Janice Barniak

FORT BRANCH — Fort Branch Town Council met in a special meeting Sept. 2 to discuss utility ordinances and an agreement to allow Mainstream Fiber Networks to operate in town. In their August meeting, the town council learned Mainstream had been working in town limits without notifying the town. According to Town President Scotty DeLong, other towns in the area, for example, Owensville had issues with the internet provider.

FORT BRANCH — Pete Nemeth, regulatory and legal counsel for Mainstream Fiber Networks, addressed the Fort Branch Town Council Thursday, and scheduled a meeting to discuss digging in the area at 5:45 p.m. Sept. 2. “Anything you may have heard about Mainstream in the past, it’s a new company now...it will be a very different experience,” Nemeth said. He said the CEO, CFO, COO, and he are all new in their positions.

FORT BRANCH — Fort Branch Town Council addressed several safety topics in their Thursday meeting. First, the council agreed to accept a Public Safety Local Income Tax, which was approved in a county meeting, and is estimated to benefit Union Township first responders to the tune of $179,000 in 2027, with Fort Branch estimated to receive $2,000. The other safety item was a request from Kara Hoke to install a crosswalk and “children-at-play” sign by the new Little Miracles building, at 400 N.