The Ardmore Board of Mayor and Aldermen unanimously passed a motion to increase a matching grant request for upgrades at the Ardmore City Park during its Nov. 5 meeting.

After months of hard work, the city of Ardmore, Tenn., was recently announced as the recipient of a $318,980 Community Development Block Grant that will go toward much needed sewer system improvements.

A lengthy discussion involving a property dispute at the Sept. 3 Ardmore Board of Mayor and Aldermen meeting ended with city attorney Joe Henry advising the board that the city should not be involved in the matter.

Ardmore City Hall and the Ardmore Library are open and operating under the guidelines of the state’s Tennessee Pledge.

A volunteer group which will work to improve and beautify parts of Ardmore in Tennessee and Alabama was formally introduced at the March 5 meeting of the Ardmore Board of Mayor and Aldermen.