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Perry County real estate transfers
June 28-July 11. Listed prices do not necessarily reflect actual property values. • Candice and Joshua Prior, 5.046 acres, section 1, Monroe Township, to Christopher Montell and Christopher Shoemaker III, $55,000. • CountryTyme Land Specialists Ltd., lot 17, Scenic View Subdivision, Bearfield Township, to Nicole Lynn Faiella, $270,481. • Richard J. Miller, Foster Manor No....
Inside Courts: The Athens plastic bag ban
The City of Athens is sitting in the bullseye in a battle with Ohio’s Attorney General David Yost over “home rule” and plastic bags and it is now primed for a local judge to decide who will prevail. The attorney general filed suit in Athens County Common...
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...
The final public hearing on parcel fees brings new perspectives and new options
LOGAN, Ohio (WOUB) — A proposed parcel fee to preserve the local recycling center received a cool reception in Logan last week. It was the last of three public hearings put on by the Athens-Hocking Solid Waste District. The annual parcel fee would tax properties in Athens and Hocking...
The Scoop Announcements July 16 – 22, 2024
Note: All information is current as of The Scoop’s production on Tuesday morning. Click the links for the most up-to-date information. Letter to the Editor workshop: Write Now Appalachia will present a workshop on writing letters to the editor Wednesday, July 24, from 6–8 p.m. at the Athens Public Library, 30 Home St., Athens.
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