This is a video of a hike to Anglin Falls in Berea, Kentucky.

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Icicles at Anglin Falls, Kentucky

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Berea Council Approves Chicken Ordinance

After a lot of anticipation and patience Bereans now have a chicken ordinance.  Those who live in residential zones may keep up to 6 hens in their backyards if the city’s board of adjustments grants a conditional use permit.

In and a 7-1, the Berea, Kentucky city council adopted second reading of an ordinance making the keeping of chickens, but not roosters, a conditional use in residential areas of Berea, Ky.

Although the ordinance requires that all neighboring property owners and be notified of a chicken permit application, a neighbor’s objection would necessarily be sufficient grounds for denying a permit, City Administrator Randy Stone said.

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A man was pinned under one of the chairs that fell, and Jack Michaud reports he was not able to get out on his own strength

At least eight people, kids included, had been taken to a hospital following the derailment of the Spillway East lift double-chair lift at Maine’s Sugarloaf Resort during the course of a busy vacation week at the resort 120 miles north of Portland.

About five chairs fell 25 to 30 feet onto a ski trail below, officials said.  The resort said the lift, which went into service in 1975 and not long ago handed an inspection, was set for upgrades or repairs but declined to specify when. At the time of the derailment, there were an estimated 220 people on the lift, according to officials with Sugarloaf. Sugarloaf has yet to determine the cause of the incident.

“All injured guests have been treated and are being transported to area hospitals. At this point none of the injuries are believed to be life threatening,”

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