Small towns surge as Butler County grows unlike its cities
Census estimates show Monroe and Trenton gaining 31 percent and 17 percent respectively, while Hamilton Middletown and Fairfield crawl under 1 percent since 2000. Oxford up nearly 2 percent. Monroe projects near 10,000 by end of 2005 as new schools housing and I 75 access attract settlers. Rural townships add about 11 percent over four years with Milford Township up 20 percent riding steady permits.
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Butler County
Monroe
Trenton
U.S. Census Bureau
Hamilton
Middletown
Fairfield
Bureau
Oxford
Alan Young
Comey & Shepherd Realtors
Liberty Township
Cincinnati
Jay Stewart
Stewart
Milford
Butler County Department of Development
Mike Juengling
Woman gets six months for role in cross burning
Stefanie Grays an 18 year old of Middletown and four others pleaded guilty to ethnic intimidation in a Oct cross burning near a black family home in Oneida Middletown police linked the incident to racial tensions. Grays told the court she is not racist and expressed regret while Judge Michael Sage imposed a six month jail term for complicity in ethnic intimidation.
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Hamilton
Butler County
Middletown
Stefanie Grays
Waneta Street
Michael Sage
Grays
Oneida
Monica Spohn
Sage
Beore
Freedom Tower redesigned for safety at Ground Zero
New design for the World Trade Center tower reduces its twisting profile and widens the base, placing it on a 200 foot pedestal to resist explosions. The cornerstone laid by Gov. Pataki will be moved as officials tout the building as the world’s safest high rise.
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New York
Ground Zero
Freedom Tower
George Pataki
Ter
U.S
E-Check program to end in most Southwest Ohio counties
Ohio plans to end vehicle emissions testing in seven Southwest Ohio counties as the 10 year Envirotest contract expires in December. The two year state budget allocates tobacco settlement funds to cover the 19.50 per driver test, with seven northeastern counties continuing the program but free for residents there. Senator Steve Austria argues the program is invasive and unnecessary for the state, while Governor Taft signs the budget at Rack Processing Co. in Moraine.
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Columbus
Ohio
Envirotest
Linda Oros
Ohio Environmental Protection Agency
Bob Taft
Moraine
Steve Austria
R-Beavercreek
Austria
Contech Construction to relocate headquarters to West Chester
Contech Construction Products Inc plans to move its corporate headquarters from Middletown to offices off Union Center Boulevard near I 75 in West Chester later this year. The firm, with 160 employees at Grove Street, joins local closures and relocations that have cost Middletown more than 1,000 jobs and income tax revenue. Kellie Grob cited interstate access and space as reasons for the move while Frank Miller noted recent acquisitions of CONSPAN Bridge Systems Ltd and BridgeTek LLC as contributing factors.
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Middletown
West Chester
Contech Construction Products Inc
Union Center Boulevard
Interstate 75
Grove Street
Contech
Bill Becker
Becker
Kellie Grob
Grob
Frank Miller
CON/ SPAN Bridge Systems Ltd
BridgeTek LLC
Millers
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