AHS Drama Club Opens Season With 1890s Farce Charley's Aunt
Athens High School Drama Club mounts Charley's Aunt a three act farce from the 1890s in the school auditorium Saturday at 7 30 p m. Director Carol Patterson praises its lively Victorian wit as students Ike Riesbeck Hunter Wood Sam Redfern Daniel Dugas Weston Dean Chiara Ridpath Elizabeth Hall Daryl Holm Sarah Denhart and Autumn Snow-Watkins perform. Student tickets are 5 Ohio University students 5 and adults 7.
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Athens High School Drama Club
Carol Patterson
Anne Frank
Patterson
Brandon Thomas
London
Ike Riesbeck
Lord Rancourt Babberly
Hunter Wood
Stephen Spettigue
Sam Redfern
Col
Sir Francis Chesney
Daniel Dugas
Jack Chesney
Weston Dean
Charley Wykeham
Chiara Ridpath
Brassett
Elizabeth Hall
Donna Lucia D’alvadorez
Daryl Holm
Kitty Verdun
Sarah Denhart
Amy Spettigue
Autumn Snow-Watkins
Ela Delahay
Athens High School
Charley’s Aunt
Ohio University
Nelsonville man charged with burglary and sexual offenses
John W. Baker, 25, remains jailed on a $500000 bond after pleading innocent to a five count indictment in Athens County. He faces two burglary counts two gross sexual imposition counts and one kidnapping with sexual motivation count for alleged Oct 25 offenses in Athens involving two adult male victims. A pretrial hearing is set for Dec 15.
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Nelsonville
John W. Baker
Athens County
Keller Blackburn
Baker
Athens
Nelsonville Wins NatureWorks Grant for Park Project
Nelsonville receives a 42207 NatureWorks grant covering 80 percent of Polley Park improvements. Project includes a paved walking path around the football field home of the Little Buckeyes, a handicapped accessible path from parking to the shelter, and roof repairs on a storage building. Work scheduled for 2016 as one of 98 statewide awards.
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Nelsonville
Polley Park
Mark Hall
Hall
Little Buckeyes
Ohio Department of Natural Resources
Nelsonville York board sets special meeting agenda
The Nelsonville York Board of Education will hold a special meeting at 11 30 a m on November 16 in the district office board room to discuss House Bill 264 project and other issues that may come before the board. The Meigs County Health Department immunization clinic is scheduled for November 17 with sessions 9 11 a m and 1 3 p m at 112 E Memorial Dr Pomeroy. Bring shot records and a parent guardian for minors. A 10 donation is requested but no one denied service for inability to pay. Zostavax shingles also available. Call 740 992 6626 or visit meigs health com for insurance details. The Athens Soil and Water Conservation District will meet November 19 at 3 p m at the Ag Natural Resource Service Center 69 S Plains Road The Plains. Call 740 797 9686 to attend.
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NY School Board
Nelsonville-York
Pomeroy
Meigs County
Meigs-Health. Com
Soil and Water District
Athens Soil and Water Conservation District
Ag-Natural Resource Service Center
S. Plains Road
the Plains
Harden held on multiple charges after May drug case
Harden faced drug possession charges involving substituted cathinone from a May incident. He also attempted to pass a $2,600 check from the victim’s account at Go Mart and Kroger in Nelsonville. Post release, he faces three years of mandatory post release control. Investigations involved Athens Police, Nelsonville PD, and the Athens County Sheriff Office.
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Go Mart
Kroger
Nelsonville
Harden
Athens Police Department
Tape evidence in Durst case alleges jail worker sex act
Prosecution says Durst drove inmate to jail property to mow grass and that after work the inmate recorded a sexual act in the truck cab. Saunders says inmate consented to recording, while defense notes no confidential informant agreement was signed. Prosecution cites multiple voluntary recordings and lack of privacy in a jail work truck. Judge McCarthy urged to deny suppression.
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Durst
Saunders
George McCarthy
Rededication of Washington Birthmarker in Athens County
The Washington birth bicentennial marker originally set in 1932 beside Route 124 by the DAR was knocked down, salvaged by Bob Martin, stored, then given to the Athens County Historical Society. Funds from 2015 funded restoration with help from DAR SAR and Beverly Schumacher. Virginia Tech professor Jim Glanville donated much of the cost and remarks celebrated Washington’s visit and expedition. Descendants of an original DAR member attended the rededication with local DAR and SAR members.
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Hocking River
Daughters of the American Revolution
Washington
Hockingport
Bob Martin
Athens County Historical Society and Museum
The
DAR
Marjorie Stone
L. Alan Goldsberry
Common Pleas Court
SAR
Donna Murdock
Ironton
Ohio
Husband charged after wife dies in nursing home
Scioto County authorities say Timmy Smith was arrested on involuntary manslaughter charges in the May 30 death of his wife Ona Smith at Heartland Nursing Home in Portsmouth. Prosecutors believe Ona, 46, was a heroin addict prior to admission and that her husband supplied the drugs.
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Portsmouth, Ohio
Ohio
Scioto County
Ohio University Hosts International Education Week Events
Ohio University kicks off International Education Week with a series of events on Athens and regional campuses. Activities include speakers, performances, workshops, and a global health focus, featuring an International Dinner, panels, a Skype session, and a keynote by Dr. Michael Newman.
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Ohio University
Athens
International Student Union
Baker Ballroom
Ohio
Gary Hardwood
David Hassler
Lynn Harter
Barbara Geralds Institute For
Dawn Sinclair
Tupper Room
IEW
Araba Dawson-Andoh
Nigeria
Baker University Room
Michael Newman
MSF
Irvine
Newman
Baker University Center
Doctors Without Borders
Baker Center
Nelson Commons
Baker
U.S. Department of State
U.S. Department of Education
Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs
United States
Ohio.edu
Ohioiew
Columbus weighs tighter rules for backyard chickens
Columbus officials propose new rules for keeping chickens after rising complaints. The plan would require annual permit renewals and inspections, replacing the current one time permit system in the Ohio capital.
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Columbus Mulls
Columbus, Ohio
Ohio
Columbus
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