Lumberton Informer

The Friends of the Lumberton Public Library are hosting a breakfast with Mr. and Mrs. Clauses on Saturday, December 7, 2013 at 9:00 a.m. This is not a fund raiser; its an event planned to give the parents of Lumberton the opportunity to create a memorable experience for their children within the City of Lumberton. Tickets for the event are $5 per person. This is an opportunity to build a memory for children for something they can remember about their hometown. Ifyou know of anyone that would like to attend this event, please send them to the library to purchase their tickets. In order to host the event, they need to sell at least 15 tickets by December 3, 2013. Also, the Friends of the Library is selling raffle tickets for a Christmas stocking worth $500. The tickets are $5 each or $10 for three tickets. This event will help sponsor events that will be provided throughout the year. So, come by the library or contact a Friend of the Library to purchase a ticket. It's for a very ...

Well, the Mayor and Board of Aldermen had their weekly “work-it-out” meetings. I know many of you have forgotten about this meeting because I also forgot. So, this post is based on the accounting of others since I was not actually at the meeting. It seems that the spouse of a city employee has a problem with the Public Works Director having a truck provided by the City of Lumberton. For some reason, this has become a problem. This is something that has always been provided for the Public Works Director but now, I guess due to the rising fuel cost (or something else; who knows) it is now a problem that the Public Works Director and the Chief of Police have access to a truck. It wasn’t a problem with the other public works directors or the other chief of police. The board didn’t have a problem even when a former chief had paid for fuel in a city that was not on his route. From what I was told, the conversation became very heated and there was the use of some foul language. I don’t ha...

I had no idea that the board was having a special called meeting last night. I went to city hall with the hopes to attend the meeting of the Lumberton Planning and Zoning Committee, but I realized that a board meeting of the Mayor and Board of Aldermen. When I arrived, they were in the midst of discussing payment of $500 to Dan Shelton, Chief of the Lumberton Fireproof Panthers for the work he performed on the fire truck. There matter was being discussed but when I entered the building, Mayor Winston tried to hurry the process and take a vote on the matter. I am not certain why he was in such a rush and no longer wanted to discuss the matter. What I do know is, at the last regularly scheduled board meeting, everyone was gushing and handing out kudos to Dean for the great job he preformed and how he saved the city money. Well, he sat there and took in all the atta boys but at no point during the meeting did he say the City of Lumberton was going to have to pay for the parts and the ...

I received a notifiacation that the UMC of Lumberton will be hosting a Community Thanksgiving Serice, Sunday, November 24, 2013 at 6:00 p.m. Please spread the word. Happy Thanksgiving!

Yesterday, South Mississippi Development Home Corporation held the ribbon cutting and open house for Azalea Gardens; and independent senior living facility. I attened the ceremonies and posted some photos on the Lumberton Informer facebook page of the tour. There was a nice crowd of individuals present, including but not limited to a representative from Thad Cochran's office, Steve Palazzo's office, Mayor Winston, J.P. Lawrence, MRHA 8,former Mayor Miriam R. Holder and Alderman,Ward 3, Quincy Rogers. Unfortunately, other elected officals from Lumberton were not present to see the unveiling of the $8.9 million dollar facility. However, it was good to see that Mayor Miriam R. Holder and Alderman Quincy Rogers were present to see the development come to fruition. They were very supportive of the facility and they fought long and hard to ensure the project was located in the City of Lumberton. While at the open house, I met some very lively women that were moving into Azalea Gard...

I would like to apologize for the delayed recap of the November 5, 2013 meeting but just as Paul stated in 1 Thessalonians 2:18, “Satan hindered me.” Well, I’m not sure that is entirely correct, but it does apply to part of the reason for not blogging. Before attending the board meeting, I was wrestling with a decision about whether or not I should continue to blog. I had an encounter that left me feeling some type of way. Just for the record, this is going to be a long blog post and it by no means is going to be politically correct. (Content removed.....it may be uploaded onto my other blog...the content was not germaine to this post and was not directly related to Lumberton Politics.) There were several people on the agenda that were supposed to speak but they were not in attendance. There was a proposal submitted by Charles Marshall of Ms. Regional Housing Authority. I will blog about that later. The department heads gave their reports. Please keep Ryan Easley, Director, P...