Groundhog Breakfast speakers: Business mixed, education up The Newark Advocate One of the main facets of each year's breakfast is the economic forecast made by community leaders gathered at Adena Hall on the Newark campus of Ohio State University and Central Ohio Technical College. This year's prediction was a bit of a mixed bag, ...
Cuts in Ohio's state budget could make Northeast Ohio communities consider ... Plain Dealer (blog) By Tonya Sams, The Plain Dealer CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Gov. John Kasich's $112 billion state budget, which cut $455 million in funding for local governments, has caused communities statewide to consider collaborating and sharing services.
It's easy to be involved, but you have to listen Marion Star "Lucy, I brought you to this tonight to show you how easy it is to be a part of your community. What we did tonight, we hope, will change the way our community is built. We could be part of making Ohio 95 the start of making Marion a place that ...
Students reconsider pricey tuition Toledo Blade "I decided to come to Owens [Community College] instead. You save a lot of money here and all my credits will transfer," she said. "I'm paying for college myself. The less loans I have to take out, the better." For decades, it has been an article of ...
Local banks end 2011 strong Cincinnati.com Despite a tough economy and uncertain industry climate, the region's five largest publicly traded community banks all closed 2011 in the black. As industry observers predict increased mergers and acquisitions, all five banks boast capital levels that ...
Vanished African-American community is remembered Cincinnati.com Located in a hollow at the western edge of Madisonville along what is now Red Bank Expressway, Dunbar became one of the first black neighborhoods in southwestern Ohio. “It became a very bustling community by 1850 or thereabouts,” said Ruth Ann Busald, ...
Campaign to save Burr Oak Lodge under way Zanesville Times Recorder On Oct. 5, the Ohio Department of Natural Resources announced the temporary closing of Burr Oak Lodge. Since October, representatives of the Convention & Visitors bureaus in Morgan and Athens counties, county commissioners in Morgan, Athens and Perry ...
Steam drove the region: After boats arrived 2 centuries ago, Louisville was ... Louisville Courier-Journal I'm referring to the arrival of the first steamboat, the New Orleans, at the Falls of the Ohio in October 1811, and the beginnings of the industrial revolution in our region. The communities at the Falls of the Ohio were in the right place, ...