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Martin County chooses $560,500 demolition bid over $157,500 offer
BY ROGER SMITH MOUNTAIN CITIZEN INEZ — Martin County Fiscal Court voted Thursday to award eight federally funded demolition jobs to a local contractor whose bids totaled $560,500 — $403,000 more than a competing contractor — after a magistrate said he favored the local company because “it’s federal money” and “not like it’s coming through…
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Flood buyouts in Martin County could begin in 60 to 90 days
BY ROGER SMITH MOUNTAIN CITIZEN INEZ — Martin County’s USDA Emergency Watershed Protection flood buyouts could begin closing within 60 to 90 days, according to county officials. The Martin County Fiscal Court advanced the second reading of a $6.68 million budget amendment March 26 in a special meeting. Of that amount, roughly $6.3 million is…
