October permits show small drop in Middletown building activity
Middletown Division of Building Inspection issued 27 permits in October with total value 1,124,634, down from 2003 by more than 580,000. Family Dollar Store at 1224 Girard Ave led activity with 356,250 value. Six permits for existing structures totaled 194,770 including Lowe's garden center remodel 150,000 and Save-A-Lot Foods and Mount Zion Baptist Church restroom work. Two new residential permits valued at 210,000 and 18 existing residential permits totaling 363,614. Year to date: 317 permits worth 20,765,939, down from 344 permits and 27,998,663 last year.
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Middletown
Division of
Girard Ave
Lowe’s
Save-Alot Foods
University Boulevard
Mount Zion Baptist Church
Fire at Texas Avenue bedroom fire causes damage
Middletown firefighters answered Thursday evening to a mattress fire on Texas Avenue. Officials said a malfunctioning electric blanket likely started the blaze, causing about 5000 dollars in damage at Mari lyn Perkins 713 Texas Ave. Her 14 year old daughter slept through heat and was unharmed. Fire was out by the time crews arrived. Investigation to continue.
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Middletown
Texas Avenue
Marilyn Perkins
Texas Ave
Jim Hall
Perkins
Hall
Time Warner Cable Rates to Rise in Trenton
City officials told residents at the council meeting that Time Warner will raise rates starting December 1. The standard tier goes from 30 to 32.23 dollars per month while basic service stays 10.35 dollars and the 7.95 dollar cable box fee remains unchanged. The council also awarded 39,950 dollars to Plus Tanks Industries of Hamilton for a new salt storage brine system at the water treatment plant.
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Trenton
Time Warner Cable
Council
Hamilton Based
Plus-Tanks Industries
Consortium May Save Butler County Health Costs
Butler County intends to join the County Employee Benefits Consortium of Ohio to cut health insurance costs by more than 500000 next year. Commuters in Fairfield and West Chester face changes to Metro park and ride in 2005. Community roundup and obituaries continue on B2 and B3. City Editor Bob Irvin oversees this section.
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County Employee Benefits Consortium of
Ohio
Butler County
Metro
Fairfield
West Chester Township
Hamilton remembers soldier killed in Iraq
Hamilton City Schools mourn Sergeant Charles Joseph Webb a 2000 Hamilton High graduate who loved teaching and serving his country. Webb died when a roadside bomb struck an Army patrol southwest of Baghdad. Educators recall his smile and quiet diligence as the community honors a young man with plans to teach social studies.
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Hamilton
Charles Joseph Webb
Hamilton City
Tom Alf
New Miami
Webb
Iraq
Baghdad
82Nd
U.S
Alf
Garfield Junior High
Hamilton High School
Hamilton High
Mike Pavloff
Pavloff
Mary Durning
Ryan Fackey
Hamilton High Navy
Cares Wess
Emma Foreman
Vail Middle School students honor Veterans Day service
Seventh graders at Vail Middle School reflected on soldiers' sacrifice during a Veterans Day ceremony with help from the American Legion Post 218 Honor Guard. Vets staged a funeral reconstruction, explained Armistice Day origins, and emphasized moments of silence at 11 am.
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Gary Stelzer
Middletown Journal
the American Segion
Post 218
Vail Middle School
America
American Legion Post 218
Richard Palmer
Vail
Congress
Emporia
Kan
Palmer
Middletown man indicted in Monroe child rape case
Ray Gordon 33 of Middletown was indicted by a Warren County grand jury on three counts of rape and one count of gross sexual imposition related to alleged abuse of two children under 10 while living in Monroe. Prosecutors say the case began with a June report and a later grand jury presentation, with Gordon arraigned and released on $50,000 bond.
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Middletown
Monroe
Ray Gordon
Villa Court
Warren County
Rachel Hutzel
Gordon
Hutzel
Brian Curtis
Warren County Common Pleas
Neal Bronson
Arrests Made In Assault Tied To Cross Burning In Middletown
Police report arrests of three adults and two juveniles for misdemeanor assault tied to a cross burning outside a Middletown apartment building on Oneka Avenue. Victims Tequila Smith and Lisa Ward say racial slurs preceded the arson and linked assault. A separate high school cafeteria fight involved a 15 year old African American girl and a 15 year old white girl after earlier disturbances.
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Middletown
Tequila Smith
Lisa Ward
Ing
Oneka Avenue
Smith
Ward
Mohawk Street
Waneta Avenue
Fred Shoemake
Middletown High School
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