Wednesday, October 23, 2024
Monroe County has two millage rate proposals on the upcoming Nov. 5 ballot. A millage rate is a tax determined by a property’s taxable value. Millage taxes often fund things like township tax, fire/police departments, museums. A portion of funding for public elementary, secondary, and college education institutions also comes […]
A museum is not made to only preserve and share the history of a community, but also to draw more people to the community and make history along the way. 10 years ago, the Monroe County Historical Museum was scheduled to shut down due to a lack of funding. On […]
Volunteers from the college went door-to-door in 2016 to gain support for a maintenance and improvement millage. This year, the pandemic changed that. Instead, President Kojo Quartey visited various business, governmental, civic and political leaders to ask for their support. In 2016, voters approved an 85-cent maintenance and improvement millage, […]
