Thanks to a group bid contract, many communities in Norfolk County are getting their gas and diesel fuel at 2007 prices.

   Nearly a year after first announcing it would return a full-service grocery facility to Greensburg, Dillons made good on its promise Thursday morning with a groundbreaking ceremony that made official the start of construction of a 5,300 square foot supermarket that will be linked to the existing Kwik Shop a block west of Main Street on US 54.

Nearly a year after first announcing it would return a full-service grocery facility to Greensburg, Dillons made good on its promise Thursday morning with a groundbreaking ceremony that made official the start of construction of a 5,300 square foot supermarket that will be linked to the existing Kwik Shop a block west of Main Street on US 54.

In the wake of IndyMac Federal Bank’s collapse, depositors may be looking for more security to protect their nest eggs.

While you may have no choice but to accept early retirement, it is imperative that you have a clear understanding of what it includes.

   What else needs to happen in the upcoming weeks for Xtreme to actually be producing custom homes here in the center of Kiowa County by next summer?  What kind of pay and benefits could an Xtreme employee expect?  What kind of structures besides homes would Xtreme look to be building in the coming months and years, and for which markets?  These and other questions are addressed below with comments from Xtreme CEO Tim Schmidt during his presentation at Monday night’s city council meeting.

   Less than a week after Greensburg’s City Council agreed to extend a Letter of Intent to California-based custom-home builder Xtreme Structures to facilitate the corporation’s location of a 50-acre manufacturing complex on what is currently the City’s airport on the east edge of town, City Administrator Steve Hewitt told The Signal he’s looking to formally announce at Wednesday evening’s council work session the formation of a four-member task force that will serve as “the entity that makes sure the details of this project are worked out to both sides’ satisfaction and are carried out as intended.”

Even though times are tough, there are still some bargains out there, but you’ve got to know the territory. Deals can be found in the housing market, big vehicles, stocks, wine, beer and even hot dogs.

Central air-conditioning should be customed-sized for your home. A unit too small will run all day, and one too big will fail to sufficiently remove humidity, says Sahin Gulsen, owner of Plymouth air conditioning provider Frugal Air.

Stating it’s difficult for the Media Center to put together a budget proposal for the County because of the project recently having “so many doors opening for us,” the Center’s Board President Jan West nonetheless presented a request for at least $76,000 in 2009 at the county commission’s June 16 meeting.

   Clutching an orange folder entitled “G-burg Wi-Max”, Haviland Telephone’s General Manager, Mark Wade, appeared before the Media Center Board of Directors Friday afternoon to present a possible business plan for his company providing the broadband services needed in connection with the wireless communications being planned by the board.

   Greensburg's city council discussed Wednesday night how best to convince violators of its weed and nuisance ordinances to comply with the law, including the issuance of citations to those continuing to do nothing.

They're trying to adust to rapidly changing buying habits at a point in history when the unknowns are multiplying.

   The Media Center Board met Thursday night, agreeing to seek modest financial support from the County in 2009, as well as finalizing plans for a June 26 Technical Summit to clarify the project's needs and aims for future consumers as well as bring together potential providers of equipment and services.

   City Administrator Steve Hewitt recently revealed developing plans to convert the existing Greensburg Airport into a light industrial park, while also looking to locate a new airstrip within a five-mile radius of town.