http://kvnf.org en http://kvnf.org/post/paonia-mayor-explains-condition-streets-town <p>Anyone familiar with Paonia knows that the streets are in bad shape, especially along one four-block stretch on Third Street between Grand Avenue and the public library.</p><p></p><p>It’s not only the streets that are bumpy in Paonia. The last year has been an up-and-down ride for Paonia’s mayor. From the BLM’s decision to offer and then withdraw lease parcels in the North Fork, to the guilty plea entered by the town’s former employee for embezzling some $400,000 from the public coffers, there has been no shortage of drama. But what about the streets?</p> Fri, 24 May 2013 23:42:09 +0000 Marty Durlin 10799 at http://kvnf.org Paonia Mayor Explains the Condition of the Streets in Town http://kvnf.org/post/crowd-gathers-question-blm-paonia <p></p><div>What would have been a sparsely attended regular council meeting turned into a crowded&nbsp;and contentious event when state BLM officials visited Paonia to talk about pending gas leases in the North Fork Valley on Tuesday, January 22.&nbsp;KVNF’s Marty Durlin talked to Paonia Mayor Neal&nbsp;Schwieterman on the morning after.</div><div><p></p> Thu, 24 Jan 2013 04:06:02 +0000 Marty Durlin 5606 at http://kvnf.org Crowd Gathers to Question BLM in Paonia