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Athens City Council shares updates on roundabout construction, street closures
The Athens City Council committees shared updates on construction projects, street closures and appropriations Monday evening. Jeff Risner (2nd Ward) led the meeting as president pro-tem with Sam Crowl, Mayor Steve Patterson and City Law Director Lisa Eliason absent. The Council first held a public hearing to discuss Ordinance 0-19-25, the R1 zoning designation for the proposed annexation of a 35-acre property east of Cable Lane. Only one member of the public, the legal counsel for Frander Properties LLC, approached the podium to state his client’s approval of the R1 designation. Following the public hearing, Council Member Solveig Spjeldnes...
WOUB
Traffic signal upgrades on East State Street in Athens are expected to reduce congestion
ATHENS, Ohio (WOUB) — Rush hour on East State Street in Athens may soon get a little smoother, thanks to a new city project aimed at improving traffic flow. On Feb. 3, Athens City Council passed an ordinance to authorize the East State Street Signal Improvements Project, which was introduced by Transportation Committee Chair Solveig Spjeldnes. The construction contract was signed on Feb. 21.
The Columbus Dispatch
John Oliver shouts out Longaberger basket building in 'Last Week Tonight' immigration feature
Ohio's big basket was mentioned in a recent episode of "Last Week Tonight with John Oliver." In Oliver's HBO Sunday episode, " ICE Detention ," a segment compared the United States' world's largest immigration detention system to its world's largest paint can in Pennsylvania, world's largest office chair in Alabama and — his personal favorite — the world's largest basket in Ohio. The fourth episode in the 12th season of the half-hour news satire aired March 9, discussing immigration and how detention centers are being used. While offering a snarky opinion about the United States' deportation system, Oliver said...