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Lancaster Eagle-GazettePublished August 19, 2011
By Carl Burnett Jr.
LANCASTER -- Six school districts in Fairfield County were rated as "excellent" or "excellent with distinction" according to records obtained from the Ohio Department of Education this...
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LETTER TO THE EDITORBuckeye Lake BeaconAugust 20, 2011 Edition
Editor:
A large number of people are concerned about the level of federal government spending, but there does not seem to be much concern about spending in Baltimore. I have lived here since...
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Lancaster Eagle-GazettePublished August 17, 2011
By Carl Burnett Jr.
Village will ask voters to OK 4-mill property tax levy
BALTIMORE -- The village of Baltimore is asking voters for additional funding to maintain its current police force.
Residents a...
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Lancaster Eagle-GazettePublished August 17, 2011
By Rick Rouan
Superintendent's resignation to take effect in September; reason unknown
CARROLL -- Bloom-Carroll Superintendent Roger Mace will resign in September to pursue another job, the district's bo...
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ThisWeek Community NewspapersPublished August 10, 2011
By Nate Ellis
Fairfield County residents and those in the Pickerington Local School District will have numerous opportunities to exercise their vote this November.
There will be five candidate's ra...
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ThisWeek Community NewspapersPublished August 10, 2011
By Nate Ellis
After nearly two months of debate, Pickerington City Council on Aug. 2 approved entering into a joint planning agreement with Violet Township.
Council voted 5-2 to join the JPA, which...
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O.R.R.D. calls Frontier from time to time to see when high speed internet access will be available in our area. One of our residents spoke to a representative this week who said that OUR AREA is slated for high speed "next" and we placed an "escalation re...
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Buckeye Lake BeaconAugust 20, 2011 Edition
By Charles Prince
BALTIMORE - "We're keeping our fingers crossed," architect Joe Schappa told Liberty Union-Thurston School Board members Monday night.
The comment was part of his status report on the new midd...
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Pickerington Times-SunPublished August 9, 2011
By Theresa Garee
The Violet Township Board of Trustees received good news at their Aug. 3 meeting.
"They liked what we're doing," Fiscal Officer Chris Smith said about his meeting with the Fairfield County...
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State Sen. Tim Schaffer, R-Lancaster, will host open office hours from 10 to 11 a.m. on Aug. 24 at the Bremen Rushcreek Memorial Branch Library, 200 School St., Bremen, and on Aug. 27, 2011 from 1 to 2 p.m. at the Pickerington Public Library, 201 Opportun...
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Buckeye Lake BeaconAugust 6, 2011 Edition
By Scott Rawdon
MILLERSPORT, BALTIMORE – The Fairfield County Sheriff's Department and the Millersport and Baltimore police departments are working together to stop an increase in break-ins in northern Fairfie...
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Buckeye Lake BeaconAugust 6, 2011 Edition
By Charles Prince
MILLERSPORT - It's now official. Walnut Township Local School District voters will be asked to renew a five-year emergency levy on the November 8 ballot.
The levy, which currently brings in $2...
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A block watch group in Liberty Township notified O.R.R.D. that there have been coyotes sighted in the area. Two were spotted on Monday, August 1 in the front yard of a home on Heimberger Road (between Stemen Road and Route 204).
It's a good idea to...
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ThisWeekNews Community NewspapersPublished August 2, 2011
By Nate Ellis
The second attempt was a success for the Pickerington Local School District, which gained a Tuesday special-election victory.
PLSD officials apparently will avoid another $7 millio...
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Lancaster Eagle-GazettePublished July 31, 2011
Put a big question mark behind this number: 614.
Ohio has 614 public school systems in its 88 counties, and for the first time in decades, those with the power to make changes intend to find out if reducing...
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NEWSFLASH......TIME SENSITIVE!!!
If you've ever wanted to become more involved in your Township, NOW is the time to step up to the plate! TWO SEATS ARE UP FOR GRABS IN NOVEMBER -- one seat on the Liberty Township Trustee Board and the other for Tow...
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Buckeye Lake BeaconJuly 30, 2011 Edition
By Charles Prince & Scott Rawdon
LAKE AREA – Township, school board and village office candidates face an earlier filing deadline this year.
State law was changed last year requiring all that candidates an...
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Buckeye Lake BeaconJuly 30, 2011 Edition
By Charles Prince
MILLERSPORT – Road supervisor Randy Kemmerer, Parks Supervisor Tim Morris and road worker Mike King were on the chopping block at Tuesday night's Walnut Township Trustees' meeting.
The meetin...
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By Greg Hanahan, PresidentOhio Township Association
What is a township? I think many of us take for granted everyone knows what a township is, at least when it comes to our friends, neighbors and colleagues. We would expect those from large c...
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Lancaster Eagle-GazettePublished July 28, 2011
By Jeff Baron
Residents asked to conserve until problem is fixed
BALTIMORE -- Village administrator Marsha Hall wants residents to conserve water this morning as workers fixed a water line leak caused by a...