Nibley plans 50-acre, $5 million sports park as it plans for city growth
Tuesday, March 15th, 2011 Posted in Arts and Life | Comments Off on Nibley plans 50-acre, $5 million sports park as it plans for city growthBy Katie Smedley NIBLEY—Nibley City will soon begin construction on a long-range plan for a $5 million, 50-acre, state-of-the-art sports park that will include five baseball fields, four soccer fields, a basketball court and tennis courts. City Manager Larry Anhder says Nibley ...
Nibley breaks ground for a new city hall
Friday, March 4th, 2011 Posted in Opinion | Comments Off on Nibley breaks ground for a new city hallStory and photo by Stephanie Zollinger NIBLEY -- At the groundbreaking for the new city hall, Nibley Mayor Gerald Knight said, “We hope that this is a place that will meet our needs for the next 15 plus years.” Many members ...
Nibley approves mobile auto-body repair business
Thursday, February 24th, 2011 Posted in Opinion | Comments Off on Nibley approves mobile auto-body repair businessBy Stephanie Zollinger NIBLEY -- The Planning and Zoning Commission approved a business license for Garret Fronk's auto body repair. His work consists of fixing cars that have dents that otherwise would be very expensive to fix. Fronk said ...
Nibley grants permits to three home businesses
Saturday, February 19th, 2011 Posted in Business | Comments Off on Nibley grants permits to three home businessesBy Stephanie Zollinger NIBLEY – The Planning and Zoning Commission recently approved three home businesses. “The vote was unanimous in favor of the applications,” city planner Shari Phippen said. “None of the individuals are going to have any additional ...
Nibley says no to developers’ request to change 55+ age requirement
Saturday, February 19th, 2011 Posted in Opinion | Comments Off on Nibley says no to developers’ request to change 55+ age requirementBy Stephanie Zollinger NIBLEY -- The developers of The Cottages planned unit development in Nibley have asked the City Council that the age restriction of 55 and older be removed. The basis for their request is that there is almost no ...
Sustainable housing development in Nibley earns national award
Friday, February 4th, 2011 Posted in Opinion | Comments Off on Sustainable housing development in Nibley earns national awardBy Stephanie Zollinger NIBLEY--The city of Nibley is developing its first conservation easement subdivision. The subdivision will include 75 lots on 35 acres of land, and 9.7 acres of open space, said Kim Datwyler, executive director of the Neighborhood Nonprofit Housing ...
Nibley P&Z discusses solutions for field drain maintenance
Thursday, January 27th, 2011 Posted in Opinion | Comments Off on Nibley P&Z discusses solutions for field drain maintenanceBy Stephanie Zollinger NIBLEY--The Planning and Zoning Commission met Wednesday night, reviewing a concern over maintenance of field drains. There are two purposes of field drains: to drain off water in the spring to dry out the field for preparations for ...
Nibley council discusses plans for new church building
Monday, January 24th, 2011 Posted in Opinion | 3 Comments »By Stephanie Zollinger NIBLEY--Plans for a new LDS church building are becoming solidified. Three years ago, a site at 130 W. 2600 South St. was approved for the building, and the City Council finalized some of the details at Thursday's meeting. ...
Nibley buys more water rights to stay ahead in development
Saturday, December 11th, 2010 Posted in Opinion | Comments Off on Nibley buys more water rights to stay ahead in developmentBy Max Parker Dahl NIBLEY-- The City Council approved the purchase of 24 acre-feet of water rights at the Dec. 2 meeting. The water will be used for irrigation of city parks, allowing citizens more utility from the water already owned ...
Nibley planners say yes to dancing at the strip mall
Thursday, December 9th, 2010 Posted in Opinion | Comments Off on Nibley planners say yes to dancing at the strip mallBy Max Parker Dahl NIBLEY--Plans for a public dance hall were approved at the city Planning and Zoning meeting Wednesday. The recommendation to include a dance hall in a portion of the empty strip mall along U.S. 89-91 will be ...
