New trash set-up starts next month
A sturdy lidded cart and a recycling bin will be distributed to each home in Excelsior Springs this month. The cart pictured is one of the large versions, nearly 100 gallons, but most residents will get a smaller 65-gallon cart of the same design.
By ERIC COPELAND
Managing Editor
 Next month, Excelsior Springs residents can expect to see the future of trash collection in Excelsior Springs.
And starting the week of July 27, they’ll have to take part in that future. Virtually every aspect of the trash collection process will be changing. New wheeled trash carts will be picked up by an automated system on the trash trucks, and accordingly the crews that ride on the backs of the trash trucks will be no more.
Allied Waste, the city’s trash hauler, will begin picking up recyclables at curbside twice a month. And rather than waiting for yard waste pick-ups in the spring and fall, Excelsior Springs residents can take their grass clippings, leaves, brush and limbs of all sizes to a drop-off site three days a week from April 1-Nov. 30.
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Gatlin takes new role with company
By KRISTIN RULON
Community Reporter
After 22 years at Price Chopper #17 of them as the store director―Roger Gatlin is no longer managing Excelsior Springs’ Price Chopper.
Gatlin for the past few weeks has been in his new position with the company as a relief manager. He travels to Price Choppers located in the surrounding Kansas City metro areas assisting stores when a manager is on vacation or if the store is shorthanded.
The grocery business has been part of Gatlin’s life since 1965, when we worked for United Super which is where Aldi’s is currently located.
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Locals found a way to beat the heat during Waterfest this past weekend. Click here for more photos. Photos by Eric Copeland and Kristin Rulon, Excelsior Springs Standard.
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Master plan Open House
The public is invited to an Open House for the completion of the city master plan to be held Thursday, July 16 in the new community room at Excelsior Springs Hospital. For information on The Excelsior Springs Plan progress click here. |
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