Archive - Sep 2009

Teachers and students were excited to start another school year yesterday. Sheridan County School District 2 Superintendent Craig Dougherty made sure to visit all the schools to see how things were going.

A group of local teenagers has accused Municipal Court Judge Stuart Healy of punching a young man on Saturday night. 18-year-old Lane Terzieff says that Judge Healy confronted the youth near Healy’s home on Clarendon Ave.

At some point during the incident, Terzieff says Healy punched him in the back. The teens have also alleged that Healy smelled of alcohol.

The State of Wyoming Abandoned Mine Lands division is in the middle of a project to rehabilitate the Kleenburn Recreation Area near Acme. Part of the project will force the closure of the Acme highway for a while. The AML is going to finish their working on sealing the old Kearney Mine. Sheridan County Engineer Ken Muller explains what that will entail.

While most schools have started for the year by now, the Hand In Hand Early Childhood Education Center has one more week before students arrive. The facility should be complete and the staff will use this week to prepare the rooms for their first classes. Hand In Hand Executive Director Susan Brayton says they still have openings for more students.