New Boston said goodbye to a long-time councilman, honored a local police officer and installed the recently elected council members in the regular meeting of the New Boston City Council last week.
“It’s a little bittersweet because Jackie Laney has served this community for, well we couldn’t find out how many years. We did all kinds of research and nobody could come up with an exact date of when he was elected and when he came on the council. But, as long as I can remember a city council in the city of New Boston, Jackie Laney has been a part of it,” said Mayor Ron Humphrey.
Laney said he made the decision to retire from the city council and not seek reelection this year.
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