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Hopewell Township adopts 2024 budget with small tax increase
Property owners in Hopewell Township will experience a small tax increase after the Township Committee adopted a $27 million municipal budget for 2024. The governing body adopted the budget on May 20. “Our 2024 municipal tax rate will increase by less than a penny – .8 cents,” Committeeman Kevin Kuchinski...
New Lex School Board to hold special public meeting
The New Lexington Board of Education will conduct a special public meeting on Saturday, May 18 at 9:30 a.m. in the New Lexington Board of Education Central Office, 2549 Panther Drive, New Lexington. The purpose of the meeting will be for the board to take action on approval of high school graduates.
Mount Aloysius breaks ground on major improvement project
NEW LEXINGTON — On Friday afternoon, May 10, the sun was shining brightly over New Lexington, but nowhere was it brighter than at Mount Aloysius. At 2:35 p.m. the new CEO at Mount Aloysius, Tonya Leon, announced that the official groundbreaking for $1.2 million in improvements to the facility’s administrative building would be taking place in a few short minutes. Those present for the ceremony included Mount Aloysius staff and residents, board members for the facility, family members, longtime supporters, Northrose General Contracting (NRGC) personnel,...
Special boxes at Woodlawn and Greenwood cemeteries will collect flags for proper disposal
ZANESVILLE − This Memorial Day holiday visitors to Woodlawn Cemetery, 603 Pershing Road, and Greenwood Cemetery, 1413 Greenwood Ave., will see new additions to the military sections of the graveyards — flag boxes. “The goal is to provide a place where people can dispose of the flags in a respectable way,” said Cemetery Superintendent Howard Bailey. ...
City of Zanesville awarded $6.4 million to transform streetscapes, Secrest Auditorium
ZANESVILLE − Secrest Auditorium and the surrounding downtown area is about to get a makeover thanks to a $6.4 million Appalachian Community Grant to fund Zanesville’s Streetscape Project. “Our community is committed to making Zanesville The Gateway to Appalachia and adestination for tourism and leisure activities,” said Mayor...
Country music concert to raise money for vets’ retreat
ROCKBRIDGE — Along Kreashbaum Road in Rockbridge, a retreat that’s being developed for combat veterans and their families is taking a step toward completion, with an upcoming concert and fun run to raise money for the project. Valor Retreat — whose name is an acronym for “Veterans Are Loved, Owed, and Respected” — is a 22-acre site, donated by businessman and veteran Larry Teichman, which will provide “a serene and therapeutic setting” for vets suffering from PTSD. ...
Council of governments formed for recycling; Logan planning to join
On Thursday, the Southeast Ohio Recycling Terminal (SORT) council of governments was formed, a group that could introduce recycling pick-up in Logan in the future. The group met in the Athens County Board of Commissioners’ conference room, located on the second floor of the courthouse annex. Lenny Eliason, an Athens County commissioner, was voted chair of the board, while Amesville mayor Gary Gooseman was elected vice-chair. Crissa Cummings, head of...
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