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Whitewater Park Scanned Articles

Here is a Thanksgiving treat. We have added scans from the Kentucky Standard about the Bardstown whitewater park to that section of the website. They are from the past four years. You can go straight to them here: Kentucky Standard scans

National Geographic highlights Bardstown again

Once again, Bardstown has been listed in a National Geographic publication as a great get-away. The July/August issue of National Geographic Traveler includes the town in a list of 46 places to spend a “great long weekend.”Under the subhead “Sippin,’ Singin’, and Abe”...

Mind Your Waste

Stan Hurst, member of the Bardstown Boaters, stands in a boat full of tires dragged from the Beech Fork River. Tires are one of the most common items found in the river and over 50 were collected during this year’s Paddle Pickup.From the Kentucky StandardBy...

Overturned kayaker feared dead

From: The State JournalFrankfort Emergency Management continued to comb the river Wednesday to recover the body of a kayaker who a witness says overturned in the Kentucky River near the Singing Bridge.Battalion Chief Dan Shouse said officials won’t release the...

Downtown piping, Rubble Dam at project forefront

From the Kentucky StandardBy Jenny BlandfordReplacing water pipes downtown and restoring Rubble Dam are the two main projects Bardstown’s water and sewer committee wants to tackle in 2009.City Engineer Larry Hamilton said the cast-iron water line downtown has been in...