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State Senator Tim Schaffer tours future home of the Harcum House child advocacy center
LANCASTER − Ohio Senator Tim Schaffer, R-Lancaster, said Fairfield County is fortunate to have the Harcum House child advocacy center Wednesday as he toured its future location at 216 Trace Drive. "Not every county has this," he said. "Not every community has this asset available to families and to...
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...
New Community Garden in Lancaster
Article Presented By Hometown-Motors, Inc. (Lancaster, Ohio) – The Fairfield County Health Department has announced Lancaster’s new community garden located at Lancaster Camp Ground. The garden contains six garden beds that have been rented out by community members, as well as one garden bed being used for educational purposes by the county’s Women, Infants & Children (WIC) program.
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...
Licking County, then part of Fairfield County, first settled in 1813 at present-day Utica
Even though Ohio became the 17th state in 1803, it didn’t mean the area that we now call Licking County was settled. This area was part of Fairfield County and was named Licking Township. The county as we know it wasn’t established until 1808. During these early years, many land speculators tried to...
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