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Another trip in the Daily News Wayback Machine
LOGAN — From the cobwebbed closet of the Logan Daily’s historic offices: a peek around Hocking County, 50 years ago this week. ”Local Designs Spherical House,” May 20, 1974. “Necessity is the mother of invention is an old cliche that best fits the idea behind the spherical house now under construction on Chieftain Drive,” wrote Logan Daily News correspondent Harold Roach. ...
Municipalities in Muskingum, Perry and Morgan counties receive water grants
COLUMBUS — The Ohio Environmental Protection Agency recently announced $2.2 million in H2Ohio grants for more than 250 communities in 78 counties to help pay for equipment needed to maintain public drinking water distribution systems. The funding will help provide reliable, clean drinking water through investments in drinking water...
Four months in advance, city getting all decked out for national symposium
LOGAN — All up and down the sidewalks of Logan’s Main Street on Thursday, gloved people with trowels could be seen hard at work, planting and mulching the many flower beds that line the town’s main thoroughfare. It was all being done in preparation for the 2024 national symposium of the community beautification program America in Bloom (AIB), which will be held in Logan and Columbus. Though the symposium is not until late September, the work on the uptown flower displays is being done now...
Perry County real estate transfers
May 3-16. Listed prices do not necessarily reflect actual property values. • Jerry L. and Jody Johnson, property in Somerset, to Jerry L. and Jody Johnson, exempt, to evidence a gift, in any form, between husband and wife, or parent and child, or the spouse of either. • Danielle Severance, 2.0 acres, section 10, Hopewell Township, to Ronald S. Severance, exempt, to evidence a gift, in any form, between husband...
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...
Three things to know
It’s New Straitsville’s time to shine. This Friday will be the opening day of the 53rd annual New Straitsville Moonshine Festival, celebrating the legacy of the village as the Moonshine Capital of the World during Prohibition. Learn more on page A4. Middle schoolers excel in book knowledge contest. A year-long classroom effort garnered honors for New Lexington Middle School students at a recent competition in Lancaster, called the Battle Over Books (BOB). Learn more on page B3. Stay safe from mosquitoes. Over 200 types of mosquitoes live in the continental United States and U.S. territories; of which about 12 types spread disease. Because you can’t tell which mosquito could be spreading germs, it is important to protect yourself from mosquito bites. See column, page A5.
Happy Hollow Hootenanny announces free admission for 2024
SNOW FORK EVENT CENTER — Stuart’s Opera House announces that the second annual Happy Hollow Hootenanny will be free to attend this year, thanks to the generous support of Creston Stewart and Sarah Helfrich. Taking place from May 30 to June 2 at the Snow Fork Event Center, this unique event invites attendees to unplug and connect with the diverse music, art, and cultural practices that have shaped our Central Appalachian region. Unlike traditional music festivals with a distinct divide between performers and audience, participation...
Boil order rescinded
The City of Logan has rescinded a boil order that was issued Monday for the following streets: • East Hunter Street between Depot and Maple • East Main Street between Depot and Homer • East Second Street between Depot and the railroad tracks • East Front Street between Depot and the railroad tracks A total of 78 services are affected.
State Route 78 designation will be recognized at ceremony
NELSONVILLE — The John S. Townsend Camp 108 of the Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War will conduct a special dedication ceremony at 7 p.m. May 30 at the Military Museum 229, 11 September St., Nelsonville. This ceremony will recognize the designation of State Route 78 as the 78th Ohio Veteran Volunteer Infantry Highway. There are now two signs in each of the counties that this highway passes through indicating this designation. ...
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