Athens honors Arbor Day with memorial tree for infant loss
Athens observes Arbor Day at the Community Center with a memorial pin oak to honor pregnancies and infant loss. Colleen Carrow spearheaded the memorial tree, sharing her miscarriage story as residents gathered to plant the tree and two others, with ribbons tied in memory of lost babies. Mayor Patterson read a proclamation as the city marks 26 years in Tree City USA.
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Athens
Ron Lucas
Colleen Carrow
Carrow
Star
East State Street Park
Steve Patterson
Messenger
Sara Brumfield
Emmett
Law enforcement aids Pike County in multi agency murder probe
Athens County deputies patrol the roads at night while Pike County and other agencies bolster staffing in the investigation into eight family members killed last week. Sheriff Charles Reader cites help from 25 Ohio sheriffs Piketon Police and county agencies as investigators work around the clock and urge tips via 1-855-BCI-OHIO or the Pike County Sheriff's Office.
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Athens County Sheriff's Office
Pike County
Rodney Smith
Lake Erie
Reader
Ohio
Piketon
Jackson County
Todd) Frazier
Meigs County
Keith) Wood
Service dog helps launch Next Chapter Book Club in Nelsonville
Minnie the 9 year old Border Collie service dog visited Nelsonville Public Library to welcome members of the new Next Chapter Book Club. Athens County Public Libraries started two clubs this year to connect people with and without developmental disabilities through literacy.
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Nelsonville
Minnie
Karin Dunn Buron
Clare
Library
Becca Lachman
Book Club
Patrick Maltba
Bill Porter
Maltha
Malta
Parsons
Minnies
Clares
New 911 system expands communication in Athens County
Athens County becomes Ohio’s first to deploy the WAVE 5000 push to talk system on April 22, enabling smartphone based emergency comms anywhere with internet. Used by the sheriff's detectives, Nelsonville and Athens agencies test rollout before wider use. cost $132,000 for licenses and channels.
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Athens County
Dan Pfeiffer
Pfeiffer
Motorola
Ohio
Sheriff’s Office
Nelsonville
EMS
Cincinnati
Museum project gains steam for first phase renovations
Southeast Ohio History Center leaders flag optimism as bids favor moving ahead with phase one. Work includes restrooms flooring balcony space library and elevator shaft plus exterior brick for the addition. Funding remains tight with state capital funds not approved and a fundraising drive ongoing.
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Southeast Ohio History Center
L. Alan Goldsberry
The
Historical Society and Museum
Goldsberry
Tom O'Grady
O’grady
Athens County
O'Grady
State Capital
Ohio University
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