Madison levy forum at Madison Jr high tonight
A community forum on the upcoming income tax levy starts at 7 p m at Madison Jr Sr High School. Township residents are invited. School officials will answer questions and provide levy information including details for retirees. Refreshments will be served and more information is available on the website www madisoncast com.
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Madison Jr./Sr. High School
Madisoncast.com
Accident victim still hospitalized in Dayton crash
Kenneth Stacy aged 38 of Elwood Street remained in critical condition Monday after riding on the hood of a car driven by Thomas Reichl in the Church of Christ parking lot. The 1 p.m. incident sent Stacy by helicopter to Miami Valley Hospital in Dayton. police continue the investigation.
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Middletown
Kenneth Stacy
Elwood Street
Miami Valley Hospital
Dayton
Stacy
Thomas Reichl
Centerville
Church of Christ
Bonita Drive
Dayton Hospital
Man injured in Middletown motorcycle crash
A man identified as Richard Keith was injured when his motorcycle tipped and slid along Breiel Boulevard near Jefferson Road in Middletown Monday evening. Police said Keith suffered visible serious injuries including road rash and was treated and released from Middletown Regional Hospital.
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Middletown
Breiel Boulevard
Jefferson Road
Richard Keith
Keith
Middletown Regional Hospital
John Magill
Fuse blows on Yankee Rd pole causes brief Middletown outage
Power loss affected several homes on Yankee Road between Askew and Curtis streets for about an hour Monday evening after a transformer fuse blew on a utility pole. Firefighters and Cinergy responders secured the scene and restored power within roughly 60 minutes.
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Yankee Road
Middletown
Paul Lolli
Lolli
Askew
Curtis
Cinergy
Kathy Meinke
Local leader urges no vote on city income tax levy
Stephen Hightower urged the 2nd Ward to vote no on the proposed 0.25 percent income tax increase, arguing the black community has been ignored by city officials on housing and grant funding. The plan would raise about 2.9 million annually for 10 years to repair streets with federal and state matching funds possible, and would apply to residential streets by 2015. Mayor Bob Wells defended the measure as a citywide good bargain and urged support.
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Bob Wells
Community Council
Wells
Hightower
Pastor Harmon indicted again on sex charges
The Rev. Claude Steven Harmon, 47, of Cincinnati, already jailed on a child sex charge, was indicted on two counts of gross sexual imposition and one count of sexual imposition for allegedly abusing two boys at the Maineville Baptist Church parsonage. Prosecutors say more charges may follow.
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Lebanon
Warren County
Claude Steven Harmon
Cincinnati
Harmon
Maineville Baptist Church
Asbestos delays demolition of McKinley and Wilson schools
Demolition and site work for McKinley and Wilson Elementary Schools are delayed due to asbestos discoveries, though contracts with Jergens Bales Contractors Inc and The Nelson Stark Co total under 1.9 million. Creekview site work awarded to Nelson Stark with budget near 2.2 million. savings of 313,000 cited by project manager Dennis Phillips.
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McKinley
Wilson
Board of Education
Jergens Bales Contractors, Inc
McKinley and Wilson
Nelson Stark Co
Creekview
Dennis Phillips
Phillips
Quandel/ProjDcl
Frank Chapman
Bob Huber
Chapman
Monroe boards approves two year teacher contract and league move
Monroe board approves a retroactive two year contract giving teachers 2.5 percent annual raises and raising tuition reimbursement to 1500 dollars per year. Leadership councils will improve communication between staff and administration. Board also votes to join the Southwestern Buckeye League for 2007 2008 beginning with meetings in 2005 2006 and notes MML dissolving.
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Monroe
Board of Education
Scott Decker
The
Monroe Education Association
Decker
Arnol Elam
Southwestern Buckeye
Carol Brotherton
Elam
SWBL
Carlisle
Eaton
Madison
Preble Shawnee
Valley View
Waynesville
MML
Lebanon
Franklin
Fenwick
Talawanda
John Singleton
Fiber optics proposal could bring county profit
Butler County commissioners weigh a Cincinnati firm CBS Technologies plan to run and market the county fiber network. The proposal claims 6 to 10 million dollars yearly in revenue and aims to place Butler County at the national forefront of technology.
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Hamilton
Butler County
CBS Technologies
Jim Smith
Smith
Woman accused in stabbing goes to court
Shawna Batchelder, accused of killing a Hamilton teenager, appeared in court Monday as her attorney entered a not guilty plea. The victim was stabbed multiple times last month in a case covered by Community News on Page B2.
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Shawna Batchelder
Hamilton
Former deputy pleads guilty to theft in office
Michael Moore 34 of Batavia pleaded guilty to theft in office as part of a plea deal that prevents further court actions on pending charges from a mistrial. He admitted filing disability documents while appealing a total workers comp disability finding after a back injury during a 2002 incident.
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Lebanon
Warren County
Michael Moore
Batavia
Warren County Common Pleas
James Flannery
Moore
Pros
William Fowler
Fowler
Industrial Commission of Ohio
Rachel Hutzel
Commission
Frederick Purcell
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