!
  
  The position of Firefighter with the Louisville Fire Department will be open for application beginning Monday, December 7, 2009. To be considered for employment, all interested persons must submit [...]
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  Posted: November 30, 2009, 10:33pm EST
  by Brian Tucker

• Coffee with your Councilman - Saturday, Nov.7th

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  “Coffee with your Councilman” set for Saturday, November 7th
  Blackwell invites residents to come out and talk
  
  Louisville – Councilman Rick Blackwell is once again inviting residents of District 12 to come out for “Coffee with your Councilman” this Saturday, November 7th.
  “As the [...]
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  Posted: November 03, 2009, 9:49am EST
  by Brian Tucker

• Heating Assistance Program Information

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  The Louisville Metro Community Action Partnership (CAP) will begin the Heater Assistance Program, November 2, 2009 through March 31, 2010. This program offers space heaters on loan to individuals and families when their main heating source is in need of repair or replacement. Appointments may [...]
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  Posted: November 02, 2009, 3:18pm EST
  by Brian Tucker

• Day Of The Dead

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  As the sun crawls over the rooftop across the street, its orange glow spreading over and burning away the gentle blanket of frost laid overnight, I climb out of bed and glance at my calendar. November 2nd...Day of the Dead.
  
  El Día de los [...]
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  Posted: November 02, 2009, 8:18am EST
  by Brian Tucker

• SW Community Cleanup - Nov. 7, 2009

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  Southwest Pride Cleanup
  Saturday November 7th
  
  Register 8:30am; Cleanup 9am-12pm
  
  7770 Dixie Highway (next to Auto Zone). Join Councilman Blackwell and other civic minded Southwest Louisvillians to make our community a better place. Volunteers will be provided with gloves and [...]
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  Posted: October 22, 2009, 7:04pm EDT
  by Brian Tucker

• 2009 Southwest Festival - This Saturday!!!

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  Click the image below for all the information you need on the 2009 Southwest Festival at Sun Valley Park.
  
  [...]
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  Posted: October 06, 2009, 3:55pm EDT
  by Brian Tucker

• Hicks House And Genealogy Report Update

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  Readers,
  
  I have received an email from a genealogist in Florida that has been hired to research the Hicks family. This is interesting reading. Check it out:
  
  
  Dear Mr. Tucker:
  
  My name is Robert Aswell and I am a genealogist who [...]
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  Posted: October 06, 2009, 3:33pm EDT
  by Brian Tucker

• MSD to hold meeting with residents of District 15

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  MSD to hold meeting with residents of District 15
  Butler encourages homeowners to attend October 13th event
  
  Louisville – Councilwoman Marianne Butler is hosting a community meeting with officials from Metropolitan Sewer District to talk with residents about drainage issues and backflow prevention.
  
  [...]
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  Posted: October 06, 2009, 3:19pm EDT
  by Brian Tucker

• Hicks House Set to Burn

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  Remember the heavily-discussed, historically significant Southwest Louisville home of Dr. Hicks that was profiled and investigated by yours truly on these pages? Well, as I had long feared, the home is set to meet its fate as "practice" for the [...]
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  Posted: September 10, 2009, 5:37pm EDT
  by Brian Tucker

• District 12 Dialogue to discuss Domestic Violence Intake Center

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  District 12 Dialogue to discuss Domestic Violence Intake Center
  Event set for Tuesday, September 15th at 7:00pm
  
  Louisville – Efforts to help the victims of domestic violence in Louisville Metro will be the focus of the next District 12 Dialogue hosted by Councilman Rick [...]
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  Posted: September 09, 2009, 7:30pm EDT
  by Brian Tucker

• Happy Labor Day...What the Hell, Make it a Whole Weekend

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  The following is dedicated to all of those who carry their lunch to work everyday with their heads held high, performing the work that makes America strong and prosperous:
  
  Labor Day, the first Monday in September, is a creation of the labor movement and [...]
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  Posted: September 04, 2009, 1:14am EDT
  by Brian Tucker

• Valley Post Office To Remain Open

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  The good news...the Valley Station post office will remain open.
  The bad news...Councilman Doug Hawkins takes credit.
  
  Watch him strain to pat himself on the back:
  
  Valley Station Post Office
  Will Remain Open
  We Won!
  
  The day after Councilman Doug Hawkins [...]
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  Posted: August 26, 2009, 7:47pm EDT
  by Brian Tucker

• You Creepy Bastards....

