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By ERIC SCHAADT STAFF WRITER NORTH BALTIMORE — A Monroeville company was awarded a contract Tuesday to replace waterlines in a portion of downtown Main Street in North Baltimore. Underground Utilities Inc. will be paid $160,948 to replace aging waterlines on Main Street...

By ERIC SCHAADT STAFF WRITER ARLINGTON — Village water and sewer rates will rise in January. The Arlington Board of Public Affairs informed Village Council on Monday that there will be a 10 percent increase in water rates. Revenue has been declining since 2010, in part...

By ERIC SCHAADT STAFF WRITER McCOMB — A McComb woman has been sentenced for driving into a water dispensary station this month at the McComb village park, then leaving the accident scene. Taylor Knopf, 22, was charged by the McComb Police Department with a misdemeanor count...

By ERIC SCHAADT STAFF WRITER ARCADIA — Two competing architectural firms on Tuesday stated their credentials for designing an addition to the Arcadia school building. The Arcadia school board wants to add classrooms, while replacing 30-year-old “temporary”...

By ERIC SCHAADT STAFF WRITER McCOMB — McComb Council on Monday welcomed donations for village park improvements. An AARP grant of $20,000 will go toward two new drinking fountains, park benches and special needs playground equipment, according to Councilwoman Carol Cary....

By ERIC SCHAADT STAFF WRITER NORTH BALTIMORE — North Baltimore Council on Tuesday agreed to meet with a Bowling Green engineering firm to discuss building a new water tower. The first of three required readings was given to an ordinance to hire Poggemeyer Design Group to...

By ERIC SCHAADT STAFF WRITER McCOMB — A McComb motorist is facing a misdemeanor charge after allegedly ramming a water dispensary station at the village park last week before leaving the crash scene, McComb police reported. Taylor Knopf, 22, was arrested Saturday for...

By ERIC SCHAADT STAFF WRITER ARLINGTON — Financially exhausted from paying for repairs to heavily-traveled Main Street, Arlington officials will present their case to state officials next week. Needed improvements to Main Street, which is also U.S. 68, will be discussed...

By ERIC SCHAADT STAFF WRITER NORTH BALTIMORE — North Baltimore school officials on Tuesday noted a smooth start to another school year. “This is my 18th ‘first day of school’ and I think it has been the best one I have experienced so far,” Powell...

By ERIC SCHAADT STAFF WRITER ARLINGTON — Pool hours at the Arlington community swimming pool have been set for the end of the season, Village Council was told Monday. Today through Thursday, pool hours will be 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. It will not be open Friday. The pool then will...