Milford Township formation approved for January
Milford will become its own township in January after Clermont County Commissioners approved the move at the August 26 meeting. Hamilton County also endorsed the boundary change. The change shifts funding from Miami Township to Milford for fire protection and the life squad, with no tax increase or new township government. Residents must reapprove levies for these services, as previous levies will no longer apply once Milford is autonomous.
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Joyce Dayton
Clermont County
Milford
Hamilton County
Loveland
Miami Township
Jim Dahlmeier
Dahlmeier
Don Meyer
Milford Township
Fire Department
Holly Hill
SR 132
Amelia
Batavia
Foto
Fran
Burg Mayor Warns Doom If Income Tax Is Rejected
Williamsburg mayor Harry Donaworth warned that abolishing the village income tax in the November election could collapse government. He estimated a $97,000 annual budget cut, leading to reduced police protection with two officers five days a week and a street department cutback. The petition to place the issue on the ballot was started by Ruth Fields, who said funds weren’t being used effectively. The tax has been 1 percent since late 1980, with half the revenue from the tax reportedly…
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Eric L. Spangler
Williamsburg
Harry Donaworth
Worth
Donaworth
Ruth Fields
Fields
Donnworth
Loveland Castle closed by legal rulings and zoning conflict
Loveland Castle shut its doors on August 25 after two legal challenges raised by the Ohio Board of Building Appeals and zoning questions. The site, begun in 1929 by Harry Andrews and later managed by the Knights of the Golden Trail, faces public assembly use and building code issues in Hamilton County. Trail plans to appeal the board ruling while zoning appeals linger.
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Jean Fudge
Loveland Castle
Ralph Leibing
Hamilton County Building Commissioners
Harry Andrews
Knights of the Golden Trail
Andrews
Ohio Board of Building Appeals
Leibing
Ohio Board
Hamilton County Board of Zoning Appeals
Emily Morris
Charles Morris
Clermont Mercy plans $8 million hospital expansion
Clermont Mercy Hospital submitted to the Ohio Department of Health for approval of an $8 million expansion. If approved, the project would raise beds from 109 to 157, add a 30 bed psychiatric unit, replace 22 psychiatric beds with 40 medical surgical beds, and shell the top floor for future patient rooms. Groundwork includes expanded X-ray and lab, relocated records, library, and doctors’ facilities with a new courtyard and entrance lobby for the psychiatric unit.
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Clermont Mercy Hospital
Ohio Department of Health
Macred
Judgments Granted In Welfare Fraud Suits In Clermont County
Clermont County Court on Tuesday afternoon last week granted judgments in five civil welfare fraud suits filed by the county Welfare Department in July. Prosecutions continued two cases eight days, others were dismissed or continued. The five judgments included Carey Hartman, Diana Hibbs, Doris Lacey, Ida Smith, and Spencer Lotic, with amounts listed and costs ordered.
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Clermont County Court
Clermont County Welfare Department
Robert P. Ringland
Carey Hartman
Mt. Crab
Diana Hibbs
Huckleberry
Amelia
Doris Lacey
Snider Road
Loveland
Ida Smith
Bethel
Sat Poe Spencer
Lotic Drive
New
Vicki Smith
Appeal possible for Harold Bissantz bribery case
Former Clermont County Commissioner Harold Bissantz 56 faces a Supreme Court appeal after an Ohio appeals panel upheld his 1981 bribery conviction for trying to trade a pay raise for a job. Attorney James N. Perry said the case is expensive and probation has ended, leaving a challenging decision on whether to appeal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fran Schwierman
Clermont County
Harold Bissantz
Ohio Supreme Court
James N. Perry
Cincinnati
Bissantz
Courier
Clermont County Common Pleas Court
12Th District Court of Appeals
Middletown
Perry
Harold
Rodney M. Love
Love
Ken Kelch
Clermont’s
Sion
Division of Licensing
Ohio Dept. of Commerce
Mary Bissantz
Appeals Court
Clermont
Common Pleas Court
George Pattison
Pattison
Ohio
William Stapleton
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Donald Bates
Mound Street
Molly Picon
Bates
City of
Andrew
Clermont Mercy
Jack Korte
CMH
West Plane Street
Theresa Trivett
SR 74
Lane
Donna Speaks
Taylor Road
Building B
Apartment 2
Kimberly Jones-Routt
Laurel-Lindale Road
New Richmond
Violet Spears
SR 125
Allen Thompson
Martin Place
Charlene Wass
Minor
Felicity
Connie Young
Garfield Avenue
Supreme Court
Harold Flannery
Flannery
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