Around Bloomfield
Around Bloomfield is a local blog that will be used to post local news or tidbits that for either space or time constraints might not have made the print edition of the newspaper. Check back regularly to see what's coming!
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City to begin selling fire tags
Posted Wednesday, December 30, 2009, at 8:09 AMThe City of Bloomfield recently announced that it would begin selling fire tags to out of town residents. Currently, if an out-of-town resident has a fire and the department is called out, a charge is incurred. Residential rates for the tags will be $50 per year for the first and adjoining property. An additional $30 will be charged for a second property. Each additional property after that will be $20... -
Changes coming to city trash pickup
Posted Wednesday, November 25, 2009, at 9:39 AMIt was announced at the Monday evening meeting of the Bloomfield Board of Aldermen that Republic Services (formerly Allied Waste) would soon begin issuing blue, plastic trash containers to all of its Bloomfield residential pickup customers. The move, at this point, is still a couple of weeks away... -
Aldermen purchase another generator
Posted Wednesday, November 11, 2009, at 8:21 AMThe Monday meeting of the Bloomfield Board of Aldermen resulted in the purchase of another generator for the city. Since the earlier generators were purchased before the new City Hall, another is needed to ensure that all of the city's buildings are ready for winter weather... -
Council governs yard sale signs
Posted Wednesday, October 14, 2009, at 10:39 AM7At the request of the Missouri Department of Transportation at Monday night's meeting of the Bloomfield Board of Aldermen, the board passed an ordinance that would govern the placement of yard sale signs. Following a recent decision by MoDOT to no longer allow them on their signs, the city decided to no longer allow them on city signs as well... -
Bloomfield Fall Festival notes
Posted Thursday, October 8, 2009, at 1:53 PM7Hello all and welcome to the North Stoddard Countian's newest blog, "Around Bloomfield." This blog, as it says in the description is going to be used to post local news or tidbits that for either space or time constraints might not have made the print edition of the newspaper...