Fireworks Legislation

At the June 19th council meeting, City Council amended the Code of Ordinances to allow the use of first and second class fireworks during the dates and times listed below.

July 2nd from 9:00 am to 10:00 pm

July 3rd from 9:00 am to 10:00 pm

July 4th from 9:00...

2017 Street Improvement Project Update

Sternquist, the City’s contractor for this project, will begin paving W. Iowa Avenue this week.  The road will remain closed until all the intersections and driveway are completed.  The current estimates opening (weather permit...

Fiscal Year 2018 Budget Presentation

An overview of the the fiscal year 2018 budget was presented to the City Council on January 17, 2017.  Please click on a link below to view the presentation or to view the draft copy of the budget.

Fiscal Year 2018 Budget DRAFT Copy

Recycling Calendar

Single stream recycling is a program where all recyclable materials (newspapers, magazines, junk mail, telephone books, cardboard, tin & aluminum cans, plastics, and glass jars/bottles are placed into one recycling cart which is picked up every other ...Read on...

Council Meetings Schedule

The City Council meets on the first Monday of each month at 6:00 pm and the third Monday of each month at 7:00 pm in the city hall council chambers. The Council also holds a study session the third Monday of each month at 6:00 pm in the same location.Read on...

Against All Odds

A widow struggles with her grown children’s plans to gamble their futures in their determination to pursue their hearts, from her daughter’s illicit romance with a client to her son’s decision to have children.

Anything is Possible

Two sisters, one who trades self-respect for a wealthy husband and one who discovers a kindred spirit in the pages of a book, struggle with intimate human dramas at the sides of their community members and a returned Lucy Barton.

Mother Land

JP, one of seven living children, contemplates his mother’s influence on the family and his life, as he struggles with her disappointment in him and suspects she may have sabotaged a budding relationship.

No One is Coming for Us

A tale inspired by The Great Gatsby is set in the contemporary South and follows the difficulties endured by an extended black family with colliding visions of the American dream. A first novel by the author of We Are Taking Only What We Need.

Secrets in Summer

Spending her days at the library and her nights stargazing and contemplating a new relationship, Darcy is unexpectedly drawn into the summertime dramas of three families, including those of her recently married ex, a situation that compels Darcy to consid...

The Garden of Small Beginnings

After her husband’s fatal car accident, Lillian recruits her daughters and supportive sister to help her do research for a boutique vegetable guide at the Los Angeles Botanical Garden, where an instructor and quirky gardeners help her grieve and...

The Red Hunter

Tackling a house restoration project and blog in the hopes of escaping a traumatic event that ended her marriage, Claudia uncovers an ugly history in the crumbling house, where another woman, Zoey, survived a home invasion and pursued the martial arts to ...

Wages of Sin

A page-turning tale of murder, subversion and vice in which a female medical student in Victorian Edinburgh is drawn into a murder investigation when she recognizes one of the corpses in her anatomy lecture.

When Tides Turn

When beautiful Tess Beaumont joins the WAVES program to do her part in the war effort and prove that she is more that just a pretty face, ambitious Naval Officer Dan Avery does his best to keep his relationship with Tess professional to avoid the distract...

A Dog's Way Home

A follow-up to the best-selling A Dog’s Purpose traces the story of an adorable dog who falls instantly in love with a VA, worker only to be separated from him by rules that disallow pitbulls in their Denver community, a situation that compels t...

And Then You're Dead

In a delightfully gruesome look at the actual science behind the most outlandish, cartoonish and impossible deaths imaginable, the senior staff scientist at the San Francisco Exploratorium Museum and a writer examine a vast array of fantastic scenarios, t...

Chandra's Cosmos

Presents the scientific discoveries achieved through the Chandra X-ray Observatory, including galaxy clusters, black holes, dark matter, and dark energy.

Miss You

A chance meeting fails to bring the 18-year-old Tess and Gus the love with each other that they deserve, and they wind through lives that bring surprises and divert them from their intended paths, but will they get a second chance at love together?

River of Kings

Two brothers, a college student and a Navy SEAL, travel the storied past and present of Georgia’s "Little Amazon" Altamaha River to scatter their enigmatic father’s ashes while exploring the work of 16th-centry artist Jacques...

Same Beach Next Year

Reconnecting on one of Charleston’s most beautiful barrier islands, a pair of former sweethearts rediscover their feelings for one another while their jealous spouses pursue an unexpected attraction of their own over more than twenty years.

Some Rise by Sin

American missionary priest Timothy Riordan arrives in a Mexican village under the thumb of a brutal drug cartel and bonds with locals before an overstep forces him to reevaluate his priorities.

What's Become of Her

After becoming involved in an intense relationship with Henry North, Isabelle Austen learns that Henry’s past includes the disappearance of a wife and the death of a fiancâee and she turns to an unlikely source for help.