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Cambridge Bone & Joint mixes small-town feel and high-tech care
CAMBRIDGE − Residents of Guernsey County no longer have to look outside the county for a local orthopedic surgeon. Dr. Vanessa Voytko is on a mission to bring back the personal, one-on-one medical service of days past. Voytko is a 2006 graduate of Meadowbrook High School and spent her...
Cumberland store is one of 35 Family Dollar sites the chain has closed in Ohio
CUMBERLAND − Family Dollar is closing 35 stores and laying off 265 employees in Ohio this month, including the store in Cumberland. The store was at 349 N. Cambridge St. A WARN layoff notice to the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services said that some, if not all, employees were set to be laid off by April 20.
'We thought we would always have beauty.' Fracking changing Salt Fork State Park area
Editor's note: The following article was originally published by the Ohio Capital Journal and is available to the Canton Repository under a content-sharing agreement. Terri Sabo has a breathtaking view of Salt Fork State Park from her dining room window in Guernsey County. She and her husband Rick Sabo have...
Spring cleanup collections scheduled around Guernsey County this weekend
GUERNSEY COUNTY — Jackson Township and the village of Byesville cleanup days will be from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Friday and from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday. The collection will be at the township maintenance yard at 10147 Catalpa St. in Byesville. Tires, building materials, or hazardous materials will not be accepted.
Cambridge Primary School to implement new policy regarding truancy
CAMBRIDGE − Cambridge Primary School is implementing a system that provides more positive, early intervention for truancy. Families whose children attend the primary school will receive a letter when their students miss five days and again when they miss 10 days of school. After 10 absences, a meeting is scheduled with the parents to assess the situation and identify solutions, Principal April Massey recently told the board of education. ...
Rock Hill Road closing for culvert work
CAMBRIDGE — The Guernsey County Highway Department has announced that Rock Hill Road (County Road 632) will be closed daily between Cadiz Road (U.S. 22) and Read Road (County Road 366) from 7:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Monday through Friday for culvert replacements. For updates on county road closures, visit www.guernseycountyengineer.com. This article originally appeared on The Daily Jeffersonian: Rock Hill Road closing for culvert work
Cambridge struggled to come up with key hit with runners in scoring position during OVAC loss
ELM GROVE, W.Va. − Missed opportunities were a huge obstacle for the Cambridge High softball team during Wednesday's Ohio Valley Athletic Conference 4A semifinal match up with No. 1 seed Indian Creek at the J.B. Chambers I-470 Complex. Get'em on, get'em over and get'em in ... is the objective nearly all high school softball coaches strive to accomplish. ...
Billboard warns 'Columbus criminals' to go home or face prison — but who put it up?
ZANESVILLE − Anyone headed to dinner at Red Lobster or Olive Garden last week may have been the first to see the new “go home criminals” billboard at Underwood and Zane streets, but they won’t be the last. Visible from Interstate 70, the sign reads: “Columbus...
Ohio man claims the home he broke into was his “office;” Home owner finds dirty dishes, meth pipe, sweatpants and prescription bottles with arrested man’s name on it
A home owner claims that he returned from being out of the Ohio Valley area and found his John Deere Gator UTV missing, and that someone had broken into his residence and camper. The Noble County Sheriff’s Office says the person who broke into the home owner’s house made themselves feel at home. There were […]
Tyeson Mercer shines on mound to lead Warriors past visiting Bobcats
OLD WASHINGTON −Wednesday night's non-league matchup on the baseball diamond between neighboring Cambridge and host Buckeye Trail turned out to be a sort of coming out party for Warrior junior hurler Tyeson Mercer who drew his first starting assignment. Coming in with just two and two third innings pitched thus far this season. Mercer turned in a lights out performance in his first extended action on the mound to to key a 4-1 victory by Trail over...
Things to do: Catch a bluegrass show at opera house featuring The Farm Hands
Bluegrass show planned at Pennyroyal FAIRVIEW — Guernsey County's only opera house, the Pennyroyal, will host a bluegrass show Friday featuring The Farm Hands. According to the press release, "Tim Graves and The Farm Hands is one of the most exciting and in-demand bands in bluegrass music. Since their inception in 2010, the band...
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