Great Oaks gives troubled students a chance
Seven high risk teens in Clermont County join a Live Oaks vocational program at Mt. Repose to earn credits, build skills, and improve attitudes. Attendance runs at 94 percent while the group develops into a broader foster care network.
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Great Oaks
Batavia
Live Oaks
Mt. Repose
Doug Brothers
Clermont County Juvenile Court
Brothers
Courthouse office shift eyed in county master plan
County plans to reallocate space across the courthouse and Bell building as part of a 20 year master plan. Proposals move clerk of court records to second floor or Bell building and create a new referee courtroom and attorneys conference room. Tax maps and auditor property work shift, archives relocated to damp free spaces.
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Santoro
OEPA briefs Jackson residents on landfill odor study
OEPA officials in Batavia told Jackson Township residents they lack hard data on odor sources from the CECOS toxic waste site. They noted odors are hard to track and discussed an odor survey, truck traffic concerns on U.S. 60 and Aber Road, and local limits being set by governments. Officials cited hazardous waste transport violations and possible penalties for repeat offenders. William Stewart urged county awareness of the site’s problems.
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Batavia
Ohio
Environmental Protection Agency
OEPA
Jackson Township
Dave Strayer
Dayton
Medical and Social Services
Strayer
EPA
U.S. 60
Aber Road
Allan Franks
Oepa Public Interest Center
CECOS
U.S
Toftner
William Stewart
Courthouse space plan hints at music chairs in offices
Judge Watson proposed moving clerk of courts records to the first floor freeing space on the second floor for a second referee courtroom and attorneys conference room. The recorder, tax maps, auditor, and old county archives would shift to the Bell building or basement areas, with likely tax map relocation and basement space repurposed for the auditor’s department.
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Law Library
Clerk of Court
Common Pleas
Cincinnati Bell
John L. Watson
Carlier
of Courts
Recorder
Bell Building
Bell
Batavia
Balduee
Jerry L. Carlier
County Recorder
Auditor
Soldiers and Sailors
Courthouse For Common Pleas
Watson
Santoro
Dog lover seeks state help over Ohio dog licenses
Amelia resident Martha Simpson and attorney Andrew Dennison urged Clermont County officials to obtain an attorney general interpretation of dog licensing laws. They argue the 30 day grace period and policing practice vary, amid her kennel housing homeless dogs while owners are sought or dogs are saved from euthanasia.
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Batavia
Amelia
Martha Simpson
Clermont County
Simpson
Andrew Dennison
Ohio
George Pattison
Columbus
Pattison
Sam Bateman
Cooper Snyder
Animal Shelter
Clermont
Country Connections brings Gatlinburg country charm to Amelia shop
Two former preschool teachers in Amelia transformed an old home into Country Connections, a country decorating shop. They display crafts throughout the rooms, offer room decorating services, country weddings, and soon customized curtains. Their best sellers include wooden Amish figures, wreaths, dried flowers, ribbons, and lawn carolers, drawing customers from Greater Cincinnati.
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Sharon Brumagem
Laurier
Amelia
Gatlinburg
Country Connections
Bryant
Demetriou
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