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  Thanks to the ever-watchful Councilman Doug Hawkins (R-25), we are delighted to bring you some information on what a bunch of perverts you guys are. Today in an email blast to his constituents, Hawkins pimps the results of some Google Trends data that says Louisville [...]
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  Posted: August 21, 2009, 7:01pm EDT
  by Brian Tucker

• Tandy In For Mayor

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  Councilman David Tandy has joined the race for metro mayor, becoming the second Democratic candidate to announce his intentions along side Greg Fischer. The Courier Journal has more HERE. [...]
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  Posted: August 17, 2009, 9:12am EDT
  by Brian Tucker

• Community Conversation - August

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  Welch welcomes Mayor’s Community Conversation To Fairdale High School
  Event set for Monday, August 17th at 6:30pm
  
  Louisville—Councilwoman Vicki Aubrey Welch and District 13 will play host to the next Mayor’s Community Conversation on Monday, August 17th at Fairdale High School. “I want to [...]
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  Posted: August 16, 2009, 9:35am EDT
  by Brian Tucker

• Seum is Out of Mayor's Race, As If He Was Ever In....

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  - WHAS11 is reporting that Dan Seum will not be running for mayor of Louisville. My true and trusty "advisory board" members have been telling me this for a month, and have not squandered the opportunity to say We Told You So. Dan says [...]
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  Posted: August 16, 2009, 12:47am EDT
  by Brian Tucker

• Stinson Indicted On Second Charge, Pitino Goes Sideways, Flees

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  Okay, everyone. Two (2) big news items today.
  
  - Yesterday former PRP Football Coach Jason Stinson was indicted by a grand jury for an additional charge of Wanton Endangerment related to the death of player Max Gilpin. The CJ has the story HERE. [...]
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  Posted: August 12, 2009, 11:20am EDT
  by Brian Tucker

• Latest Sts. Mary & Elizabeth Hospital Update

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  As most of you are aware, the flash floods that hit Louisville on August 4 caused the need to evacuate Sts. Mary & Elizabeth Hospital. Patients were discharged or transferred to other facilities in the city, primarily Jewish Hospital and Norton Audubon Hospital. Since that [...]
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  Posted: August 11, 2009, 7:56pm EDT
  by Brian Tucker

• Flood Damage Dump Site

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  My good friend Trevor at The Local Weekly has some information on the dumping of flood damaged debris. Here it is:
  
  Mayor Abramson announced that residents living in areas that suffered the heaviest rainfall this week will have three sites to drop off [...]
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  Posted: August 11, 2009, 10:01am EDT
  by Brian Tucker

• Sts. Mary & Elizabeth Hospital Update

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  I have received the following from CM Doug Hawkins' office regarding the condition of STS. Mary & Elizabeth Hospital in Southwest Louisville:
  
  Flooding rains last week caused the Emergency Department at Sts. Mary & Elizabeth Hospital to remain closed until further notice. Damage' [...]
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  Posted: August 10, 2009, 6:33pm EDT
  by Brian Tucker

• Coffee With Your Councilman - August

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  “Coffee with your Councilman” set for August 15th
  Residents invited to talk with Blackwell on issues
  
  Louisville – Councilman Rick Blackwell is once again issuing an invitation to residents of District 12 to come out and meet with him over coffee on Saturday, [...]
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  Posted: August 10, 2009, 3:41pm EDT
  by Brian Tucker

• Butler Basketball Coach Goes Sideways

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  In an article in today's Courier Journal, Butler High School girls basketball coach Eddy Wilson has been fired for having an inappropriate relationship with a female student and for fleecing students out of cash in exchange for relaxed class requirements.
  
  I suspect we' [...]
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  Posted: August 03, 2009, 2:43pm EDT
  by Brian Tucker

• Dining in Southwest Louisville

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  There is an interesting article by Marty Rosen in the latest Velocity Magazine that caught my attention this morning. Rosen capably and accurately discusses the local restaurant scene and why he thinks Louisville is a great restaurant town. But [...]
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  Posted: July 30, 2009, 11:36am EDT
  by Brian Tucker

• Hits & Misses

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  - Senator Jim Bunning, 77, turned to wax yesterday and, as expected, dropped out of his re-election race and effectively ended his term as U.S. Senator from Kentucky. Bunning was seen as an embarrassment to the Commonwealth the last several years because of his goofy [...]
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  Posted: July 28, 2009, 9:49pm EDT
  by Brian Tucker

• Greg Fischer Announces Plans for Mayoral Run

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  FISCHER ANNOUNCES INTENT TO RUN FOR MAYOR
  LOUISVILLE, Ky. (July 20, 2009) – Greg Fischer, a prominent Louisville businessman and former Democratic candidate for the United States Senate, today announced he will file a letter of intent to run for the office of Mayor of [...]
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  Posted: July 21, 2009, 6:15am EDT
  by Brian Tucker

• District 12 Dialogue - July

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  District 12 Dialogue
  Tuesday July 21st 7pm
  Rockford Lane Baptist Church, 2006 Rockford Lane
  Special Guest: Richard Jett, Historic Preservation Officer
  Do you have a small family cemetery in your yard or neighborhood? Join us this month as we discuss guidelines, laws and appropriate [...]
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  Posted: July 20, 2009, 9:08pm EDT
  by Brian Tucker

• I Hate To Say It, But I Told You So....

