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Residents give big thumbs down to recycling parcel fee at Logan hearing
LOGAN — The question of whether to institute a parcel fee to help fund the Athens-Hocking Solid Waste District (AHSWD) received an airing at a public hearing last Thursday at the Hocking County Fairgrounds. The meeting is available to view on the Hocking County Commissioners’ Facebook page. It attracted well over 100 members of the public, with another 2,600 viewing it remotely as of Monday morning. Whereas the hearing in...
Boys & Girls Club of Parkersburg announces expansion
PARKERSBURG — The Boys & Girls Club of Parkersburg has announced the expansion of services within Wood County and the introduction of services in Athens County, Ohio. The organization, now in its 60th year of service to the Parkersburg community, will open two new sites this fall. In Wood...
ODOT to host virtual public meeting for Coolville project
MARIETTA — The Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT) District 10 invites the public to a virtual meeting regarding a planned safety improvement project on U.S. 50 at Coolville in Athens County. This is in addition to an in-person public meeting which has already been announced. The virtual meeting will start with a presentation at 1 p.m. July 30, followed by a question and answer session. It can be joined by...
Planners for new ACCS building prioritize aesthetics, lighting, space
A project that began to be conceptualized in 2014 took form during a two-hour listening session held Thursday evening in the Athens Public Library conference room. Project planners with BDT Architects unveiled their model design with renderings for a $13 million, bond-financed building to be constructed for Athens County Children Services on its large Stonybrook Drive property. Describing the forthcoming project — and its Mass Timber construction system consisting of strips of wood laminated together to form large structural elements — were W. Otis Crockron...
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In anticipation of the upcoming Nov. 5 election, the Athens Messenger will be running a series of candidate and issue profiles. Each profile aims to give an overview of each candidate’s goals and campaign workings to readers. Below is a list of each race we plan to address, including elected officials and issues. This list may be subject to change as more information regarding the election becomes available. Federal Officials: ...
Solid waste district parcel fee met with mixed feedback (Updated)
ATHENS COUNTY, Ohio — The Athens-Hocking Solid Waste District has completed three public hearings on its proposed fee on improved parcels in Athens and Hocking counties. The district’s policy committee recommended convening the hearings, which were held between June 25 to July 9 in Athens, Nelsonville and Logan. The district wants to impose an annual fee on improved parcels — land with buildings — to underwrite its operations in its two counties. The $24 annual fee would remain in effect, unchanged, for 10 years.
Ohio University airport receives $2.5 million for improvements
ATHENS, Ohio — Ohio University announced that the Gordon K. Bush Airport has been given $2.5 million in state funding to improve the airport's commercial capabilities. “This funding will not only help strengthen OHIO's role as an economic engine for the region – it will also foster opportunities for continued growth and development across Southeast Ohio and beyond,” said Ohio University President Lori Stewart Gonzalez in a release. “We are incredibly thankful to both State Representative Jay Edwards for his leadership in securing the funding and State Senator Brian Chavez for his support of this transformational project in the Senate.”
Boys and Girls Club announce expansion to Glouster
PARKERSBURG — The Boys & Girls Club of Parkersburg (BGCP) recently announced the introduction of services in Athens County, Ohio, and the expansion of services within Wood County, West Virginia. The organization, now in its 60th year of service to the Parkersburg community, will open two new sites this fall. In Ohio, BGCP will begin providing after school programming in Glouster. The Club will be housed in the former Trimble Township Community Center, 1 Cross St., Glouster. The center is a program of Hocking Athens...
Athens County public meetings
The Southeast Ohio Recycling Terminal Council of Governments (SORT) board meeting scheduled for July 15 has been cancelled. A special meeting to discuss the transfer of operations from AHRC to SORT will be held at 5:30 p.m. July 18 will be held in the Habitat for Humanity Meeting room at 14440 State Route 13, Millfield. The public is welcome. For information, contact (740) 541-1327 or sort.director@gmail.com.The Tri-County Career Center Board of Education of Athens County will meet at 6 p.m. July 16 in Room 108/Pierce Room at Tri-County Career Center, 15676 State Route 691, Nelsonville. The public is encouraged to...
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