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 MOUNT WASHINGTON - With the stroke of a pen, the mayor of Mount Washington and the founder of a Louisville-based non-profit land trust brought an ambitious park project closer to fruition.

Ten years after Future Fund Endowment founder Dr. Stephen Henry began negotiating with Mount Washington officials to purchase nearly 32 acres of city property adjacent to the Floyds Fork Watershed, mayor Joetta Calhoun met with Henry at City Hall to transfer the deed on Thursday.

  MOUNT WASHINGTON - What a difference a few months can make for a group of residents fighting the rezoning of property next to their neighborhoods.

 SHEPHERDSVILLE - There is a recommendation for a new ethics ordinance for Bullitt County government.

      SHEPHERDSVILLE - After years of talk, work, more talk and more work, the Bullitt County Joint Planning Commission is ready to finish the update of the comprehensive land-use plan.

     But it will utilize the expertise of an engineering firm to complete the work in 2013.

     The planning commission unanimously recommended a proposal from Chris Lowery and Associates to complete the project.