Centerville’s having a mixture of good and not-so-good financial news, according to reports at Centerville council’s Dec. 11 meeting. Positive Wayne County, after a recommendation from Economic Development Corp. of Wayne County, is contributing $143,000 from its Consolidated EDIT Fund to upgrade Centerville’s electrical system. That amount is half of the town’s required match for […]
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Centerville remembers retired fire chief
Centerville residents have cried tears of sadness and of joy in recent days. Many mourned the Nov. 16 death of Dennis Spears, who served as Centerville Fire/Rescue chief for 24 years before health issues prompted his retirement earlier this year. In July, Spears attended council’s work session when Fire Station #2 on U.S. 40 was […]
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Centerville’s budget moves closer to passage
Centerville officials conducted a brief meeting to introduce its 2025 budget and have planned another one for its potential passage. No residents attended the Oct. 8 public hearing to hear or speak about the summary of funds, such as general, motor vehicle highway, local road and street, cigarette taxes, and economic development. Centerville might bring […]
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$1.1M powers Centerville electrical upgrade
In about 19 minutes, Centerville’s council spent about $905,000 and celebrated receiving a $1.1 million grant. Some of those expenses, which included a street sweeper, bucket truck and fire station roof, had been discussed previously. Council’s work session took place Tuesday, Sept. 24. Electrical grant Centerville received $1.1 million from Department of Energy to upgrade equipment […]