Question: Lexington just had an electronics-recycling week. How much did the city collect?

Answers: Steve Feese, Lexington’s recycling program manager says during their recent recycling week in January the city collected and recycled 70 tons of electronics.
Currently old electronics can be dropped off at the old Furrow Building, 1306 Versailles Road. The LFUCG [...]

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Question: During World War II, soldiers overseas sent mail home by V-Mail. How was it different from regular mail and why was it used?
Answer: This answer comes from Susan W. Wright, Customer Relations Coordinator for the U.S. Postal Service in Lexington. She says that her source for this answer comes from The United States [...]

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Have the Lexington police and paramedics been trained to check cell phones for listings under I.C.E. (in case of emergency)? Ohio has this safety measure in place and it’s such a good idea.
Chuck Fowler, Lexington Assistant Fire Chief, said the fire department and paramedics do not usually have a person in their care long enough [...]

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Question: I’ve been wondering about the NOPE group that opposed a water pipeline from Louisville years ago to bring water to Lexington. Why do we not hear from them in the current pursuit of a water supply solution?

Answer: This answer comes from Herald-Leader reporter Andy Mead, who covered this issue extensively for the Herald-Leader:
NOPE, [...]

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Question: Several letters to the editor recently have talked about taxing alcoholic beverages instead of or in addition to taxing cigarettes. How about comparing the taxes on the two products?

Answer: According to the February 2 Herald-Leader, the legislature has not increased the state’s cigarette tax since 2005, when it raised the tax from [...]

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Question: How do I find the most recent Census data for Lexington and data for counties surrounding and including Lexington?

Answer: On this U.S. Census web page you will find the most recent (2006) American Community Survey data for Fayette/Lexington*: Lexington census

Or, another way to find the same data is to go to the Census [...]

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Question: I’ve lived in Lexington for 33 years and have often wondered about the spelling of Malabu Drive off Nicholasville Road. Is it named after Malibu, California and is misspelled or is it named after something else and spelled correctly?
Answer: First some background on how streets are named. The city planning office says that developers [...]

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Whatever happened to the Clays Mill Road widening? I thought it was to start in 2006.

Clays Mill Road has produced much public discussion over very many years involving the city, the state and the neighborhood. Finally, the money is in place, the design is complete and construction will begin soon. Max Conyers, transportation planning manager [...]

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I had two questions this week on HD TV and HD radio:
Questions:
1) What is HD radio and are any local stations broadcasting it?
2) There is a lot of press concerning over the air TV broadcasts going to digital transmissions at midnight on February 17, 2009. I thought I had heard some Lexington stations [...]

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I have a question regarding Jermont Terry who was a reporter for Channel 27 WKYT - where is he and has he left for another station?
Answer: We answered your question in on Monday January 14 in the Herald-Leader:
Reporter Jermont Terry left in mid-December to take a job at WXII in Winston-Salem, N.C.
We didn’t write about [...]

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