Gassing up the car may have a whole new look by the end of next year if land deals adjacent to two of the county’s three filling stations are any indication. Expansion of Five Star Food Mart and Ideal gas station are already at the center of discussion around town, but official city action on Monday gives at least one of the two some room to grow.
With an agreement to purchase the city’s gravel parking lot neighboring Five Star, the store’s parent company – Newcomb Oil Co., of Bardstown, Ky. – now has access to expand the 24-hour convenience mart, though no one is on record as saying that is the plan.
Read more on the subject in the week's print and complete online editions of The Crittenden Press.
Also in this week's issue, get ready for homecoming with a preview of the Crittenden-Reidland game this Friday, discover how the economy has forced changes with in the 37th year of Community Christmas and tally your 2011 tax bill with a chart of all the current rates.
