Nelsonville Eyes May Ballot For Electric Aggregation Plan
Nelsonville moves to place an electic aggregation measure on the May 2 ballot aiming to join SOPEC with Athens and nearby villages. City leaders seek lower rates than AEP Ohio, discuss opt-in and opt-out options, and anticipate a ballot cost covered by SOPEC plus a $6,300 energy grant for the city.
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Nelsonville
Elsonville
Southeast Ohio Public Energy Council
SOPEC
AEP Ohio
AEP Energy
Athens
Athens County
Amesville
Trimble
Buchtel
Someset
Perry County
Gary Edwards
Eddie Smith
Edwards
AEP
Ohio
Smith
Greg Smith
Council
Sopec Board of Directors
Chris Chmiel
Chmiel
Groundwater study seeks property owners near injection wells
Ohio University Voinovich School calls for property owners near Atha and K&H Partners wells in Athens County to join a groundwater quality study funded by The Sugar Bush Foundation. Three samples per well will be taken across spring summer and fall with results posted in summer 2018.
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Coolville
Ohio University
Voinovich School of Leadership and Public Affairs
Athens County
Athens County Fracking Action Network
ACFAN
Torch Cando
Buckeye Forest Council
Voinovich School
Sugar Bush Foundation
Atha
K&h Partners
Route
Torch
K&h
Ohio Department of Natural Resources
UIC
ODNR
Ohio
Summit Laboratories
Cuyahoga Falls
Watersheddata
Felicia Mettler
Jennifer Bowman
Howmanj2
Ohio. Edu
County auction to offer 100 forfeited items at courthouse
Athens County Prosecutor Keller Blackburn says 106 items seized in drug busts will be sold Friday from 10 to 11 a.m. in the county courthouse rotunda. Items include a 2002 Toyota Celica, a 2002 Ford Mustang GT, a 1998 Ford Ranger, Air Jordan and Nike Air shoes, gold coins, and two giant half pound silver eagles, with cash or cashier’s checks required and minimum bids from 1 to 750 dollars. Items are sold caveat emptor as is with purchaser responsible for quality checks.
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Athens County Prosecutor's Office
S. Court St
Keller Blackburn
Man arrested for break in and arson at Market on State
Athens and State authorities say Christopher Osler 22 of Route 682 faces felony counts for safecracking breaking and entering and aggravated arson after allegedly using a blow torch to attack an ATM at the Market on State early Tuesday. He also faces traffic charges from the State Highway Patrol and was jailed awaiting a February 1 preliminary hearing. Firefighters arrived at 2:29 a.m. found smoke from a torch and extinguished the small fire.
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Athens-area
Christopher Osler
Route 682
Athens
State Highway Patrol
Osler
Athens Fire Department
East State Street
State
Oiler
Alexander Local School Board to meet in special session
The Alexander Local School Board of Education will hold a special meeting at 5 p.m. Thursday January 26 at the Alexander Library to confer with an attorney on disputes facing the public body related to pending or imminent court action.
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Alexander Local School Board of Education
Alexander
Nelsonville Civil Service to discuss police eligibility testing
The Nelsonville Civil Service Commission will meet Thursday January 26 at 1 30 p m at City Hall to discuss testing to build an eligibility list for the city police department. The meeting is open to the public.
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Nelsonville
Nelsonville Civil Service Commission
City Hall
Conservancy District Year End Finances Released
The 2016 financial statements for the Hocking Conservancy District and Margaret Creek Subdistrict are complete and available for review at the Conservancy District office located at 560 W. Union St., Athens.
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Hocking Conservancy District
Margaret Creek
Conservancy District
W. Union St
Athens
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