Middletown seeks outpatient methadone approval again
Unity House in Middletown has reapplied to the Butler County Mental Health and Retardation Board for outpatient methadone treatment. A Citizens Advisory Drug Committee letter to executive director John O Breien urges approval after two heroin overdose deaths. The board will consider the request at its April 16 meeting.
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Mike McLeod
Middletown
Unity House
Butler County Mental Health and Retardation Board
Citizen's Advisory Drug Committee
Dale Helsel
Middletown Hospital
Citizen Committee
John
O'Breien
Middletown Considers Outpatient Methadone Facility Plan
Spring schedule calls for a special meeting before April 16 to review the application. O Breien cites two factors for the decision: local heroin addiction level and facility staffing capacity. Advisory committee members Fred Fuller Don Easterly David Smith Alan Cooper and Rosella Harper signaled support while noting the program’s goals and funding already approved by the federal government.
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O'Breien
Middletown
Fred Fuller
Don Easterly
David Smith
Alan Cooper
Rosella Harper
Dale Helsel
Plans for Butler County administration building revealed
Design plans by Steed Hammond Paul for a five level county administration building near Elder Beerman on Front and High streets include fire alarm and sprinkler systems and heat from internal sources plus baseboard heaters. Jumbo brick cladding is considered. Estimated cost is 2 million dollars. In other business the commission accepted 10000 dollars from the Hamilton Junior Women's League for a chapel at the new county home and approved a direct line contract between Hamilton and Oxford.
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Hamilton
Butler County
Jerry Hammond
Steed- Hammond-Paul, Hamilton
Hammond
Elder-Beerman — Department Store
Hamilton Junior Women’s League
Oxford
Hunter Park N Save Robbery Leads to Arrest in Franklin
Warren County sheriff's deputies report a late night robbery at Hunter Park N Save with two suspects masked and armed. Clayton Abney, 229 Bridge St., was arrested at a motel at 11:30 p.m. and charged in Franklin Municipal Court. The second suspect remains at large and the case is under investigation.
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Hunter
Franklin
Hunter Park-N-Save
Warren County
Clayton Abney
Bridge St
Fire Calls Report Across City From Early Morning
Fire responses include Annette Hoskins, 16, taken to hospital after a 7:30 a.m. alarm at 819 15th Ave. Emzy Oliver, 75, hospitalized for chest and shoulder pains after an 2:22 a.m. incident at 919 Eighth Ave. Leroy Howard residence sustained $100 building and contents damage from a rug fire sparked by a lamp. Tenyha Boley, 10, treated and dismissed at 1930 Vance St after a cut to the hand reported 7:11 p.m. A 1970 car under hood fire caused $300 damage at 170 S. University Blvd.
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15Th Ave
Annette Hoskins
Eighth Ave
Emzy Oliver
Lincoln St
Leroy Howard
Vance St
Tenyha Boley
S. University Blvd
Herman Carder
Hill Ave
Middletown Area News Highlights Local Events
Middletown area news captures community happenings for March 20 1975 with brief notes on local meetings weather and upcoming events. The page records several small items affecting residents including civic announcements school activities and neighborhood developments.
Esco assured of 8 month stay in Middletown store dispute
Judge Fred B. Cramer ordered a delay in the permanent injunction affecting the Middletown Esco store on Breiel Boulevard. The ruling keeps the shop in place until after the November election if voters reject the zone change. Petitions to place the matter on the ballot were being circulated, with submittal expected soon.
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Middletown
Cramer
Three homeless children turned over to county
A cab driver found three children ages nine months two and five at a Vannest Avenue home and unable to reach anyone at the Leibee Street address. The woman at the Vannest house refused to take the children back. Police contacted the father and grandparents who wanted no involvement. The Butler County Welfare Department placed the trio in a receiving home overnight as investigators review options for foster care.
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Vannest Avenue
Leibee Street
Vannest
Butler County Welfare Department
Thieves take 700 in 3 of 6 city break-ins
Six break ins or attempts were reported to police yesterday. In three cases nothing was missing while loot from the others exceeded 700 dollars. A few small items were taken from three locations including a TV and radio from 1136 Kunz Ave. and clothing from 1136 Kunz Ave. A floor jack was missing from the Ralston-West Ashland station. A church and a karate school were found undisturbed or yielded no loot despite attempted entries.
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Ralston-West
Ashland
Charles Street
North Avenue
Adel Burks
Kunz Ave
Middletown
Central Ave
Possibilities for Hospital Zoning Explored by Commissioners
Planning staff presented five alternate possibilities to expand hospital zoning in D-1. Options include reclassifying as a principal permitted use, keeping it as a conditional use with final city approval, creating a dedicated hospital district, rezoning to P-1 with planned use, or no change. A $10 million expansion plan faces resident opposition and a court case in Butler County Common Pleas Court.
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Bob Metz
Planning Commission
George Elliott
Butler County Common Pleas Court
Gas siphoning probe leads to impounded car
Police found evidence of gas siphoning from a truck at Miles Moving and Storage 2209 Fiemming Road last evening. A 16 year old later claimed the car was stolen from in front of his house and the vehicle was released because his identity could not be confirmed. Two citizens reported missing band radios worth 188 and 95 dollars from vehicles at homes and streets. Aloysius Fening 61 was admitted to Barbara Park Convalescent Center hospital after a fall with head hand and ankle cuts and was in satisfactory condition.
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Miles Moving & Storage
Fiemming Road
Citizens Band
Paul Presta
Miller Road
Jacob Chamberlain
Harrison St
Crawford Street
Hill Avenue
Barbara Park Convalescent Center
Aloysius Fening
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Miami River
Central Avenue
Sheckler
Dason
Grand Ave
Hunter Market
A & A Carpet Cleaning
Burbank Ave
Area News
Esco
Jo-Ann
Martha Frye
Baltimore St
Gary Murphy
Lamberton St
Bible Methodist
Columbia Avenue
Montgomery
Frostie
N. University Blvd
Midd
Ohio
J. G. Loewit
J. J. Beaman
Optical Fashion Center
S. University
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