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Hocking Hills State Park ranked among Ohio’s best outdoor workout spots
From the iconic Central Park in NYC to the scenic paths of Golden Gate Park in San Francisco, and along the bustling Lakefront Trail in Chicago, the U.S. is home to an array of stunning outdoor workout locales. These spots are more than just a place to exercise; they are destinations offering breathtaking views that elevate the fitness experience. To provide a definitive guide to these scenic sweat spots, Lift Vault canvassed the opinions of 3,000 fitness enthusiasts. Their mission: to identify the nation’s best...
A lifetime of meals reflected in tranquility
Happy Wednesday. I visited Ohio University with some old friends this weekend for a reunion show by the Snapdragons, a band that broke up decades ago but decided to perform one more gig in Athens. It's been thirty years since I graduated from OU, so aside from attending the show, I wanted to revisit some of my favorite haunts. Those included the Union (where I used to meet up with a writer named John for 35-cent...
AOA to host medicinal plant hike
ROCKBRIDGE — The Appalachia Ohio Alliance will lead a medicinal plant hike on Saturday, May 25 in its newest preserve, the Gertrude Hill Nature Preserve in Hocking County. Hikers will see the last vestiges of the spring wildflowers while walking through relatively mature forests as they survey and identify plants of medicinal value growing on the preserve site. This is an excellent opportunity to learn about threatened species such as...
New book recounts the wild, complex past of Sunday Creek
The small Perry County villages of Corning and Rendville are fairly sedate places today, but such was not always the case. In the late 19th century they were rowdy mining towns where the law held little sway, and brawls, gunfights and even lynchings were not uncommon. Some of this violence was probably due to heavy drinking, in communities where saloons were abundant. But much of it was also the result of labor unrest, and ferocious struggles by poorly paid mine workers to wrest concessions from...
Best of Athens celebrated at luncheon
THE PLAINS — The Athens News celebrated the Best of Athens Readers’ Choice winners on May 15 at Eclipse Company Store in The Plains. Award-winners were treated to a buffet-style lunch before Paul Reynolds, regional publisher for APG Ohio, handed out the awards for the overall category winners and the overall winner, who had the most votes in all categories. Eclipse Company Store was the overall winner, as it had...
National Book Festival to feature these two Ohio books
An essay anthology edited by Ohio University professors and a picture book biography will represent Ohio this August at the National Book Festival, according to selections recently announced. The big picture: The Library of Congress asks states to showcase titles representing their local literary heritage at the annual event in...
'Sacrifice and service': Buchtel alum Dr. Gregory Hill holds book signing with students
Returning to his alma mater after 50 years, Buchtel alumnus Dr. Gregory Hill held a book signing at Buchtel Community Learning Center's Learning Resource Lab Friday afternoon. In the hopes of passing on some of his own experience, Hill returned and signed copies of his book, "Through It All: How Sacrifice and Service Helped in Achieving My Dream of Becoming a Surgeon,” for freshmen of Buchtel’s GEAR UP Program. He also fielded questions from students.
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