CRANBERRY BOG - Our own natural wonder is fighting for survival. Each year, waves from passing boats undermine its edges, causing pieces of the sphagnum mat to break off. Invasive species attack the Canadian origin bog vegetation itself. More...
Millersport - A $1 million bond issue to improve athletic facilities at Millersport High School is one step closer to the August ballot. Early this year a community group asked school board members to place a bond levy on the August ballot. More...
MILLERSPORT - Walnut Township Trustees will hold public hearings on four zoning amendment changes starting at 5 p.m. on Tuesday, April 22 at the township office. More...
BUCKEYE LAKE - Buckeye Lake Village's steady march toward signing a public water agreement with the Village of Millersport stepped closer to a signed ordinance Monday night, but council still has yet to approve it. More...
HEBRON - Hebron Library is offering a free ACT/SAT combination practice test on Saturday, April 19 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. All tests will be scored and participants will receive their results. More...
Compiled from selected police activity reports. Buckeye Lake • April 9: Officerwas asked to accompany a repossession agent. • April 9: Officerwas called to the scene of an attempted suicide. More...
Editor: Hello to all you Beacon readers.I wish you sunny days and many of them. Here are the entries from the "name the theme" contest for this year's BLASST. More...
Editor: According to public records, Kirkersville GOB Zoning Inspector Tom Fredericks (recycled from the Licking County Planning Commission) was paid for attending various meetings and writing letters to "amusement devise" companies. More...
Jim Webber, firechief for the West Licking Joint Fire District was incorrectly identified as Kirkersville's firechief in a story last week. Webber is considering retirement, but hasn't announced a date yet. More...
Dorothy B. Griggs, 98 of Pleasantville, passed away Wednesday, April 9, 2008, at Heartland of Fairfield. She was born Oct. 17, 1909, in Walnut Township, to the late Homer and Maude Hite. More...
Sallie Lee Friesner, 61, of Baltimore, went home to be with the Lord on Wednesday, April 9, 2008. Sallie was born in Lancaster, on Aug. 18, 1946, to the late Arthur E. and Bette Lu Unkle Friesner. More...
A funeral service celebrating the life of Fred Russell Van Buren, 81, of Millersport, was held April 16, 2008, in the chapel of the Hoskinson Funeral Home, Kirkersville, with Pastor Tom Myers officiating. More...
