Chief: No plans for watercraft user, access fees
By Charles Prince
      MILLERSPORT - ODNR's Division of Watercraft has no plans to seek user or launch fees. Chief Pamela Dillon delivered that message several times during Watercraft's Public Forum April 29 at Millersport Elementary School. Buckeye Lake was the first stop on a ten forum tour around the state.
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Trustees approve first I-2 Industrial District
By Charles Prince
      MILLERSPORT - Walnut Township Trustees unanimously approved the township's first I-2 General Industrial district at a special meeting Tuesday morning. The decision came on a request from Jerry Mock to rezone approximately 66 acres on the west side of Ohio 37 from I-1 Light Industrial to I-2 Ind...
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Sewer district to do smoke testing
      THURSTON - The Walnut Creek Sewer District plans to begin smoke testing the sewer systems in the Villages of Pleasantville and Thurston next week. Testing is only done during dry weather. A field crew will be opening manholes in the streets and in utility easements in yards, and injecting smoke ...
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Thorn Township Trustees approve zoning amendments
By Scott Rawdon
      THORNVILLE - Are Thorn Township's zoning application fees too expensive? Many residents, particularly those living in Fireman's Park, think so. A group of Fireman's Park residents attended a special trustees meeting April 23. The meeting's purpose was to discuss changes to the township's zoning ...
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Thorn Township Trustee takes initiative
By Scott Rawdon
      THORNVILLE - Confusion over who is responsible for a road construction bill caused tension between Thorn Township Trustees and the Perry County Commissioners.
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Training fireset for May 17
      BALTIMORE - Basil Joint Fire District will be conducting a live firetraining exercise at 1601 West Market Street in Baltimore, on Saturday, May 17. The training exercise will begin approximately at 8 a.m. and will conclude at around 4 p.m.
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     Chelsea Archer, daughter of Mike and Suzanne Archer signed a national letter of intent to play softball next fall for Ohio Dominican University in Columbus. She is a senior at Lakewood High School. Archer has been the Lady Lancers' starting shortstop for three years. She also played volleyball and b...
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Rezoning is Main Event
By Scott Rawdon
      HEBRON - Union Township is ready for the Main Event-literally! Monday night, the trustees unanimously approved a rezoning that will allow Main Events Promotions owner Steve Tilley to build a satellite location of his Newark based business along I-70.
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Things to do…
      Events Dawes Arboretum - Ohio 13, three miles north of I-70. Bird Walks- Saturdays, May 10, 17, 8 - 10 a.m. Join OSU Extension Ohio Certified Volunteer Naturalists as they help you search for and identify common and spring migratory birds by sight and sound in varied habitats.
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Cumberland Meadows is blossoming in Hebron
By Charles Prince
      HEBRON - It's been nearly fiveyears since Thornville builder Bill Simpson saw the for sale ad for 31 acres in Hebron. His interest grew when he saw the tract that's across from Hebron's Evans Park and next to the Hebron Municipal Complex/library.
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