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The New Town School Board heard end-of-the year reports from its three principals and updates on its building projects, including a report from Dan Uran that $9,957,987.67 has been transferred from the general fund to the building fund so that work can begin on the new high school.
Former New Town doctor honored
Dr. Herbert J. Wilson of Bismarck has been awarded the Bernard Gregory Award for Diversity by the American Lung Association. Walker, 90, provided care to members of the Mandan, Arikara and Hidatsa tribal communities at Fort Berthold Indian Reservation for more than 50 years.
New Town Library houses its own time capsule
If you walk into the small, one-room library in the Civic Center in New Town, you will certainly find books. But if you look a little further, you will find local history dating back more than 60 years.
Moisture delays New Town pool opening
Splish splashing around the pool and joyful sounds of summer will have to wait another week or more as the New Town community pool works through final repairs before opening for the season.
N.D. Highway 22 reopens with bypass
The North Dakota Department of Transportation along with the North Dakota Highway Patrol have opened N.D. Highway 22, approximately two miles south of Mandaree.
Fong: Strong economy will continue in area
Taxable sales and purchases in Mountrail County and western North Daktoa continue increasing dramatically and tax commissioner Cory Fong says a lot of it has to do with oil activities, but there are other factors as well.
North Dakota enhancing oil, gas industry oversight
With additional staffing requested by Gov. Jack Dalrymple and authorized by the 2011 Legislature, North Dakota will become one of the nation’s top 10 states in regulatory oversight of its oil and gas industry within six months.
Capture your dream!
As the band played, 48 students who now call themselves graduates, crossed the stage at the Northern Lights Community Center Sunday afternoon, honored as the New Town High School graduating class of 2011.
Crop deadline extension proposed
Now that we are in the second half of May and just a month away from the summer solstice, there is mounting pressure to get crops seeded as soon as possible.
Fifty years on!
It’s been 50 years since Lucy Bell arrived in New Town and a lot has changed. But for Bell, her memories are as vivid as the days she taught here.
