Food stamp boost set to expire November 2014
The SNAP aid increase from the 2009 stimulus could end November 1 2014 leaving a family of three $29 a month less or about $1.40 per meal as 16 percent of Ohioans face cuts. House and Senate fight over reforms and farm bill timing heightens uncertainty for 47 million Americans relying on federal food assistance.
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Lisa Hamlet-Fugitt
Ohio Association of Foodbanks
Congress
Senate
House
Eric Cantor
Jim Jordan
Urbana
Tractor Supply to open two weeks after Aug 31 soft opening
Middletown will gain Tractor Supply Co in the former Kmart space on Roosevelt Boulevard with a soft opening at 8 am August 31 and a grand opening a week later. The 27 77 square foot store will employ 12 to 17 workers and join Ohio’s 84th location.
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Middletown
Tractor Supply Co
Kmart
Roosevelt Blvd
Michael Graham
Graham
Tractorsupply.com
Ohio
Anoth
Middletown Arts Academy Celebrates Five Years
Middletown Performing Arts Academy marks five years of growth from a small student group to a school that has trained hundreds of young performers. Founders Nina Markle and Dawn Cooke seek a permanent home uniting classes and theater, with shows currently in Towne Mall and space for lessons at New Covenant Church on Union Road.
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Middletown
Performing Arts Academy
Nina Markle
Dawn Cooke
Towne Mall
Cooke
Dawn
New Covenant Church
Union Road
Lemon-Monroe High School
Towne Mall Loca
The
Miami University earns high marks in Princeton Review study
Miami University students rate campus highly in The Best 378 Colleges 2014 edition. The survey bases scores on feedback from 126,000 students, giving Miami a 90 for quality of life, 87 for being green, and 80 for academics. The university also ranks among top five for social media presence, praised for its Pinterest visuals and campus life.
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Oxford
Miami University
Princeton Review
Miami
Claire Wagner
Princeton
Archive Social
Robin Withall
Wagner
Fairfield Bike Ride Aims to Aid Stabbing Victim Family
A fundraiser for the O Keefe family supports James Danny O Keefe who was stabbed repeatedly in a May 2011 home invasion. Kelly O Keefe survived surgery and returned to work as an assistant county prosecutor. Terry later pleaded guilty and serves a 21 year term. Funds sought via HeartStone Tour and O Keefe Family Assistance Bank deposits.
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Fairfield
James
Danny” O'Keefe
O'Keefe
Kelly
Butler County
Danny
James Terry
Kathy O’keefe
Terry
Kathy
Hamilton
Gabby Giffords
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HeartStone Foundation
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Victor Stier Drive
Milford
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