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  If you didn't see this coming, you weren't paying attention. The official announcement comes today that will introduce Mayor Jerry Abramson as Governor Steve Beshear's running mate in 2011. The local media love-fest begins today.
  
  HERE is the Courier-Journal's article.
  
  Much, [...]
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  Posted: July 20, 2009, 9:08am EDT
  by Brian Tucker

• Special Guest Commentary

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  The New Cut corridor has been on a steady decline for the past 50 years. The completion of the widened corridor and the courage and willingness of south Louisville investors offers an exciting to reverse this already deepening spiral. Communities across the nation are looking [...]
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  Posted: July 19, 2009, 5:13pm EDT
  by Brian Tucker

• July District 12 Dialogue to Focus on Historic Preservation

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  Historic Preservation focus of July District 12 Dialogue
  Meeting set for Rockford lane Baptist Church on July 21st
  
  Louisville—How important is historic preservation to Metro Louisville in the 21st Century? What are some of the challenges of progress versus remembering the past?
  Those [...]
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  Posted: July 13, 2009, 1:56pm EDT
  by Brian Tucker

• Monday Political Roundup

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  - Marty Meyer, the Democratic candidate for State Senate in Kentucky's 38th District, has raised an impressive $31,500 for his upcoming race against long-time incumbent Dan Seum according to his quarterly report filed with the Kentucky Registry of Election Finance. It is becoming [...]
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  Posted: July 13, 2009, 9:02am EDT
  by Brian Tucker

• AFL-CIO to Beshear: Are You Nuts?

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  Many times in the past here on The Valley Report as well as privately among friends, I have stated my long-held belief that Louisville Mayor Jerry Abramson would not seek another term. The reasons were often varied and occasionally complicated, yet [...]
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  Posted: July 11, 2009, 10:55pm EDT
  by Brian Tucker

• Midgets Rise Up, Raise Hell

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  When I was a kid, the word "crippled" was used to describe the handicapped, "Oriental" meant Asian and Latinos were called "Chicanos" . The word "Midget" was followed by "Dwarf" and is now currently "Little People". A group of "Little" [...]
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  Posted: July 06, 2009, 7:46am EDT
  by Brian Tucker

• The Next Mayor

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  - The Courier Journal's political writer Joe Gerth penned a brief but excellent article yesterday in which he laid out possible candidates for Louisville's 2010 race for mayor. Gerth says that by 2010 Abramson may have turned his attention toward the Lt. Governor's position, [...]
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  Posted: July 06, 2009, 5:48am EDT
  by Brian Tucker

• Enjoy Your Independence Day Celebration

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  In Congress, July 4, 1776.
  A Declaration
  By the Representatives of the
  United states of America,
  In general Congress assembled.
  
  When in the course of human Events, it becomes necessary for one People to dissolve the Political Bands which have connected them with another, [...]
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  Posted: July 04, 2009, 10:24am EDT
  by Brian Tucker

• Southwest Ambassador Program

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  I have received some information on an exciting new Ambassador program developed by the folks at the Southwest Dream Team I would like to share with you. Read on:
  
  Recently, many new businesses have opened in Southwest Louisville. They have determined that our [...]
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  Posted: July 01, 2009, 9:52pm EDT
  by Brian Tucker

• Tuesday Blues

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  - The Courier Journal is reporting JCPS will hold a news conference tomorrow morning at 10AM to release its long-awaited, drawn out, overdue and secret report on the death of student Max Gilpin. Click HERE for more.
  
