In the neighborhood

Please send your news item to Jean Borgeson at jeanb@iowatelecom.net January 4, 2015 Rippey public library: Librarian Andrea Williams. Phone: 515.436.7714; Website: www.rippey.lib.ia.us; E-mail: rippeyli@windstream.net HOURS: Monday 1-6 pm; Tuesday 1:40-5:30 pm; Wednesday 3 to 8 pm; Thursday 12-6 pm. REMINDER: When Greene County Schools close because of the weather, so does the Rippey public library.

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Obama: On common sense gun safety reform

~by Victoria Riley, GreeneCountyNewsOnline President Barack Obama on Tuesday made remarks on what he referred to as “common-sense gun safety reform.” He was introduced to those gathered in the East Room of the White House by Mark Barden, whose son Daniel was killed in the 2012 massacre at Sandy Hook elementary school in Newtown, CT. The White House website posted…

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Scranton library extends hours

Hours have been added at the H.F. and Maude E. Marchant Memorial Library in Scranton. For the winter months the library will be open Mondays from 1 to 7 pm, Tuesdays and Thursdays from 1 to 6 pm, Wednesdays from 11 am to 5 pm, Fridays from 1 to 5 pm, and Saturdays from 10 am to noon.  ~The Scranton…

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When can we invite TJ to town?

~a column by Colleen O’Brien Jefferson is a small town in the middle of the cornfields beloved by its inhabitants. It is named after a towering and beloved founding father and president of these United States. After more than a century and a half of being a town named Jefferson, we are taking advantage of our name — we are…

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County supervisors organize for 2016

The Greene County board of supervisors re-elected John Muir as chairman and elected Dawn Rudolph as vice chair for 2016. The board handled organizational business for the new calendar year at its regular meeting Monday, Jan. 4. The supervisors will continue to hold their regular meetings Mondays beginning at 8:30 am. They will meet on Tuesdays following Monday holidays. Other…

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