March 2010

Construction continues for the two new high schools and middle schools in the Victoria school district.

After years of meetings, petitioning, denials and postponements surrounding the construction of the new Rocky Mount High School, the first shovel is finally digging in.

The university gets money for a new pharmacy school, but not where it expected.

The Board of Supervisors last night voted to support a Capital Improvement Program for the school system that includes the potential conversion of Belmont Ridge Middle School into a high school, a notion that gave some board members concerns, but many noted that the plan had time to be fully-vetted before a final decision is made to implement the project.

Let’s see. One school already under construction, but we’ll tear down another one and build one to replace it. Then we’ll move all the administration to a new location and close up the present location.

The construction crane that smashed into a 25-story building in the Financial District on Saturday night has been lowered and residents who were forced to vacate their apartments are now allowed to return, officials said Sunday.

Bids for the Uniontown High School renovation/construction project came in $1.8 under budget, according to John Beddia, senior project manager with Crabtree, Rohrbaugh & Associates Architects of Mechanicsburg.

A fire this month at a Warren high school gym under construction won’t delay the scheduled September opening of the new facility, a top school administrator said.

Two sidewalk projects for schools – Hebron and Conner – are to begin in April and be completed by the time school starts later this year, under plans approved by Boone County Fiscal Court.

Getting around the city of Oshkosh this year is likely to test your patience and driving endurance. Theres plenty of road construction, including transforming the intersection of Jackson Street and Murdock Avenue into a roundabout and the reconstruction of North Main Street from the Fox River to Irving Avenue.