Nibley approves plans for city hall, hears public input on trails and parks plan
Tuesday, November 23rd, 2010 Posted in Opinion | Comments Off on Nibley approves plans for city hall, hears public input on trails and parks planBy Max Parker Dahl NIBLEY--Deliberation for more final plans for City Hall, as well as the trail master plan and park complex, were opened in a public hearing in Nibley City Council. Samples and shades of brick and tile were ...
Nibley council approves conservation subdivision, sets rezone hearing
Saturday, October 23rd, 2010 Posted in Opinion | Comments Off on Nibley council approves conservation subdivision, sets rezone hearingBy Max Dahl NIBLEY—Council members discussed how to preserve Nibley’s open and rural charm while accommodating expansion of subdivisions and city parks. Neighborhood Nonprofit Housing Corp. made another appearance before the council with a revised set of plans for their proposed conservation ...
Nibley council bumps heads over growth issues
Saturday, October 9th, 2010 Posted in Opinion | Comments Off on Nibley council bumps heads over growth issuesBy Max Parker Dahl NIBLEY--After a prayer, Nibley City Council convened for city business that will determine the future look and feel of the community. A continuing struggle was wrought throughout the meeting over land and money use for the rapidly ...
Empty new stores bear mute witness to recession’s toll
Saturday, October 2nd, 2010 Posted in Opinion | Comments Off on Empty new stores bear mute witness to recession’s tollBy Max Parker Dahl NIBLEY--Driving out of the valley on U.S. 89/91 along the jagged outskirts of Nibley city, you see the impressive and brightly colored complex of neo-western storefronts near Peterson Country Store. The only issue: the stores are virtually ...
Nibley finally ends Heritage Days by jumping in the pool
Tuesday, September 14th, 2010 Posted in Arts and Life | Comments Off on Nibley finally ends Heritage Days by jumping in the poolStory and photos by Max Dahl NIBLEY -- Family Swim Night, the event originally scheduled during Nibley Heritage Days, cashed its “rain check” last week. Nibley Heritage Days, the city’s annual celebration, ran June 14-19 with measured success except for a thunderstorm ...
Dispute over annexation gets County Council to table decision
Wednesday, February 24th, 2010 Posted in Opinion | Comments Off on Dispute over annexation gets County Council to table decisionBy Cathy Morgan LOGAN--An annexing and agricultural protection dispute between two families was tabled for another two weeks at Tuesday night’s Cache County Council meeting, after a heated discussion over the property. The area of land is 8.24 acres near Nibley. The ...
Growing pains pinch Nibley neighbors
Friday, December 11th, 2009 Posted in Opinion | 1 Comment »By Benjamin Wood NIBLEY – Amy Platt sat in a heated City Council meeting in September. Nearly 100 of her friends and neighbors had packed into the elementary school's gymnasium to voice their opinions regarding the future of a resident’s land. ...
Nibley is first city to reap reward of county road sales tax money
Monday, November 23rd, 2009 Posted in Opinion | Comments Off on Nibley is first city to reap reward of county road sales tax moneyBy Benjamin Wood NIBLEY--Cache County Executive Lynn Lemon visited the City Council meeting Nov. 19 to present a $658,000 check for the recently completed construction on 3200 South. Lemon called the project a "worthy purpose" and said the funds came from ...
Nibley signs contract with county for emergency services
Saturday, November 7th, 2009 Posted in Opinion | Comments Off on Nibley signs contract with county for emergency servicesBy Benjamin Wood NIBLEY—After some initial apprehension by Councilman Scott Larsen, the City Council voted unanimously to sign a contract with Cache County for Emergency Medical Services (EMS) and First Responders. In other business, the council discussed purchase of land on ...
Kingdom Hall in Nibley houses three growing Jehovah’s Witness congregations
Thursday, November 5th, 2009 Posted in Arts and Life | Comments Off on Kingdom Hall in Nibley houses three growing Jehovah’s Witness congregationsBy Benjamin Wood NIBLEY—it’s 3 p.m. and roughly 60 people are in attendance at the services in the Kingdom Hall of Jehovah’s Witnesses. They stand for a prayer and hymn and after sitting, Brother Hicks, a visiting elder from the Roy ...