David Lillywhite can start work on an 8-unit townhouse style apartment complex at 600 West. Wednesday night the city council approved changing the property zoning from general commercial (GC) to residential multiple (RM). The change finalizes the allowed uses of the long-disputed property. (Continued…)

The Smithfield City Council meets Wednesday evening to consider: public hearing for Lillywhite’s request to rezone his property, final plat for Milestone Estates, salaries for officials, architect for police station, purchase property at 60 E 100 S. The council meeting begins at 6:30 p.m. (Continued…)

One more day left to sign up for the First Annual Richard Hansen Memorial Golf Tournament. Proceeds to benefit the Smithfield Blue Sox. The four-person scramble tournament starts at 8 a.m. an Friday, July 23 at the Birch Creek Golf Course. (Continued…)

“A Smithfield woman dropped harassment charges against her sister for sending a text message about her breast implants.” — Dan Metcalf Jr (Continued…)

“Members of the school board voted Thursday to impose a $15 transportation fee on students in grades nine and up who participate in activities sponsored by the Utah High School Activities Association.” (Continued…)

The Cache School Board meets Thursday evening to consider: district transportation costs, employee negotiation agreement, 2010 tax rate and the adjusted preliminary budget. This is the only scheduled board meeting for July. The meeting is at 5:30 p.m. on Thursday, July 8 at the Cache County School District offices (2063 N 1200 E, Logan, UT). (Continued…)

“Putting old pictures of Smithfield on the walls, installing lettering on the outside wall marking the building as “Smithfield City,” installing a chambers sound system and rebuilding the council dais are among things yet to be done — turns out the dais put in is too tall and hides councilmembers from the audience.” — Jay Patrick (Continued…)

A surprise windstorm hit Richmond, Utah on Wednesday afternoon. (Continued…)

Loved your piece on Bike MS: Harmons Best Dam Bike Ride. The amount raised was a bit off. To date it is $1.5 million. Thought you may like this press release the NMSS sent out today. Thanks for writing about the event and hope you come out again. (Continued…)

Utah cyclists raised $140,000 this weekend for Multiple Sclerosis research. The “Bike MS: Harmons Best Dam Bike Ride 2010” was a two-day, all-valley ride. Saturday, riders went as far north as Dayton, Idaho before returning through Rimchond and Amalga to the starting point at the Cache County Fairgrounds. Sunday they went south to Paradise, past Hyrum Dam, through Wellsville, Mendon and back to the fairgrounds. (Continued…)

“The text said that because of Hansen’s new breast implants, she could now apply for a job at the Hooter’s restaurant. Hansen was offended by the text and went to Smithfield City Police Department with her complaint.” — Marco Ortiz (Continued…)

Richmond Library Story Time by KUTA-TV. (Continued…)

Public versus private roads are still on the agenda for high density housing in Smithfield. The city council met Wednesday evening to consider approving changes to the Planned Unit Development (PUD) ordinance. These changes included requiring all PUDs to build 40-foot wide public roads — 30-feet pavement curb to curb plus sidewalk on one side. The city would own and maintain the roads instead of allowing privately maintained roads in PUDs. (Continued…)

The primary and preliminary election results for June 22, 2010. For Cache County, Mike Lee just edged out Tim Bridgewater for US Senator. State-wide it’s just too close to call. Jon Jenkins and Troy Christensen are definitely on the ballot for the school board election this fall. And Mike Gleed was re-elected as Cache County Recorder. (Continued…)

The Smithfield City Council will meet Wednesday to consider: updates to the planned unit development ordinance including requiring public roads for all PUDs, fire protection agreement with Hyde Park, re-approval of final plat for Elk Ridge Estates, and public hearings over budget amendments for the past year and the tax rate for next year. (Continued…)

The Smithfield City Council met Monday night for two public hearings over the city budgets. The hearings lasted only a minute or two since no citizens attended the meeting. The council then adopted the 2010-11 city budgets and RDA budget. (Continued…)

Polls open tomorrow for the Republican primary and for a one-seat preliminary vote for Cache County School Board. Tim Bridgewater and Mike Lee lead the big race for US Senate after they defeated long-time incumbent Bob Bennett at the state convention. A second race between incumbent Mike Gleed and Stan Palmer for Cache County Recorder will also be decided tomorrow. (Continued…)

On Wednesday I saw the fire truck over by the school emptying a water tank truck. I have seen them do this several times. This time it created interesting rainbows. (Continued…)

Editor’s Note: Safiyyah Ballard is a contributing reporter for the Sun, a journalism student at USU, and a very nice person. She wrote this story about a scam artist who reached her through a Craigslist ad. I recommend everyone read it to understand some of the red (and salmon) flags of a scam artist. (Continued…)

The City Council is holding a public hearing over the city budgets. It will be held on Monday, June 21 at 5:30 p.m. at the new city hall (96 S Main). (Continued…)