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MIKE OWEN/mowen@ledger-enquirer.comThe city installed this asphalt swath to drain water away from a Pyburn Street home.

Ledger Inquirer: Was asphalt ramp in yard needed? We'll see …

Lula Botts had a problem with drainage in her yard, so the city installed a skateboard ramp to fix it.

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Ledger Inquirer: City isn't responsible for clogged ditch

Life's a ditch, they say. Especially when there's one behind your house that's causing rainwater to flood your yard.
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Ledger Inquirer: Trash keeps piling up at shopping center dumpster

Some people have no respect for other people's property. Witness what is pictured here: An enormous pile of garbage bags, overflowing what was once apparently a concrete block home for a dumpster, clearly marked on at least two sides with signs saying: "No Trash Dumping Violators Will Be Prosecuted...
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Ledger Inquirer: Once beautiful house and yard in Lokey Estates fall into disrepair

A Concerned Reader in Lokey Estates, as well as his neighbors, is tired of looking at the run-down house at the corner of Lokey Drive and Daisy Street.
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Ledger Inquirer: Water Works to look into odd leak in middle of the road

We've seen a lot of water leaks here at Inquirer Central over the years. The city has hundreds of miles of water pipes running under it, so it's understandable when one pops a leak.
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Ledger Inquirer: Neighbor says vacant house is an eyesore

A Frustrated and Anonymous Reader is tired of living near the mess at 3941 Singer Drive in the Pine Hill subdivision off Fort Benning Road.
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Ledger Inquirer: Sinkhole repaired, but curb gets totaled in the process

Concerned Reader Bill Chester owns waterfront property on Cherokee Drive.
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Ledger Inquirer: Mayor hopes for resolution in neighborhood landslide situation

Today, we're going back down the slippery slope.
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Inquirer: City says business owner responsible for drain, sinkhole

We have learned a lesson this week at Inquirer Central. That being, if you've purchased property that has a storm-water pipe running beneath it, you are responsible not only for its repair, but for any damages it causes, should something go wrong. Unless.
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Ledger Inquirer: Rain brings down leaning pines in Weracoba Park

Way back in late 2011, in this feature's first year, an Alert Reader named Lisa Venable wrote to report some dangerous-looking pines at Weracoba.
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Ledger Inquirer: Condemned house gets a new lease on life

I came across a pleasant surprise last week as I was driving to an assignment.