  - The 9 year old Prairie [...]
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  Posted: June 30, 2009, 9:39pm EDT
  by Brian Tucker

• Hawkins Panders While Southwest Suffers

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  Words cannot properly describe my frustration when it comes to this nonsense. Check this out:
  Doug Hawkins "interviews" Pastor Ken Pagano of New Bethel Church regarding the upcoming Open Carry Celebration:
  
  [...]
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  Posted: June 25, 2009, 11:59pm EDT
  by Brian Tucker

• Louisville Loop Discussion

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  This Saturday, June 27, the public is invited to be briefed on plans for the Louisville Loop. The mayor and Metro Parks staff will be on hand from 10am to 1pm at Riverside, The Farnsley-Moreman Landing. About 23 miles are complete of the proposed 100 [...]
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  Posted: June 23, 2009, 2:00pm EDT
  by Brian Tucker

• Friday News & Nuttiness

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  - The repulsive ogre that is State Senate President David Williams has "predicted" the slots bill will fail. I don't know what Williams has against the Commonwealth's signature industry but he obviously has a problem with seeing it prosper along side slot machines. The Courier-Journal [...]
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  Posted: June 19, 2009, 6:50pm EDT
  by Brian Tucker

• Southwest Farmers Market

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  The following news on the Southwest Farmers Market comes to you via The Local Weekly.
  
  This Saturday, June 20th , the Southwest Farmers Market will hold a Summer Solstice Festival to welcome the wonderful summer we are all going to enjoy. The location [...]
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  Posted: June 18, 2009, 2:18pm EDT
  by Brian Tucker

• Metro District 25 Race Is ON

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  With the launch of his campaign website, Metro Council District 25 candidate David Yates is already running full-tilt. You may remember his name being mentioned here. David is a bright young attorney with some fresh, new, rock-solid ideas that would [...]
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  Posted: June 17, 2009, 5:45pm EDT
  by Brian Tucker

• Wednesday Update

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  - The owners of the nearly-new Comfort Inn near I-264 on Dixie Highway have filed for bankruptcy protection. The massive, out of place hotel has been open less than one year after several years of construction delays. Read more HERE.
  
  - Reminder: The [...]
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  Posted: June 17, 2009, 8:54am EDT
  by Brian Tucker

• Another Company Leaving Louisville: Traughber Says "See Ya"

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  A company that has been in Louisville for 121 years looks to be moving to Jeffersonville, IN. soon. Cook Compression's 110 union workers manufacture piston rings and oil field equipment at 8th and Breckenridge downtown. Bruce Traughber, the "economic development" guy for the city says' [...]
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  Posted: June 16, 2009, 10:00am EDT
  by Brian Tucker

• Mayor's Conversation Tonight

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  Louisville Mayor Jerry Abramson will have his monthly "Community Conversation" at 6:30 p.m. Monday, June 15, at the Ramsey Middle School gymnasium, 6409 Gellhaus Lane. HERE is a map. [...]
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  Posted: June 15, 2009, 3:04pm EDT
  by Brian Tucker

• Kenwood Drive-In Theater Closed

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  I have received word that the Kenwood Drive-In will not reopen under the current ownership. Here's the email from Ray Whitener:
  
  For those of you who have not heard, the last of Louisville's drive-in theaters, the Kenwood is no [...]
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  Posted: June 12, 2009, 9:11am EDT
  by Brian Tucker

• End Of Line For Valley Post Office?

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  The Ville Voice is reporting on rumors surrounding the closure of the Valley Station Post Office. Here's an excerpt:
  
  Bob Henderson, the District 14 Metro Councilman, confirmed that there had been rumors coming from within the branch that a move to the Pleasure' [...]
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  Posted: June 12, 2009, 8:47am EDT
  by Brian Tucker

• June District 12 Dialogue to Feature KY Lawmakers

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  Kentucky lawmakers to attend June District 12 Dialogue
  Ormsby Heights Baptist Church to host Tuesday, June 16th event
  
  Louisville – Councilman Rick Blackwell has invited members of Jefferson County’s Legislative Delegation to the next District 12 Dialogue on Tuesday, June 16th at the Ormsby [...]
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  Posted: June 10, 2009, 3:15pm EDT
  by Brian Tucker

• New Bethel "Open Carry" Commentary

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  When this story about carrying guns in church floated to the top of the water, my phone rang incessantly. I tried to ignore the hype. I was on vacation, you know. At first I thought it was some organized practical [...]
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  Posted: June 09, 2009, 7:45am EDT
  by Brian Tucker

• SW Farmers Market

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  Fresh fruits and vegetables made a return to the parking lot of Valley High School this past weekend when the Southwest Farmers Market began its second year on Saturday.
  
  “Because of last year’s success, the Southwest Farmers Market is back in business again,” says [...]
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  Posted: June 09, 2009, 7:42am EDT
  by Brian Tucker

• Gone Fishin'

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  I will be on vacation next week, so I won't be posting much unless something large appears on the horizon. This will be an open thread for you to discuss anything you like until I get back.
  
  Until then, thanks for reading The' [...]
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  Posted: May 30, 2009, 1:04pm EDT
  by Brian Tucker