Council Ties Purse Strings In City Budget Move
City Council closed the purse strings on two projects and moved cautiously on others amid a $114,000 general fund deficit. The body approved bids for bus service expansion funded by revenue sharing while delaying a police cruiser purchase and tabling a Planned Parenthood grant. A gun purchase ordinance was sent back for clarification as other measures passed or moved forward.
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Herb Amey
Pat Gyi
Greg Hill
Ralph Nuzum
Hill
Tom Antoinette
Council
Cliff Houk
Nuzum
Planned Parenthood of Southeast Ohio Inc
Mulligan Road
Hooper Street
Phil Goldsberry
Department of Natural Resources
Richland Avenue
Ohio Environmental Protection Agency
Rats, Floods Prompt City Council Action in Athens
Heavy rains drive rats from lowlands into west Athens and flood Richland Avenue. Council discusses dumping rubble from Berry Hall site on private property and potential cleanup by court. Health officials flag rotting timber as a risk and ownership clarification is sought. Mayor pursues drainage work with the Hocking Conservancy District and Army Corps of Engineers.
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West Athens
Richland Avenue
First Ward
Pete Lalich
Berry Hall
Central Avenue
Lalich
Health Department
Joe Kasler
The
Ostap Corp
Lawrence Grey
Service Safety
Phil Goldsberry
Goldsberry
Mary Street
Donald Barrett
Hocking Conservancy
Coates Run Creek
Barrett
Army Corps of Engineers
Ex-Chief Cleared Of Charges In Belpre Case
Belpre mayor and former police chief announce a settlement clearing William D. Locke of all charges brought by former Mayor Samuel Wharton. Locke had been dismissed in 1971 for falsifying reports and other misconduct, with appeals and hearings leading to reinstatement and immediate resignation.
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Belpre
Margaret Bowerstock
William D. Locke
Locke
Samuel Wharton
Wharton
Civil Service Commission
Marietta
Fourth District Court of Appeals
Common Pleas
Jennings Scholars Named From Athens School Teachers
Twelve teachers from Athens County schools were named Jennings Scholars by the Martha Holden Jennings Foundation and Ohio University. Honorees include Mary Abel Svette Adams Charlotte Agnone Corwin Croy Blanche Cohn Linda Downard Rebecca Lawson Dee Lobdell Kathleen Marinelli Judith Swartz Geraldine Wallace Nelsonville York School System and John Conklin Trimble Local School System. The honorees received engraved silver plates after joining the year long Martha Holden Jennings Lecture Series that began last September.
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Athens County
Jennings
Martha Holden Jennings
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W. Washington St
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MIT
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Toolssoond
Alka-Seltzer
Filler Paper AG
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Astra Electri
Panatella
Hankscraft
Step Savern & Shines
Paker
Quasicraft
Pledge Furniture
Snoopy
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