Fire-damaged Carriage Hill Building to be demolished
Residents from 24 leased units faced loss after a February fire at Carriage Hill Apartments Building 12. Eighteen households found replacement apartments locally while six relocated. Local groups including Red Cross and Salvation Army collected items at the Athens Community Center pool house, with distributions starting February 28 and wrapping up this week.
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Carriage Hill Apartments
Carriage Hill
Stephanie Tresso
Tresso
American Red Cross
Wolf Tree Collective
Salvation Army
Athens
Cheska
Brown
Meigs
Pool House
Commissioners weigh sale or reuse of former County Home land
Athens County officials discuss whether 330 plus acres off Route 13 near Chauncey should be kept for a county purpose or sold. Housing D JFS offices dog shelter and recycling facility already on site, with two east side tracts under study for inventory and potential community uses such as a garden or nature area. Local officials push a comprehensive plan before any final decision.
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Athens County
Route 13
Chauncey
Athens County Department of Job and Family Services
Burr Oak Water District
Natural Resources Conservation Service
Athens County Soil and Water District
Lenny Eliason
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Charlie Adkins
Adkins
County General Fund
Chris Chmiel
Chmiel
the Messenger
Eliason
Athens suspect indicted in West Virginia bank robberies
Christine Martin of Davisville West Virginia is charged by a federal grand jury with two counts of unarmed bank robbery in West Virginia for a Huntington Bank branch theft in Marion County on November 4 and a United Bank theft in Monongalia County on December 20. If convicted she faces up to 40 years and 500000 in fines. Martin was arrested December 30 in Parkersburg and held in North Central Regional Jail. authorities also link her to Athens December robberies but no federal charges have been filed there. Prosecutors consider resolving the West Virginia cases before potential Athens County action.
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West Virginia
Christine Martin
Davisville
W.va
U.S. Attorney’s Office
Huntington Bank
Marion County
United Bank
Monongalia County
Martin
U.S
Parkersburg
North Central Regional
Peoples Bank
Athen
Chase Bank
East State Street
Federal
Athens County
Keller Blackburn
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Blackburn
U.S. Attorney’s
Ohio
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