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Welcome to Grant County!
Grant County is Northern Kentucky’s southernmost county. Located at the tiptop of the Bluegrass Region, we are within one hour of Lexington and Louisville, Kentucky, and Cincinnati, Ohio.
Our county is rich in natural beauty with many lakes, streams, ridges and rolling hills, and we offer boundless cultural, educational, employment, and business opportunities that few communities can match.
Our staff and the many departments of our local government are proud to offer services that make us a great place to live, work, play, do business, or simply enjoy the serenity and simple pleasures of life.
Come and experience southern hospitality at the place where it all begins...Grant County.
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MOVIES IN THE PARK |
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Grant County Parks and Recreation presents Movies in the Park at the Grant County Park, Crittenden.
May 16th
Pre-movie festivities: 7:30pm
Feature movie begins at Dusk
The Feature Movie is The Final Season!
In this true story, Kent Stock leaves his job and his fiance to take over as head coach of the Norway High School baseball team. Kent must try to fill the legendary shoes of the coach who went before him and convince his doubtful team that they can go out winners in what will be the school's final season of baseball.
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KY VETERANS CEMETARY NORTH |
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Governor Steve Beshear and the KY Department of Veterans Affairs presented a check for the KY Veterans Cemetary North in Frankfort on Friday, March 28, 2008 at 9:30am. The 1.3 million additional dollars have been made available for 1000 more crypts and a maintenance building at the cemetary in Williamstown.
Kentucky Veterans Cemetery North is located on 99 acres off I-75 at mile marker one hundred fifty-four (154) in Williamstown. Construction will include a 3,600-square-foot administration building, a 4,400-square-foot maintenance building with service area, committal facility and a columbarium. It also has appropriate parking, road network, walking path and landscaping commensurate with the dignity and honor of a state veterans cemetery.
The Kentucky Veterans Cemetery North, here in Williamstown is getting ready to start hiring. We are looking for 1 Admin Specialist III (grade 12), 1 Superintendant of Maintenance (grade 10) and 2 Caretakers I (grade 8). These are state jobs with all state benefits.
In order to apply for state employment, you must go on-line to the website www://personnel.ky.gov which is the Kentucky Personnel Cabinet's website. Select the employment webpage and create a user account for yourself then complete a state application form on-line. During that process, insure that you select the position that you are interested in and the exact location of the position. The Administrative and Superintendent's position should now be open on the state's register, if not, it soon will be. The VA plans to hire the Admin person by May 1, 2008 and the Superintendent by either May 16th or June 1st. The caretakers position soon to follow.
It is critical that you complete an application and get on the state register now in order to be eligible for any of our jobs. If you need assistance with this process, you can call the Personnel Cabinet directly and ask to speak to a Mr. Phil Franz, he works there and also assists veterans with employment. Or you may contact the Cemetery Director (Al Duncan) at (859) 823-0720 and he will gladly help you with this process.
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GRANT COUNTY DAY OF ACTION |
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United Way of Greater Cincinnati |
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SAVE THE DATE! |
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What will you do on the longest day of the year? 06.21.08
Join us for the 2008 United Way Day of Action!
- Look, play, laugh and learn at a Born Learning Trail!
- Explore ways to turn everyday moments into fun learning opportunities for our community's children
- Learn about other community resources helping kids grow into successful adults
- Free snacks and much more!
Saturday, June 21 is the longest day of the year. More daylight hours than any other. More time for volunteers to bring sun into someone's life. With all those hours of daylight, United Way of Greater Cincinnati invites you to be part of the change and invite others to do the same. June 21 is the perfect day to show, by example, what it means to LIVE UNITED!
Together, we can inspire hope and create opportunities for a better tomorrow.
Let us know if you plan to attend or volunteer by calling United Way 211 (dial 2-1-1) or e-mail mauri.willis@uwgc.org today! |
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Locations/Times
Central Park in Boone County - 11 to 1 p.m.
Bellevue Beach Park - 9 a.m. to noon
Devou Park in Covington - 1 to 4 p.m.
Grant County Park in Crittenden - 6 to 9 p.m., movie to follow at 9 p.m. |
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Tell Five Friends About United Way Day of Action! |
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GRANT CO ROAD WORK |
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-I-75 (MP 146 – MP 159) – Work continues on I-75 Northbound (MP 151 – MP 153), traffic may be restricted to a single lane from 7 p.m. until 12 a.m. During daytime working hours, rolling roadblocks may be used for short periods to slow traffic for blasting operations (MP 146 – MP 151).
Expect minor delays. Please watch for trucks entering and leaving the highway. The speed limit is reduced to 55 MPH on this project (MP 144 – MP 153). "Double Fine" signs may be posted during work times.
-Lawrenceville Road (KY 1993) at I-75 – Lawrenceville Road is closed at the Lawrenceville Road Bridges over I-75. The road will remain closed until fall for new bridge construction. Marked detours will be in place using US 25, KY 2937, KY 1995, Keefer-Lawrenceville Road, and KY 2936.
-Keefer Road (KY 2936) at I-75 – As work continues on the Keefer Road Bridges over I-75, watch for flaggers and for trucks entering and leaving the highway. Expect minor delays.
-Sipple Road (KY 2947) at I-75 - As work continues on the Sipple Road Bridges over I-75, please watch for flaggers and for trucks entering and leaving the highway. Expect minor delays.
-I-75 (MP 144 – MP 146) – Northbound traffic has been detoured over to southbound lanes around MP 145.
The speed limit is reduced to 55 MPH on this project. "Double Fine" signs may be posted during work times. As Construction continues on this project, please watch for trucks entering and leaving the highway.
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WILLIAMSTOWN LAKE EXPANSION |
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The proposed $30 million expansion of Williamstown Lake in Grant County got a boost in the $555 billion spending bill Congress passed Thursday.
On January 10, 2008 Congressman Geoff Davis presented the Grant County Community a check for $500,000.00 to further studies on the Lake Williamstown Expansion Project.
For more of the article click below.
December 21, 2007
http://news.nky.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/AB/20071221/NEWS0103/712210397
January 10, 2008
http://www.wcpo.com/content/news/fresh/story.aspx?content_id=4887E471-03E1-4176-923D-8140F2236ACB&gsa=true
January 10, 2008
http://www.kypost.com/news/local/story.aspx?content_id=54aed3e0-36d5-40c8-8453-86ea2dfce21e
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